The Destruction of “Social Security”
It is time Americans stop fearing self-reliance and start taking personal responsibility for their finances. It is also time the government stops patronizingly telling them they won’t survive on their own.
The Sex Education False Dichotomy
MSNBC.com is reporting, “a leading group of pediatricians says teenagers need access to birth control and emergency contraception, not the abstinence-only approach to sex education favored by religious groups and President Bush.” I think both sides are...The Eradication of Polio and the Conspiracy-Theory Mentality
A worldwide campaign begun in 1988 to eradicate the polio infection was on the verge of success when, early in 2003, a conspiracy theory took hold of the Muslim population in northern Nigeria.
Random thoughts for July 2005
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Usually I like four-star hotels better than five-star hotels. The four-star hotels tend to be comfortable and attractive places with amenities, but without the pretentiousness and fussiness of five-star hotels. It is amazing how...Not Strictly Business: China’s Bid to Buy Unocal
It’s a heck of an offer. In an 11th hour bid to buy Unocal, China’s state-run CNOOC Ltd. offered $19.6 billion, cash, for America’s ninth largest oil company. That’s a lot of yuan in anybody’s book. For CNOOC, it’s downright...CNOOC Acquiring Unocal: What’s All The Fuss?
What’s all the fuss? An energy company based in Hong Kong called CNOOC, Ltd. — small by international standards — a few weeks ago bid $18.5 billion in cash to buy another small energy company, Unocal, based in California. The bid was nearly $2...The Tragedy of Africa: Local Tyranny Subsidized by Western Paternalism
Nature and man have combined to make Africa the most tragic of the continents — and the men who did this have been both black and white. The great French historian Fernand Braudel said, “In understanding Black Africa, geography is more important than...UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s Delusions of Grandeur
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan’s recent article in The Washington Post was a pathetic attempt to claim credit for political and economic developments in Iraq. It was an extraordinary re-writing of history that would have made officials in Orwell’s...Freedom, Not Foreign Aid, For Africa
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is pressuring the rich nations of the world to give more foreign aid to Africa — to the tune of $25 billion a year by 2010. The U.S. already gave $3.2 billion last year. In the wake of this pressure, we might ask ourselves...
CAPITALISM REVIEW
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- Shooting of Renee Good: Irresponsible to Immediately Proclaim This a Murder
- America Last: Fuentes’s Prime Supporters are Foreign Bots That Boost His Influence
- America is Not Fundamentally a Christian Nation
- “Warm Collectivism” vs. “Frigid” Individualism
- CNN Scott Jennings on the “epidemic of political vigilantism”
- The Complete Guide to Socialism vs Capitalism (Myths Explained)
- Yaron Brook on the Arrest of Collectivist Dictator Maduro
- No Free Market: Government Intevention in American Medicine
- Bezos: Washington Post Will Change Course To Defend Free-Markets
- Justin Amash on Birthright Citizenship: Only an Article V Amendment Can Change It
- Second January 6, 2021 Report