All Posts Tagged With: "nanny state"
The Nanny State
I’ve never smoked. I even dislike being near lit cigarettes. (Cigar and pipe-smoke don’t bother me.) Moreover, I’m sure that smoking is addictive and unhealthy. Nevertheless, the ballyhooed “tobacco settlement” announced in June leaves a taste in my mouth far more foul than would be left by choking my way through an entire carton of [...]
1Sep1997 | Donald J. Boudreaux | 2 comments | ContinuedPride and the Nanny State
I do not come from a rich family, and the other day it struck me that I am, in a way, glad of this. My wife and I recently purchased our first house, and, after we had inspected it one Sunday while it was still being completed, I remarked to her that it was a [...]
1Apr1996 | N. Stephan Kinsella | 3 comments | ContinuedLive Freely, Live Longer
Mr. More is editor of Extropy and President of Extropy Institute. He has studied at Oxford University and is currently completing a doctoral dissertation at the University of Southern California. The founders of the United States valued “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Life–healthy and long life–makes possible everything else we value. Without life [...]
1May1995 | Max More | 0 comments | Continued-
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