Archive for Scott C. Matthew

The First Civil Right Is Safety

Mr. Matthew is studying law at the University of Chicago Law School Just one block from the law school I attend, I cannot walk after dark. Experience shows that I would almost certainly be attacked. The local police now only warn people not to enter the area—they don’t actually protect them. and what about the [...]

1Sep1990 | | 0 comments | Continued

Drugs and Dumbness

Mr. Matthew is studying law at the University of Chicago Law School Perhaps the most important question of the 20th century has been a simple one: Who owns the individual? Do I own myself, or do I belong to the state? Clearly if I belong to the state, then drug prohibition is a proper exercise [...]

1Apr1990 | | 0 comments | Continued

Where Will It All End?

Mr. Matthew is studying law at the University of Chicago Law School. It seems clear that one reason bad ideas catch on—even become law—is that the short-term effects appear to be so good. Without a clear, cool look at the long-range consequences of a proposal, we can be made to fall for all sorts of [...]

1May1989 | | 0 comments | Continued

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