by Walter Williams | Jul 7, 2013 | POLITICS
The classic method of busybodies and tyrants; they start out with something trivial or small and then magnify and extend it.
by Thomas Sowell | Jul 7, 2013 | CULTURE
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Edmund Burke said, “There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men.” Evil men do not always snarl. Some smile charmingly. Those are the most dangerous. If you... by Jaana Woiceshyn | Jul 6, 2013 | Psychology & Living
An MBA student of mine who had just read my book commented: “Those principles you write about make a lot of sense, but at the same time, business is ruthless, and most people do not follow such moral principles. How can you act on principle when others don’t?” My... by Jaana Woiceshyn | Jul 5, 2013 | MARKETS
Marx was wrong: shareholders will benefit, not from the exploitation of workers but from their motivated, productive, fairly-compensated contribution to wealth creation. It is not a win-lose but a win-win; the alleged conflict between shareholders and workers is a myth.
by Dr Michael Hurd | Jul 5, 2013 | WORLD
The Obama administration-backed Egyptian government, backed in turn by the West-hating Muslim Brotherhood, has fallen. Egypt will install a new and improved government. Who knows how long that will last? But from America’s perspective, that’s not the point. The point... by Walter Williams | Jul 5, 2013 | POLITICS
The heartening news for us is that state legislatures are beginning to awaken to their duty to protect their citizens from unconstitutional acts by the Congress, the White House and a derelict Supreme Court.
by Scott Holleran | Jul 4, 2013 | CULTURE
The American city that comes to mind at the mention of Ayn Rand is probably not Chicago, a metropolis one might associate with other bestselling writers and authors, such as Studs Terkel, Carl Sandburg or even the current U.S. president, Barack Obama, whose philosophy... by Thomas Sowell | Jul 4, 2013 | CULTURE
At the heart of the left’s vision of the world is the implicit assumption that high-minded third parties like themselves can make better decisions for other people than those people can make for themselves. That arbitrary and unsubstantiated assumption underlies... by Jaana Woiceshyn | Jul 3, 2013 | Environment
University of Calgary, my employer, recently announced that this year it will require all newly-admitted students to read “No Impact Man,” the New York-based author Colin Beavan’s account of living for a year in Manhattan in an effort to strive for “zero environmental...