Diplomacy does not apply toward Dictators

“The imminence of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the huge dangers it involves, the rejection of a viable inspection system, and the demonstrated hostility of Saddam Hussein combine to produce an imperative for pre-emptive action,” Vice...

Greenspan on “Infectious Greed”

[Previously], I wrote: “Those on the moral code of altruism have to view all businessmen as guilty, guilty by nature, since their life’s work is to seek selfish gain. The current legislative frenzy is just the latest manifestation of the altruist premise:...

Alan Greenspan: Ayn Rand’s Failed Student

As legend has it, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was once a member of Ayn Rand’s 1960’s salon. He was an invited guest at Rand’s apartment and apparently was close enough to have read her epic Atlas Shrugged as it came off her typewriter....

Relationships: It Only Takes One

Q: In the past year I’ve gone on a few dates and befriended a few women, but I always find they have poor self-esteem. I hope this is not saying something more about me, in that I only seem to attract such women. However, it just seems that there are so many...

On Tolerating the Intolerable

Q: Dr. Hurd, I believe — as you write in your articles — that the U.S. carries moral superiority over many (perhaps all) of the nations [Iran, Iraq, etc.] you list in your article, and I believe it has the right to defend itself. However, the world would...

How Taxpayers Prop Up Sport Mogul’s Profits

Art Modell, owner of the NFL Baltimore Ravens, observed during one of his struggles to get local taxpayers to build him a stadium that “The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries, and I say that with all due...

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