The New Left’s False History of Laissez-Faire Capitalism
This “inconvenient history” of how individualism and capitalism changed the course of human events from its thousands-of-years of slavery to near universal human liberty, has been practically eliminated from college courses.
Ayn Rand’s Philosophy on Helping the Poor, Capitalism, and Human Nature
Ayn Rand’s philosophy on social safety nets, capitalism, human nature and more.
The Science Behind ‘Climate Change’
Does the data validate those who say humans are causing the earth to catastrophically warm?
Do 97% of Climate Scientists Really Agree?
Is it true that 97% of climate scientists agree that climate change is real?
Why We Should Celebrate Fossil Fuels on Earth Day
How human progress, and the use of fossil fuels, has made our environment cleaner and healthier.
Defending The Innovative Uber Against The Predatory Government
No matter what the management troubles at Uber, it must be defended against any government tax grab or regulation potentially suffocating the company.
Environment & Industrial Progress
The Science Behind ‘Climate Change’
Does the data validate those who say humans are causing the earth to catastrophically warm?
Do 97% of Climate Scientists Really Agree?
Is it true that 97% of climate scientists agree that climate change is real?
Why We Should Celebrate Fossil Fuels on Earth Day
How human progress, and the use of fossil fuels, has made our environment cleaner and healthier.
Taking The Moral High Ground Against Environmentalist Groups
Only by recognizing the moral value of its work, can business stand up and defend itself like Resolute Forest Products has done.
Trudeau’s Illogical Leap on Climate Change
Governments’ use of force to curtail CO2 emissions is not only futile—it undermines freedom of business and of the rest of us, and therefore, human prosperity and flourishing.
Anti-Development is Anti-Life
The environmentalist and other activist leaders concentrate on reversing human progress and diminishing human well-being as much as possible.
Taxation & The Confiscation of Wealth
Tax Avoidance is Moral
Those who think that government collecting taxes from those who are productive to give them to those who are not is just, do so because they have accepted the morality of altruism and egalitarianism and believe that statism is the ideal social system.
What Is the “Fair Share” of Taxes?
According to estimates by the Tax Policy Center, slightly over 45 percent of American households have no federal income tax liability.
Politicians’ Words: The Rich, Fair Share and Taxes
Plans to “soak the rich,” who are not paying their “fair share,” have worked politically, time and time again — and may well work yet again in the 2016 elections.
Energy: Powers Human Life
Video: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
“Mankind’s use of fossil fuels is supremely virtuous—because human life is the standard of value and because using fossil fuels transforms our environment to make it wonderful for human life.”
Immoral Government: “Phasing Out” Fossil Fuels
Fonda’s attack on the oil sands is inconsequential; Trudeau’s is evil.
Laissez-Faire Capitalism: The Solution to the Oil and Gas Unemployment Crisis
Government-caused uncertainty, such as not approving pipeline construction or imposing more taxes (such as the carbon tax), discourages investment and thus prevents employment recovery.
Free Speech & Censorship
Occidental College Responds to 9/11 Attack on Free Speech
On the 15th anniversary of the worst domestic terrorist attack in history—September 11—a college student’s memorial flag display was destroyed three times.
Defending Free Speech for Businesses
An important aspect of the freedom to exercise reason is the freedom of speech: the liberty to express opinions and to persuade others, whether to advertise one’s products, to raise capital, to contract suppliers, or to recruit employees. Taking this freedom away also severely undermines companies’ ability to create material values.
Left-Wing Fascism in Germany
In Germany, it appears that all you need to do to land in jail is be accused by a judge of having a “clear right-wing background.” Has Germany learned nothing from its prior experiences with fascism?
Immigration
Immigration, Islamism, and The Nature of Individual Rights
Do all people have a right to immigrate to the U.S.?
Immigration: Free Will and Free Borders
How today’s widespread acceptance of determinism has made many people suspicious of immigration.
Tech Companies Opposition to Trump’s Irrational Travel Ban Is An Act of Justice
The companies protesting the travel ban and urging Trump to alter it (some are also joined the legal fight to have it canceled) deserve our praise and gratitude.
Healthcare
Trumpcare Suffers From The Same Problems as Obamacare
The effect of this law, were it actually enacted, would be the death of the health insurance industry.
The New Health Care Straw Man
We cannot afford to pass legislation again “so that you can find out what’s in it.”
Trumpcare: An Obamacare Wolf in Sheeply Republican Clothing
The effect of this law, were it actually enacted, would be the death of the health insurance industry.
Education
VanDamme Academy: A Documentary Project
This video is a glimpse into the world of VanDamme Academy – a world we hope to share even more, in a full documentary.
The Closed Mind of a Socialist Academia: Privatizing the “Public Schools” Will Improve Education
What is needed is a radical change, and in my opinion, this means the denationalization, the full and complete privatization of schooling from kindergarten through graduate education.
Campus Lunacy, Part II
On the hypocrisy behind the student renaming craze.
Foreign Policy
Trump’s Anti-Capitalist Economic Trade Policies
Economic warfare threatens a downward spiral with reduced trade among nations, and declining standards of living from following this wealth-destroying path.
What Does It Take to “Make America Great Again”?
Preferring American-made products to those made in China or Mexico just because they were made in America, does not enhance American prosperity.
Government “Free” Trade Deals Don’t Promote Freedom
Truly free trade can only take place in free markets, not in the prevailing mixed economies where governments pick favored trading partners
Content Thief Turned Content Creator Rails Against Piracy
Illegally downloading creative content online is all too easy. Unlike stealing a physical product from a store, there’s no need to stealthily conceal the merchandise, avoid security guards, or worry about magnetic security tags.
Open Letter: The Venue Act and The Rights of Inventors
An open letter sent to Congress about the Venue Act, which is another attempt to deny the rights of inventors.
Teslas’s New Patent Policy: Long Live the Patent System!
In plain English, here’s the deal that Tesla is offering to manufacturers and users of its electrical car technology: in exchange for using Tesla’s patents, the users of Tesla’s patents cannot file patent infringement lawsuits against Tesla if Tesla uses their other patents.
Business
Defending The Innovative Uber Against The Predatory Government
No matter what the management troubles at Uber, it must be defended against any government tax grab or regulation potentially suffocating the company.
Laissez-Faire Capitalism Is The Political-Economic Foundation of Innovation
The only thing governments can do to facilitate innovation is to stay away from markets and allow companies compete and trade freely.
Eliminate Corporate Welfare
If anyone else did what the government does with our money, such as hand out corporate welfare, it would be called theft.
Racism
Capitalism, Marxism and Black Americans
On collectivist myths and racial prejudice
Why Regressive Leftists Cry Racism
Individualism is the only alternative to racism. Anyone who claims to abhor racism while still embracing the victim-soaked, collectivistic rule-by-force mentality of socialistic progressive leftism enjoys no credibility at all.
“Black Lives Matter” Is Focused on the Wrong Culprit and the Wrong Solution
The group that most devalues my life is not abusive law enforcement nor white racism — though these exist and should be fought — it is black criminals.
Economics
The Socialist Fallacy That Capitalism Creates Harmful Monopolies
The narrative of ‘the monopolist jacking up prices to exploit its customers’ only applies to government-granted monopolies, such as the postal service or many utilities.
The Consumer Price Index: A False Indicator of Our Individual Costs-of-Living
A false guide for central bank monetary policy.
Karl Marx on Capitalism
Marx’s flight from reality was the wish to have all that capitalism, division of labor, and competitive exchange can produce, but without the cost of work, discipline, specialization, and selecting among alternatives.
Crime
Video: The War on Cops by Heather Mac Donald
Since summer 2014, America has been convulsed with a protest movement known as Black Lives Matter, which claims that police officers are among the greatest threats—if not the greatest threat—to young black males. Heather Mac Donald...
Showman-in-Chief: President Obama on Guns and Crime
None of the things proposed by president Obama is likely to reduce gun violence.
An Unappreciated Tax on the Poor: The Cost of High Crime Communities
Compare the operation of a supermarket in a low-crime neighborhood with that of one in a high-crime neighborhood.