The War to End All Wars

The memory of the Great European War, of millions of young men fighting and dying to win a few yards of shell-pocked mud, was enough to convince many that war was an ugly, irrational, pointless endeavor which civilized nations should have the good sense to avoid in perpetuity.  They hoped that something good could emerge [...]

Immigration Reform

Most of you who know me probably know that I’ve spent a lot of time in the conservative movement. Growing up watching American television and going to Bangor schools left me with a general wash of liberal assumptions; once I learned to consider these dispassionately, I found that the consistent conservative principles I read [...]

Flat Tax

I was listening to a talk by Alvin Rabushka, one of the first advocates of a flat tax, available at http://www.econtalk.org/
I had of course heard of the idea before; we replace the current 66,000 page tax code, with all of its exemptions, loopholes and varying marginal rates, and we implement instead a single, simple rate [...]