Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | yesterday
In his latest column, Steve Chapman notes that while the Democratic nominee is no libertarian, there's reason to believe he will be less worse on the economy than most other Democrats. Read all about it here.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Finally, someone who heard the same speech I did: one that glorified Clinton! Her praise of Obama was, as Chapman points out, rarely if ever specific. From a rhetorical point of view, her favorite device with regard to "praising" Obama was simply to insert a plug to vote for Obama that was not prepared for by focusing on his rather than her accomplishments. For example, at the end of a long...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Those who went in thinking of her as an angry black nationalist must have wondered where this warm, likable person came from. It's not easy to achieve a relaxed, intimate tone even in a small setting, but Michelle Obama managed to do it in front of a big crowd, with millions tuning in on TV.
who's your nanny? (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Steve Chapman correctly explains why there is no right to keep and bear arms on someone else's property -- despite claims to the contrary by the National Rifle Association, which is content to use its political influence to lobby for...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
In his latest column, Steve Chapman explains why "take your guns to work" laws violate property rights. Read all about it here.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
I actually am stunned that Obama picked from the old boy's club. Biden really comes with a good bit of baggage none more so than the fact that he is by Obama's own words, part of the problem. Obama can't accuse McCain of hanging around Washington all these years doing nothing, since McCain worked alongside Biden and Kennedy that have been around forever and didn't get much done either. Barack is running...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Steve:A political poster on the Internet has created a theorem that definitely applies here:Faulty Premise = Invalid Conclusionand you have, unfortunately, fallen victim to it. Barack Obama need not explain that he has acquaintances of all stripes and colors, and yes, even sexual and political orientation. That is the nature of business, politics and, for those enlightened enough to have gained a broad...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Yesterday's column by Steve Chapman, in which the Chicago Tribune scribe argued for keeping the drinking age where it is , drew a large amount of criticism and disagreement from reason regulars. In a week where we discussed college presidents backing a lower drinking age and bizarre school theatrics aimed at scaring kids sober , let's close out the topic with a column from reason contributor...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
In his latest column, Steve Chapman explains why 18-year-olds should not be allowed to drink. Read all about it here.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses? Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people “cling” to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a debate about...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | yesterday
George Will has a tough column on Barack Obama that is sort of the inverse of Steve Chapman's. Where Chapman counsels " it could be worse ," Will says don't bet on that. A snippet from Will, who notes that Obama is weak on foreign policy, bad on NAFTA and trade, big on paying teachers more for no clear reason, bent on tax increases, and more. But mostly, Obama loses people when...
The Liberty Papers (Free subscription) | yesterday
Reason’s Steve Chapman lists some reasons why libertarians should not panic if Barack Obama becomes President: —He’s liberal, but not that liberal. Contrary to the famous National Journal ranking that put him most leftward in the entire Senate, another study found he is really the 11th-most liberal. In the primaries, when Democratic candidates are under the [...]
FreedomSight (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Steve Chapman, writing for Reason, and TownHall, has an article about Gun Rights vs. Freedom', subtitled How “take your guns to work” laws violate property rights. He pretty much says what I’ve been saying for years. I’ll take issue with one paragraph: This is not a place where the government should substitute its judgment for [...]
Code Monkey Ramblings (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Steve Chapman is incensed that defenders of the second amendment and gun rights in general, tend to support a law in Florida which requires employers to allow those with concealed carry permits to leave their weapons locked up in their...
Black Bear Blog (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
But I actually have found at least one person who thinks that having the right to keep and bear arms infringes on our freedom. Really! Steve Chapman, a member of the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board, in an editorial today says that Florida’s law that protects an individual’s right to keep a gun in their car is [...]
