Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens proposes in his new book six amendments that would just about finish off the Constitution. Liberal journalists drooled.
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The High Cost of Liberalism: Part III
“Poverty” is in the eye of the statisticians — more specifically, the government statisticians who define what constitutes “poverty,” and who are unlikely to define it in ways that might jeopardize the massive welfare state that they are part of.
The High Cost of Liberalism: Part II
Nations that disarm increasing the chances of being attacked by nations that do not disarm.
The High Cost of Liberalism: Part I
Much as many liberals like to put guilt trips on other people, they seldom seek out, much less acknowledge and take responsibility for, the bad consequences of their own actions.
Cliven Bundy’s Justifiable Defiance: Part II
Cliven Bundy’s act of defiance against the federal government in Nevada is evidence that Americans haven’t been completely cowed and conquered. There is hope for the country yet.
Cliven Bundy’s Justifiable Defiance: Part I
What are the facts behind Cliven Bundy’s defiant stand against Federal authority in Nevada? Who is the real lawbreaker? Is Bundy a David facing a Goliath?
Equality in Discipline
Seeing as the Obama administration is concerned about punishment disproportionality, should black convicts be released so that only 13 percent of incarcerated murderers are black?
Statistical Frauds: War on Women
The “war on women” political slogan is in fact a war against common sense.
Book Review: “Fear Itself”
A new book discusses how racism and a fascination with European statism enabled FDR to impose the New Deal on the country and lay the foundation of American statism.
Taxing By Inflation
If you put $1,000 in your piggy bank in 1960 and took it out to spend in 2000, you would discover that your money had, over time, lost 80 percent of its value.
No Honor at Brandeis University
Brandeis University withdrew its offer of an honorary degree to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and disinvited her from delivering a commencement address – because of Islamic supremacist pressure. Is this any way to promote freedom of speech?
A Halo for Left Wing “Special Interests”
Those unfamiliar with political rhetoric may not know that “special interests” mean people who support your opponents.
Taxing Your Life Away
“What the tax code is doing is trying to choose our values for us,” complains Yaron Brook from the Ayn Rand Institute.
Individualism: The Only Basis of Freedom in Medicine
Individualism must be the basis for the freedom to practice our values–religious or otherwise.
Bono vs. Bill Gates: A Capitalist or a Statist Route to End Poverty?
The fundamental elements of capitalism—the recognition of individual rights to life, liberty, property, and pursuit of happiness and private ownership of property—are a crucial requirement of wealth creation.
Aversion to Capitalism
Business schools do not do a good job of educating their students about capitalism.
Sex and Race Equality
Should we insist upon equal treatment of people by race and sex or tolerate differences in treatment?
Gambling and Government
Gambling is often a symptom rather than a cause.
How Foreign Is Our Policy?: Part II
Critics have seen Obama’s repeated sacrifices of American national interests as deliberate.
How Foreign Is Our Policy?
Most of Barack Obama’s foreign policy decisions since becoming president are consistent with this mindset. He has acted repeatedly as a citizen of the world, even though he was elected to be President of the United States.
