How The West Could Lose
After defeating fascists and communists, can the West now defeat the Islamists?
Diplomacy Only Encourages North Korea’s Belligerence
There is only one solution to the “North Korea problem”: the United States and its allies must abandon the suicidal policy of appeasement.
The Sex Police vs. The Heart Attack Grill
The motto at the popular Heart Attack Grill in Tempe, Ariz., is: “Taste … worth dying for!” That’s because it serves only artery-clogging food like big hamburgers (the biggest is called the “Quadruple Bypass”) and “Flatliner...Reinstating the Military Draft
Congressman Charles Rangel plans to introduce legislation calling for reinstatement of the military draft. He says, “There’s no question in my mind that this president and this administration would never have invaded Iraq, especially on the flimsy evidence...No Devil, No Saint: Chilean General Augusto Pinochet of Chile
Dictatorship, like war, is always an evil.
Saving Versus Hoarding
The increase in the savings of the economic system as a whole must take the form of an increase in its capital assets, such as business plant, equipment, and inventories.
Health Care is Not a Right
Delivered at a Town Hall Meeting on the Clinton Health Plan Red Lion Hotel, Costa Mesa CA December 11, 1993Good morning, ladies and gentlemen: Most people who oppose socialized medicine do so on the grounds that it is moral and well-intentioned, but impractical; i.e.,...Moral Values Without Religion
Does morality depend upon religion? Most people believe it does, which is a major reason behind the appeal of the religious right. People believe that without faith in a supernatural authority, we can have no moral values–no moral absolutes, no black-and-white...The Religious Conservatives’ War on Birth Control
Virtue, according to Christianity, consists of sacrificing one’s desires and goals in the name of fulfilling one’s duties to God. Sex, on this premise, is at best a necessary evil–a sinful act, justifiable only by the duty to procreate.
