David Boaz on the Clinton years

Suddenly, I find myself nostalgic for Bill Clinton. Back in 1996, I denounced his “breathtaking view of the ability and obligation of government to plan the economy” and his “profoundly anti-individualist ideas.”

But now I have a hazy memory of the Clinton years as a sort of Golden Age. Government spending was growing only slowly, the bad ideas were mostly small and we bombed a lot of countries but didn’t put American troops at risk.

~ David Boaz, "Save America — Bring back Bill," Financial Post, January 12, 2010

David Boaz on the signers of the Declaration of Independence

More than 200 years ago Thomas Jefferson and the other signers of the Declaration of Independence committed themselves to the cause of American liberty with these words: "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."

And they weren't kidding. Twelve signers had their homes ransacked and burned by the British. Nine more died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. None, however, lost their sacred honor.

~ David Boaz, executive VP, Cato Institute, "The Coming Century of Liberty," Fall 2007