January 22nd, 2001           

"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." 

-Karl Marx (Critique of the Gotha Program, 1875

"We are going to try to take all of the money that we think is
unnecessarily being spent and take it from the 'haves' and give it to the
'have nots' that need it so much." 

- President Lyndon B. Johnson (in a
speech on January 15, 1964)

Let's End The VET In Kentucky  by George Baumler

The Burden of Bad Ideas By Heather MacDonald  Reviewed by Mark Webster

Let Me Tell You About My Neighbor, E.J.  by Theresa Fritz Camoriano

Bill Clinton Inadvertently Tells the Truth.  Nobody Notices.  by Randy Barker

Health Tips  by Donna Mancini

John Stossel Takes A Skeptical Look At Government In His New ABC News Special  "John Stossel Goes to Washington", Saturday January 27th at 10pm

Bush Blows It On Urban Livability  by The Thoreau Institute

The Intergalactic Space Cadet League:  Chapter 2  by Jennifer McKenzie

Recent Articles of Interest

Commentaries by:

• Virginia Postrel

• Thomas Sowell

• Walter Williams

Notices: 

• Jefferson County Libertarians have a dinner meeting the second Thursday of each month at the Executive Inn near the Louisville airport at 6:30 p.m. – next meeting Feb. 8

• Walter Williams will be speaking in Cincy on school choice January 27.  Call 513-763-3980 for info.

Letters to the Editor:

• Letters

• Letter from John Riley in response to C-J's editorial

On the Lighter Side--

• Dave Barry On Social Security
• Who Was Jesus?