Individualism vs. Serfdom in Defense of Freedom
In his June 6th column, Ross Mackenzie reprints a salty speech by US Third Army General George Patton to his men prior to the invasion of D-Day in 1944. In his speech, Patton is reported to have made the following comments: “An Army is a team–lives,...Limits on Taxation: It’s the Spending Stupid
It’s that time of year when the old tax limitation constitutional amendment bill gets dusted off before it receives its yearly summary defeat. An expansion of the 1994 “Contract with America” provision that modified House rules to require a...Pedophile Priests: What should be condemned the Pedophile or the Priest?
The appalling story of the pedophile priests deserves all the negative press it has been getting. But is the press critical of them because they are pedophiles or because they are priests? After all, there are many other pedophiles, some of them with their own...Microsoft’s Nose, Technology’s Face
When future policymakers want to understand the law and economics surrounding one of the most watched antitrust cases in history, they will look to “Microsoft, Antitrust and the New Economy,” a recent compilation of essays published by the Milken...Let’s Not Execute Capital Punishment
Every argument opposing capital punishment — e.g., it fails to deter would-be murderers, it’s administered according to racial/economic bias, it kills innocent people — evades the fundamental basis for why state execution, when used with discretion,...Martha and the Tall Poppies
Why do so many people hate Martha Stewart? How does a home-decorating and entertaining expert with a sweet, wholesome public persona come to be portrayed as a major cultural villain? Consider the past week’s media frenzy over charges that Stewart engaged in...Public Relations vs. Reality: The “American” Muslim Council
FBI directors don’t make a habit of breaking bread with organizations their agents may soon be investigating, perhaps even closing. Robert S. Mueller III, however, is about to make precisely this blunder: On June 28, he is scheduled to deliver a lunch talk to...Israel Has A Moral Right To Its Life
If we force Israel to appease Arafat, we will be broadcasting, loud and clear, that terrorism can bring America too to its knees.
