Questions From Readers

I receive many questions and comments from readers for which I am grateful – even for the ones that are critical. I try to respond to all reader questions and you may email me at mllg@cfl.rr.com. Certain questions are asked frequently and may be of interest to all readers. In this post I respond to three of the questions I am asked most often.

Question: How do you stay informed? In addition to a lifetime of heavy duty reading, I read the Wall Street Journal thoroughly each day. I read the front page of each section, particularly the front section. I scan the What’s News column (front page far left) to see what other articles to read. I spend most of my time on the 3 Opinion pages. I watch the Journal Editorial Report on Fox News Saturdays at 3:00 PM. Contrary to what you may have heard, the WSJ’s news coverage leans to the left; however, the opinion pages are conservative and provide an excellent forum for reliable fact and opinion.

I also read Reason and Forbes magazines, Cato Institute publications and Imprimis, published by Hillsdale College. I subscribe to Praeger University videos and to daily emails from the Mises Institute and LewRockwell.com. I peruse these sources and read whatever is of interest. I read several books each year – exclusively non fiction; many of the books are selected based on reviews published on the WSJ opinion pages.

Question: How do you perform research? At any given time I have a list of around 30 topics I want to blog about and I have a file for each topic. As I go about my daily reading and see an idea or fact that fits one of these topics, I make a copy and put it in the file. My prior 600 postings also provide a wealth of data. When I begin drafting a post, I already have much of the data needed. I then independently check each fact, usually on the internet. There have been occasions when I have backed away from publishing a post when the facts were not 100% supportive. In all my years of blogging and with many thousands of readers, I have had facts challenged only twice.

Question: What are your political bona fides? I was hyperactive in politics in college; I held several of the highest offices in student government and would have had a very good shot at being elected Student Body President if I had remained in college for another year. While in grad school, I worked in a gubernatorial campaign that defied all odds to unseat an incumbent governor. During that campaign I worked closely with top national political operatives. I was in line to receive a subcabinet appointment in the Nixon Administration but Watergate caused the Senate to suspend confirmations.

I was offered gubernatorial appointments but declined most of them; I did serve on the Industrial Development Authority but declined reappointment to a second term. I wrote an op-ed column for a local newspaper and headed up a major arts organization. I served on the advisory board of the James Madison Institute (JMI), the leading state think tank. I was honored by JMI as a “JMI Angel” for my work on school choice in Florida. I cofounded and cochaired the Center-Right Coalition of Central Florida.

I started the school choice movement in Florida in 1994. The organization I started and ran for 10 years, (now called Step Up For Students) today provides scholarships to over 100,000 children from low income families at a cost of $700 million a year. I also served on the national board that began voucher programs in over 100 US cities. My post of 7/25/21 about the history of school choice in Florida is on our website.

If you are interested in learning more about More Liberty – Less Government, our mission statement or me, please visit our website at: www.mll.us. Click on the ribbon at the top of the page where it says “About MLLG & Author”. There also are hundreds of past postings – most of them indexed. I just updated the information on the website and even if you previously have been on the website, you may want to browse it again.

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