On May 18, 1998, the U.S. Justice Department, 20 states and Washington, D.C., formally filed antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft. During a press conference, U.S. Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein and several state attorney generals painted Microsoft as an enemy...
Glenn Woiceshyn
Glenn Woiceshyn is a freelance writer, residing in Canada.
Bury the “Extremism” Smear at Barry Goldwater’s Funeral
Barry Goldwater, in his 1964 speech accepting the Republican Party’s nomination to run for president, responded to repeated accusations of “extremism” as follows: “I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let...
The Kyoto Protocol is a Complete Fraud
In primitive cultures, witch-doctors encouraged tribal chiefs to sacrifice people to mystical beliefs and deities. The Aztecs slaughtered thousands per year hoping to secure good weather from a mythical sun god. Power lusters throughout history have discovered...
‘Anti-Discrimination’ Laws Destroy ‘Human’ Rights and Institutionalize Bigotry
In 1991, Delwin Vriend was fired from his job as a lab co-ordinator at a private Christian college in Edmonton, Alberta, for being an active homosexual, a “lifestyle choice” that contravened the college’s moral code. Vriend took the Government of...
Michael Milken: Guilty of Success and Victim of Non-Objective Reporting
Fischel demonstrated that the “crimes” Milken allegedly committed were mere bookkeeping infractions which violated no legitimate rights and harmed nobody.
Payback: The Conspiracy to Destroy Michael Milken and his Financial Revolution, by Daniel Fischel
Fischel’s thesis is that Milken was a financial genius who fell victim to envy and became the scapegoat for economic disasters caused by the government.
Collectivism’s Sacred Cow: Public Education
When I need to purchase a new computer (or software program), I know that computer entrepreneurs are free to innovate and compete for my money, and I am free to choose the best offer in terms of performance, quality and price. Am I free to purchase the best education...
Protection of Individual Rights is Good Government
Good government? Isn’t that an oxymoron? Many today believe so. Who can blame them? Our political system has increasingly become a chaotic jungle driven by competing pressure groups (“special interests”) seeking special “favours” and...
Lessons from the Great Ice Storm: Individualism vs Collectivism
The Great Ice Storm of 1998 caught Canadians in Quebec and neighboring provinces totally off guard. Montreal, the hardest hit, looked as if it were bombed by ice. Millions suffered days to weeks of sub-freezing temperatures without electricity and heating. At least 25...
Global Treaty Banning Landmines is a Moral Obscenity
Contrary to media reports, the UN-sponsored “global” treaty banning land mines signed in December of 1997 by more than 100 nations, excluding the US, Russia and China, is not about preventing innocent people from being maimed or killed by the existing...
The Lewinsky Sex Allegations Against Clinton are Totally Believable
Clinton’s “political deftness” or pragmatism explains his immorality and recklessness, and is fully compatible with the Lewinsky sex allegations made against him, true or not.
Individual Rights: Key To Restoring National Unity in Canada
‘National unity crisis’ makes many Canadians immediately think of the looming threat of Quebec separation. But the crisis is broader. Many non-Quebeckers are fed up with the way the federal government is running the country. Quebec separatism is one...
John Dewey’s Legacy To Education: Teen Violence
Reena Virk, a 14-year-old teenage girl, was brutally beaten and murdered on the night of Nov. 14, 1997, in the Victoria suburb of Saanich, British Columbia. Seven teens, six of them girls aged 14-16, face charges of aggravated assault. Paradoxically, this...
The U.S. Government’s Assault on Microsoft
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently accused Microsoft of violating U.S. antitrust laws, and asked a federal court to fine Microsoft an unprecedented 1$ million per day until the “violations” cease. Microsoft’s “crime” was to...
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