POLITICS
The GOP Should Divorce Trump from the Republican Party
Republicans have to consign Donald Trump to a state of ignominy. There is no other hope if the Republican Party is to stand as an ideological counterweight to the statism of the left.
Genetically Modified Foods: A Tremendous Human Achievement
Genetically modified foods are a tremendous human achievement and value.
Bullies Rule
Twenty-two million government workers delay the Keystone XL oil pipeline, raid poker games, force us to put ethanol in cars, prohibit drugs and medical devices that might make our lives better, take about half our money, and jail more citizens than even China and Russia do.
Objections Against Capitalism: The Perils of “Too Much” Freedom
The argument for limiting our freedom—and for objecting capitalism, a system of freedom—is based on a dismal view of human beings.
CULTURE
Why Free-Market Economists and Historians Should Study Karl Marx
Karl Marx’s stubborn political staying power also requires that we grapple with his theory in an intelligent fashion and that we engage him seriously even if we judge his conclusions wanting.
Why Not?
Why shouldn't the soul of a mortal be proud? Life goes, it is true, like a swift-flying cloud But while it is going and ere he has died A man may do many things worthy of pride The high and the humble, the meek and the brave, Are all of them destined in time for the...
Christopher Columbus, We Salute You
Most Columbus Days are marked by rabid condemnations of the explorer as a genocidal maniac bent on destroying the peaceful and innocent native peoples who populated the Caribbean islands which Columbus discovered. These condemnations are not only unwarranted but...
Who Whipped Communism?
Soviet President Brezhnev, one of the last of the Soviet Communist dictators, hated the Catholic Church, according to conversations reported in The Wall Street Journal. Back during the Cold War Brezhnev is quoted as saying, "Sooner or later [the Church] would gag in...
WORLD
On the U.S. Obligation in Iraq
Democrats and Republicans, liberal media as well as Fox News, all seem to take for granted the following position on Iraq, as (in this instance) reported today at MSNBC.com: "The constitution is a crucial step in Iraq's transition to democracy after two decades of...
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MARKETS
Supply-Side Panglossians are Not Objective
Capitalism (and economic analysis) requires reason, not faith, facts, not what feels good. The supply side is the right side, but the Pollyannas must cease their bias and at least try becoming more objective. They must defend the right policies, not merely those imposed by politicians they deem to be in the right because they are on the right.
The Extinction of Retirement
For the better part of a century the foundations for a semi-comfortable retirement for many Americans have rested on the financial pillars of rising real estate and equity prices, positive real interest rates on savings, the continued solvency of public and private...
Fed Benefits from Global Fears
This week, in the second in a series of less-than-impressive press conferences, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke offered market observers little hope that any additional quantitative easing programs are on the horizon. The Chairman continues to cling to the position that the...
Central Bankruptcy: Why QE3 is Inevitable
As the U.S. economy seemingly limps out of the Great Recession most analysts now assume that the Federal Reserve will soon join the tide of other central banks and bring an end to the current era of unprecedented monetary expansion. Markets expect that Fed will begin...
LAW
Books: Inside the Criminal Mind
Criminals are criminals because of the way they think.
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SCI-TECH
Global Warming Scares Heat Up
To understand the whole global warming debate you have to understand that it is not about any dramatic warming of the Earth. The Earth has been warming since the end of the last Ice Age with time out for some mini-Ice Age episodes. As Richard S. Lindzen, the Alfred P....
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