An American is an individual. He is responsible for himself, and for his family. He works hard, uses his head and becomes a success, however he defines it. If he finds himself in some rough times, he turns to the community.

The Reason Foundation has produced a short video on how local governments are banning smoking, even in the privacy of one's own home!

There is a thread of fear running through the right side of the political spectrum in America. It is so real you can taste it. You can see it in the eyes of conservatives. You can hear it in their voices and you can even physically hear it when it is whispered into your ear.

The national deficit for 2009 is projected to break yet another record of being the largest in history. Our debt is now totalling 9.3 trilling and we're adding about 500 billion to it every year.

The Obama administration is going to look very much like the Clinton administration and, if anyone recalls, we spent the 1990s sorting out its many scandals and failures, despite a healthy economy bequeathed by the Reagan years.