I speak and write often about policies that limit public access to public lands, because I worry about a giant philosophical divide, based on the theory that mankind’s presence is always bad for the environment. People are not part of the environment in this theory. They are an intrusion that should be stopped whenever possible. […]

Some of us in the big square States apparently do not understand the need to subsidize every aspect of life in the nation’s Capitol. Every few years, some of us push back against the massive taxpayer subsidies for Washington, D.C. National leaders always come through for D.C., though, explaining to the rest of us how […]