I love Don Boudreaux's letter to the Washington Times, which I assume never made it to print. It is from the Future of Freedom Foundation website.
This was a letter to the editor of the Washington Times.
Dear Editor:
Brendan Conway is charmed by Philip Gold's notion that every American male "should spend some time in uniform as a normal part of life and of citizenship" ("Selective service," Feb. 6). I'm not so charmed.
Society remains primitive insofar as individuals are regarded as agents to butcher for - and to be butchered for - the collective. Society progresses only as the depraved romance of the collective gives way to respect for the individual - the individual whose life and property are never regarded as being at the disposal of the state.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Here is the Brendan Conway piece he refers to.
