When You Should–and Should Not–Help Others
Ayn Rand, the author of Atlas Shrugged wrote, "When people need help, the best of them (those who need it through no fault of their own) often prefer to starve rather than accept assistance -- while the worst of them (the professional parasites) run riot and cash in...
Black Slavery is Alive in 2001
Black slaves are still available -- just not in the United States. To make a purchase, you'd have to travel to the Sudan as Gerald Williams, Harvard University pre-med student, did in October 2000. Slavery in the Sudan is in part a result of a 15-year war by the...
Political Advice for President George Bush
No sooner do we elect a new president than we start telling him what to do. People in the media are full of advice, perhaps more so this year than usual. Because of the closeness of both the presidential and congressional elections, much media advice seems to be that...
U.S. Foreign Policy towards India Should Not Compromise U.S. Security
America and India share the distinction of being the world's largest "democracies." Yet relations between the two countries have been unsteady and will need executive attention if they are to improve. A major stumbling block to relations in recent years has been...
Bill Clinton’s Legacy of Lasting Corruption
After Bill Clinton, Al Gore and various Congressional Democrats had pointed the finger of suspicion at Big Oil as the cause of astronomical gasoline prices in the Midwest, the Washington Times obtained a copy of a memorandum from within the Clinton administration...
Tax Slaves Existing for Government
Alan Keyes, a candidate for the Republican 2000 presidential nomination, argues that the income tax is a slave tax and that Americans are slaves. He is correct. A slave is a person who does not own his own labor. After tax, successful Americans retain no more of the...
More Guns, Less Crime?
In response to the tragic shootings at Columbine High School and the Los Angeles JCC, the relation of gun availability to violent crime has been furiously debated in the media. One highly visible scholar in the media debate is economist and social scientist, John...
Bill Gates, Meet Ayn Rand
If you want to understand what is happening to Microsoft, read "Atlas Shrugged," Ayn Rand's classic story of the bureaucratic assault on the entrepreneurial spirit. In "Atlas Shrugged," Hank Rearden, inventor of the fabulous Rearden metal, is harassed and blackmailed...
Where is the Future?
Where are the flying cars?It is now 2001, and for those of us who insist on technicalities, this is the real, official beginning of the 21st century. So I want to know: Where is the future predicted for us by science fiction writers -- you know, the future of flying...
Microsoft and Liberty
Think about the government's case against Microsoft and, just as importantly, it's implications for our liberty. Let's ask a general question just to get started. If there's an act we all agree is immoral and unacceptable when done by an individual, does that act...
Global Economic Freedom Continues to Gain Survey Shows
More countries expanded economic freedom during the past year than curtailed it, The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal report in their annual "Index of Economic Freedom." The survey showed 70 of the 155 countries rated granted their citizens more...
The End of Montgomery Ward
The passing of a once-great business is often a time for nostalgia and regret, so the announced closing down of Montgomery Ward has provoked much media comment along these lines. But both the rise and the fall of Montgomery Ward illustrates the dynamic adjustments of...
Ignoring A “Hate Crime” in D.C.
Here in the land of pontificators and tolerance preachers, a hateful crime goes unpunished. President Clinton, our lame duck lip-biter, is nowhere to be found. Neither are the chest-beaters at the New York Times. And the rainbow coalition of loud-mouthed minority...
U.S Should Not Use Trade Agreement to Hold Chile Hostage
On November 29, the United States and Chile came one step closer to achieving (in the words of President Bill Clinton) a "mutual commitment to advancing free and open trade and investment in the Americas." Chile received this long-sought invitation to trade more...
Listen to Venus Williams Advice on Taxes
Basically, the tax system is designed to punish success. Work harder than the next guy, innovate, invest wisely, or get lucky--and the government will put the squeeze on you. Almost every argument made by liberals against tax cuts, it seems, comes down to a familiar...
Feminization of Gun Debate Drowns Out Sober Analysis
WHEN IT COMES to talking about guns, responsible women should adopt Johnson & Johnson's Baby Shampoo pledge: No more tears. No more mom-in-tennis-shoes proselytizing. No more irrational NRA-bashing. No more maudlin sermons. Alas, the sopping feminization of...
The OECD Vision: One Big International Welfare State with High Taxes Across the Globe
The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) is comprised of 29 industrial nations, mostly in Western Europe, the Pacific Rim and North America. They've recently released a report titled "Towards Global Tax Cooperation" that should worry all of...
Tax Competition: Harmful to Whom?
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a Paris-based institution with 29 member nations from the industrialized world, has launched a project seeking the elimination of "harmful tax competition."In a report titled "Towards Global Tax...