People Helping Tyrants
In pursuit of what’s deemed as worthy objectives, decent people often pave the way for tyranny. The process usually begins by the piecemeal destruction of the foundations of liberty: private property, rule of law, voluntary exchange and limited government. Those...Public Service and Private Misery
Jonas Salk once named the ambition that guided his career: “I wanted to do independent work and I wanted to do it my way.” His ideas were opposed by the scientific establishment, but he persevered, holding nothing above the verdict of his own mind. The...Should Laws Be Obeyed?
Should we obey laws? It all depends; some laws aren’t worthy of obedience. “There you go again, Williams;” you say, “what kind of society would there be if people decided which laws they’d obey or disobey?” That might be a problem...MSAs: The Future of Medical Care Financing
I know that the MSA is the future for health care financing because it is the best option available today for returning control, responsibility and freedom of choice back to the individual, and thereby preserving and advancing quality medical care for individuals. By...Appeasing Dictatorship: From Munich to Hong Kong
With little regard for this recent history, Britain is appeasing dictatorship once again. On July 1, 1997, Britain will officially give back political authority over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China.
Goal of the Oklahoma Bombers and the Militias: Sacrificing the Individual to the Whims of a Group
Terry Nichols is currently on trial as an accomplice to the truck bombing that killed 168 people two years ago in Oklahoma City. As in the trial of Timothy McVeigh, who was sentenced to death for his role in the bombing, many people are still asking: What could...Silencing Dissent
After years of procrastination, I finally got around to reading Yale University law professor Stephen L. Carter’s, book, Reflections of An Affirmative Action Baby. Carter writes engagingly about race issues like affirmative action, racial stereotypes, and the...Why Clinton’s Race Panel’s Recommendations Will Not Work
Our leaders have not had the courage to identify the proper antidote to racism and the proper alternative to racial thinking: individualism.
