30 years ago in reason.

• Position: Citings

"Consider the effects of a right to reply law. A newspaper ... could surrender its editorial prerogatives and allow politicians and bureaucrats free access to its pages.... Or, it could simply refuse to cover controversial public figures."

--Robert Poole Jr., "No 'Right' to Reply"

"In almost every study of social affairs, scholars seek after 'the causes' of behavior--but in terms of their metaphysical viewpoint, they must exclude people themselves."

--Tibor Machan, "Science, Skinner, and Human Affairs"

"Businessmen are both victims and victimizers, legitimate recipients of praise--for where would we be economically without such people--and yet ... legitimate recipients of scorn ... for where would we be if some had not...