Politics >
Free Things and Unfree People
The freebies approach to political campaigning and policymaking brazenly panders to mooching and, by expanding the size, scope, and power of government, also institutionalizes looting. As politicians today assert, so loudly and sanctimoniously, that things like food,…
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…
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…
Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It (Chapter 2, Part 1 of 3)
Adapted from Chapter 2 of Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It by Craig Biddle. As we have seen, subjectivism–whether “supernatural,” social, or personal–fails to provide proper guidance for human action,…
Law >
Books: Solon the Thinker – Political Thought in Archaic Athens
John Lewis’s Solon the Thinker contains a careful reading of the poetic fragments of Solon – not as poetry, but as political thought.
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World >
Iran’s Jihad Against Civilization Continues
“Iran’s Hardliners Renew Calls for Rushdie to Die”–headline, The Independent (UK), 2/15/2003 In 1989, the government of Iran sentenced author Salman Rushdie to death for writing arguments offensive to their interpretation of Islam in his book,…
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Culture >
Academic Fascism in America
From the Nazis to the Stalinists, tyrants have always started out supporting free speech, and why is easy to understand. Speech is vital for the realization of their goals of command, control and confiscation. Free speech is a basic tool for indoctrination, propagandizi…
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Markets: Business & 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.
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Science & Technology >
Scientists Warn That Actions Based On Unverified Climate Models Is Premature
As delegations from more than 150 countries were busy lobbying in Kyoto two months back in December, to discuss international controls on carbon dioxide emissions to mitigate a putative future global warming, climate scientists from Europe and North America warned…
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