Radio liberventionist Neal Boortz is complaining again about Alabama eminent domain for Wal-Mart, as if this weren’t the essence of government itself: taking someone’s property by force to give to someone else, with more power and pelf for the government in the bargain. Mr. Boortz is all for this process when it involves killing people in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Saudia Arabia, Sudan, Libya, etc.. or otherwise funding the war on a tactic and its patriot acts. But if we have to have eminent domain, why aren’t malls better than military bases?

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

History quiz: When did this happen?

After forcing 700 Indians from their homes on the Reservation, the U. S. Army burned their houses as the displaced families watched in horror.

1842? 1868? 1891?

Wrong. 1964.

None of the liberal icons–the Warren Court, JFK, LBJ–lifted a finger to stop the ethnic cleansing. After the dirty work was done, my father decided to drive our family through the valley that would soon be flooded by the Kinzua Dam. It was my first lesson in the devastation that results from concentrating power in distant capitals.

The Best of James Ostrowski