I’m glad Twitter purges robots and Facebook bans posts that call for direct violence (that’s illegal, after all). But I worry when big media companies start policing content.
John Stossel
Scaremongering “Journalism” at The New York Times
Sadly, many think dumb things because most every day the Times runs deceitful, biased stories and headlines that mislead. Opinion columns have license to do that, but these days, Times’ smears extend to “news” stories.
Anti-Capitalist Noam Chomsky’s Venezuela Lesson
Venezuela has greater oil reserves than Saudi Arabia. But because some people believe socialism is the answer to inequality, Venezuelans starve.
Sacrificing Freedom for Ethanol Corn Subsidies
Ethanol is an expensive boondoggle that wouldn’t survive in a competitive market.
Politicians Ignorance of Capitalist Free Market Economics
Politicians can’t see the wonders that the market provides, but they somehow see everything government does as a blessing — taxes that cut into people’s pay and regulations that make it more expensive to produce. They don’t see that their well-intended “pro-consumer” rules raise prices and reduce choice.
Sorry, Obama Didn’t Build That: Americans Progress Despite Obama’s Regressive Policies
Despite politicians’ attacks on open markets and individual freedom, people keep getting richer and living longer.
Want To Know Who the Next President Will Be?
In a free country, adults ought to be allowed to speculate.
2015: A Great Time To Be Alive
Where there is rule of law and individual freedom, humanity is better off.
Terrorism is a a Real Threat; So Is Unlimited Government
Terrorists are a real threat. So is government with a blank check.
Smearing Scientists Who Disagree with State Propaganda
Academics who don’t toe the leftist line get attacked and lose their jobs.
Anti-Gun Laws Benefit Criminals, Terrorists and Politicians, and Leave The Innocent Defenseless
What might have happened if a few of the 1,500 concert attendees in Paris’ Bataclan theater had guns?
Donald Trump: Master of Political Pull
“A powerful, politically influential person using his power to steal, essentially, somebody else’s private property for his own private profit,”
Politicians Have The Power To Legally Force Stupid Ideas Upon Us
Spoiled party kids may have stupid ideas, but they can’t impose them on the rest of us. Politicians can, and do. It’s an important distinction to remember.
Silencing Opponents During Political Campaigns
Campaign finance rules — and the political incumbents and prosecutor-bullies who manipulate them — are a major threat to our freedom.
Bad Government Thrives on Our Irrational Fears
Fear is a friend of the state. When people are frightened, they willingly give money and power to politicians and bureaucrats.
Leftists Encourage Censorship in America
If we’re going to sort out which ideas are good and which are bad, everyone must be allowed to speak.
Escaping The Socialist Communist Tyranny of North Korea
The George Orwell allegory about how noble-sounding revolutions can turn into tyranny resonated with Yeonmi.
The Cult of Victims
When you reward something, you get more of it.
Government “Help” Creates More Problems Than It Solves
Government intervention in the market has raised the price and lowered the quality of education, housing and healthcare.
The “War” on Drugs Creates More Problems Than It Solves
Our Drug War creates the carnage that drives poor Latin Americans to abandon their villages and move north.
Innovation vs. Regulation: Cutting Red Tape
America became the most innovative and prosperous nation in history because many Americans were adventurous, individualistic people willing to take big risks to discover things that might make life better.
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