Nicholas Provenzo

Nicholas Provenzo is founder and Chairman of the Center for the Advancement of Capitalism.

The Dalai Lama: Dumb and Dumber

In researching what a potential "free Tibet" would look like absent Chinese rule, I found the following quote which is attributed to Tenzin Gyatso, aka the 14th Dalai Lama and the head of Tibet's government in exile: Of all the modern economic theories, the economic...

Saddam and Bush: A Dialogue Not Worth Having

President George Bush has been thrown the gambit by Saddam Hussein. In his interview with CBS News anchorman Dan Rather, Saddam proposed that Bush debate him before the world on live television. Establishing a dialogue in the midst of a crisis sounds on its face like...

Jenny from the Block

There is this song that has been on the airwaves for the past month where Jennifer Lopez, the current femme-fatal of the entertainment world sings the following chorus: "Don't be fooled by the rocks that I gotI'm still, I'm still Jenny from the blockUsed to have a...

High Noon with Iraq

In his address before the United Nations Security Council, US Secretary of State Colin Powell made it absolutely clear: instead of dismantling its weapons of mass destruction in plain sight of the world, Iraq has engaged in a deliberate program of deceit and...

An Axis of Valor

Last week, the leaders of Britain, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic publicly declared their support for America against Iraq. Joining together in a letter published in the Wall Street Journal, The Times of London and other...

Hail Columbia

On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Commander Rick Husband, pilot William "Willy" McCool, flight engineer Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist Michael Anderson, medical officer and flight surgeon Laurel Clark, mission specialist David Brown, and Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon...

Racist Secretary of State Colin Powell Should Resign

Earlier this week, on CNN's Late Edition and CBS's Face the Nation, Secretary of State Colin Powell proclaimed his support of the University of Michigan's use of racial preferences to bolster minority enrollments in its undergraduate and law school programs. The...

The Conservative Cult of Human Sacrifice

In a column earlier this month in TownHall by Ross Mackenzie, Mackenzie issues a call for mandatory universal service for America's youth. "Compulsory universal service--one year with an eight-week military component, men and women, no exceptions except for physical...

Lott’s Resignation: Now the Real Work Begins

According to the Associated Press, "A beleaguered Trent Lott stepped aside Friday as Senate Republican leader two weeks after igniting a political firestorm with racially charged remarks, and Tennessee's Bill Frist prepared to inherit the job when the GOP takes over...

Tonya Harding’s Army

Here is an interesting quote by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz, the federal judge overseeing Sun Microsystems' request for an injunction against Microsoft, "Capitalism is about making money, but it's also about something else. It's also about pride of product."...

The Implosion of the Republican Party

It's been nearly a week since Trent Lott got all misty for Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist campaign for president, and yet not one of his peers in the Senate has called for his ouster as Majority leader. Not one Senator has demanded the Senate censure Lott for...

Appeasement Never Works

By definition, every dictatorship's hands are drenched in blood, yet some people still think they can be placated by simply appeasing them. Consider the revelation that the Stalinist dictatorship of North Korea now has nuclear weapons, despite promises to the...

A Cycle of Injustice: Mob of Teenagers Beat Man to Death

A Cycle of Injustice: Mob of Teenagers Beat Man to Death

On September 29th, 2002 in Milwaukee, a 14 year-old teenager threw an egg at a man, named Charlie Young. The man in turn struck the teenager for throwing it, knocking out the teenager's tooth with the force of his hit. "According to police, a mob of boys as young as...

The Case for Action Against Iraq

There is no honest question that Saddam is evil. Saddam is a dictator in the classic Stalinist model and Iraq is the antithesis of a free republic. Rather than make reason, persuasion and individual freedom the hallmark of its regime, Iraq relies upon the systematic...

Solar Power Statists: Blinded by the Light

For the past week, the National Mall in Washington has been host to the Department of Energy's "Solar Decathlon," a collegiate competition and demonstration project to build a 500 square foot home powered only by the sun. Despite generous government and corporate...

The Republicans Impotence and the Future of Our Freedom

The Republicans Impotence and the Future of Our Freedom

According to an article in the Washington Post, the Bush administration has decided to distance itself from the term "privatization" at the request of the National Republican Congressional Committee, claming the word never accurately reflected the White House's views....

The Canadian Government vs. Free Speech

The Canadian Government vs. Free Speech

There are two principles that taken together are the cornerstone of freedom. One is that an individual has a right to his life. The other is that an individual has the right to speak uncoerced. Today, the 2nd right is under threat in Canada. According to Ray Girn,...

Anti-Capitalist Demonstrators and Freedom of Speech

Last weekend's anti-capitalist demonstrations in Washington were every bit what most observers expected them to be: sessions in idiocy, lunacy and general mayhem. As expected, portions of the city were significantly impacted by the demonstrations and despite almost...

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