How Long Must Iraq Hell Last?

Noah Feldman endeavors to show that America has a moral duty to continue its military occupation of Iraq. He does not say that the war itself was a good idea, writes David Gordon. Quite the contrary, the very fact that American forces have made a mess of things leads to their obligations to the Iraqis. If American troops departed, Iraq would probably fall into chaos and civil war. To prevent this dire outcome, America must guide the Iraqis to democracy. But let us ask a more fundamental question: Why does the state have to be rebuilt at all? Why won’t an agreement between the leading protection agencies suffice for social order?

The State Tells You Who You Can and Cannot Talk To

And, prevents you from advancing your career:

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -An assistant strength coach for LSU was arrested and accused of violating state law by inviting student athletes to his home to meet a sports agent and suggesting the agent should represent the athletes, LSU police said Tuesday.

Travelle Ernest Gaines, 26, of Port Allen, surrendered to university police and was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish prison, the university said in a statement.

The Grave Crimes of Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart is akin to McDonald’s. It is apotheosis of everything wrong with America. Entering the maw of a Wal-Mart is creepy. Any normal person over the age of 40 viscerally feels, as the cornucopia of junk and tatterdemalion illegal immigrants who shop there deluge his eyes, that something is horribly wrong beneath the garish consumerism and materialism. Well, something is wrong. The company knows no loyalty... Wal-Mart is subsidizing the destruction of America. Libertarians and so-called conservatives support the endeavor.

Man vs. the Welfare State

Henry Hazlitt explains why politicians who promise salvation through government are dangerous: “politicians and governments have been promising the voters that they could not only bring perpetual full employment, prosperity, and ‘economic growth,’ but solve the age-old problem of poverty overnight. And the end result is not merely that accomplishment has fallen far short of promises, but that the attempt to fulfill the promises has brought an enormous increase in government spending, an enormous increase in the burden of taxes, chronic deficits, chronic inflation, and a constant loss in the buying power of the people’s earnings and savings. ‘Social Security’ has brought an ominous increase in social insecurity.”
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