Reason, Freedom & Science: July Fourth Celebrates America’s and the West’s Core Values
There are three fundamental respects in which Western culture is objectively the best.
Race-Tinted Glasses
Random Thoughts While Not Out ‘Protesting’
Decriminalize Drugs
What drug prohibition did do is exactly what alcohol prohibition did a hundred years ago: increase conflict between police and citizens.
Government Failure
Scour the newspaper any day of the week and you will read stories detailing the many failures of the federal, state, and local governments or agencies, and of their stupendous ability to commit the same mistakes over and over again. Yet these agencies are the one that people turn to in times of troubles or needs.
Ten Varieties of Anti-Capitalism
The ten varieties of anti-capitalism are anarchism, medievalism, nationalism, socialism, communism, fascism, populism, racism, environmentalism, and subjectivism.
Thomas Sowell: An Underappreciated American Scholar
Thomas Sowell is one of the greatest economist-philosophers of our age, and I am proud to say that he is one of my best friends.
Slavery Did Not Enrich Americans
Slavery was not necessary for cotton, and cotton was not necessary for industrialization. Had chattel slavery never taken hold in the United States, we would very likely be richer than we are today.
‘Uncle Tom,’ The Movie
The film simply asks: “Why is there no respectful disagreement in the black community? Why are great black thinkers like Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams and Shelby Steele ignored or marginalized by the black and mainstream media?”
The New Censors vs. Freedom of Speech
When entitled leftists declare themselves the sole arbiters of truth, it’s crucial that we all speak up for free speech.
