Summer of Hypocrites
Summer is here, and again we awaken to the smell of magnolias, honeysuckle and hypocrisy. Anti-gunner Rosie O’Donnell certainly deserves whatever personal protection she deems necessary. She fears for her child’s safety and thus hired a bodyguard to...Orrin Hatch reveals how antitrust laws are tools for power lusters
In a recent speech to businessmen at a technology industry conference, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), a long-time proponent of breaking up Microsoft, stated that he supported “strict enforcement of antitrust laws” because they are “essential to the...Who Is The World Health Organization Trying To Fool?
On June 21st, the World Health Organization published The World Health Report 2000. The most remarkable fact about the report does not concern its results, but rather the underlying premises that guide the organization and that led to such results. The results of the...Why Socialism Must Always Fail: Ludwig Von Mises on Economic Calculation under Socialism
“Without calculation, economic activity is impossible. Since under Socialism economic calculation is impossible, under Socialism there can be no economic activity in our sense of the word … All economic change, therefore, would involve operations the value...How the right to self-defense became a crime to defend one’s own life in England
On August 22, 1999, Tony Martin of Emneth, Norfolk, England, killed one burglar and wounded a second. In April, 2000, he was convicted and is now serving a life term. How did it become a crime to defend one’s own life in the once-great British Empire?How did it...“Sweatshop” Opponents Want to Violate Workers’ Rights
The anti-‘sweatshop’ campaign is driven, not by concern for Third World workers, but by hatred for American corporations.