Capitalism Must Be Defended at the Moral Level

Don’t let those who support socialism take the moral high ground because their morality is wrong.

Humans Must Choose Egoism: An Excerpt from Andrew Bernstein’s Captalist Solutions

The key to Ayn Rand’s version of rational egoism lies in understanding the nature of values, and the role they play in human life.

Charity Won’t Eradicate Poverty – Freedom Will

Instead of the “selfishness and greed” of wealthy producers, evidence shows that the fundamental cause of poverty is lack of freedom.

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Duke University Rape Case

Duke University Rape Case

Nothing should be surprising any more about the Duke University rape case. Still, it is a little staggering that, after all these months, District Attorney Mike Nifong has still not interviewed either the accuser or the accused. Rape is a felony with serious…

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Stocks Will Shine Again

Two weeks ago I suggested that investors sell Exxon Mobil and use the proceeds to buy Wal-Mart Stores. If you’d made the trade that day, then you’d be ahead 11% overall — Wal-Mart is up 3.6%, and Exxon Mobil is down 7.4%. I imagine most people…

Random Thoughts: October 2005

Random thoughts on the passing scene: Neither the depth of despondency nor the height of euphoria tells you how long either will last. We are so easily deceived that many people think that the Senate Judiciary Committee is acting nicely if the Senators wear a genial…

Spoiled Brat Politics, Part 2

The idea that what I want overrides what you want has increasingly become part of our thinking, our policies and even our laws. There is literally a federal case before the Supreme Court over the fact that many colleges and universities refuse to allow military…

A Nation of Sheeple

President Bush informed the nation, during a press conference, that he might seek to use the U.S. military to quarantine parts of the nation should there be a serious outbreak of the deadly avian flu that has killed millions of chickens and 60-some people in Southeast…

Spoiled Brat Politics, Part 1

An editorial in a recent issue of the National Geographic’s “Traveler” magazine complained that kayakers in Maine found “residential development” near national parks and urged its readers to use their “influence” to prevent…

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An Open Letter On Revolution in Iran

The Internet is a powerful tool for international understanding. This writer, through a chain of various links, found the web log of an anonymous Iranian girl. She had quoted the parts of President Bush’s State of the Union speech on Iran. “Different…

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Reason vs Faith: Julian Simon vs Paul Ehrlich

Reason vs Faith: Julian Simon vs Paul Ehrlich

In 1980, Julian Simon, the recently deceased economist and author of The Ultimate Resource, offered to environmentalists a wager based on his assertion that the price of any raw material would indefinitely decline on a future date. The wager was taken up by Paul…

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