Michael D. Brown

F. A. Hayek once said that the system of private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not. As we struggle through these economic times with soaring debt and increasing government intervention into our lives, consider the kind of country [...]

Time Magazine (which I quit reading a few years ago after it erroneously and maliciously reported information about my resume’) recently ran a cover story asking whether or not the Constitution of the United States still matters. A provocative question for certain. I read the article out of curiosity and was astounded at the inaccuracies [...]

Ah, yes, the proverbial fly-over country, home to neanderthals and other mysogynistic, racist, sexist, ignorant conservatives. Nothing exemplified the elitist attitude of the northeast liberal media establishment than this iconic New Yorker Magazine cover from 1976. Until now. Enter David Carr, a northeast liberal media establishment commentator and columnist for the New York Times, who [...]

The arrogance of elected officials continues to denigrate the concept of a free and open society in which the government serves the people and not the other way around. In one of the more bizarre episodes so far in the genre of photography as a crime, a Reason reporter is told that he will be [...]

Deadly Indifference, The Perfect (Political) Storm, published by Taylor Trade, an imprint of Rowan & Littlefield – not self-published – describes the problems encountered during Hurricane Katrina. I’ve not been asked to comment so far on Mayor Nagin’s recently self-published book, Katrina’s Secrets, nor do I need to comment on the book. I believe the [...]

While the President announces his Afghanistan withdrawal schedule, let’s not forget the terror that still strikes in that country, and the kind of enemy we have been fighting. This article from World Magazine is well-worth reading. Afghans are warning of dire consequences for the country’s tiny Christian population should American forces leave Afghanistan, as President [...]

Secretary Gates has announced he is leaving the Obama Administration. Ever wonder why people leave at particular times? In an editorial in the Jerusalem Post was this tidbit that I thought summed up why he might be leaving, and why many Americans have an indescribable unease about our role in the world, what with Afghanistan, [...]

I’ve often talked about how we have become so ignorant of risk and probabilities that we often overreact or under-react to risk. Portland, Oregon’s water system is the latest, humorous example of that problem. According to various press reports: An Oregon city is flushing 8 million gallons of city drinking water because a man was [...]

Today’s formula for another 9/11 terrorist attack comes to you thanks to the incompetence at the Department of Homeland Security and the failure to control illegal immigration into the United States. One of my concerns about airport security has been the use of “clean skins” to infiltrate the airline or airport workforce. Al-Qaeda could actively [...]

KTRH News Radio in Houston reports on a Texas State Senator asking a committee witness to speak in English. During committee testimony this week in Austin, a Texas senator interrupted a Spanish speaker telling him he should “be speaking in English” during a committee hearing. Antolin Aguirre of the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition was testifying [...]