by Doug Reich | Mar 20, 2007 | Religion
One of the most powerful religions in the Western World is environmentalism.
by Richard E. Ralston | Mar 18, 2007 | Healthcare
For years the advocates of a total takeover of health care by the government have pointed to the Veterans Administration as the model of efficient and caring health care by our government. It provides an ideal model, they said, for all health care. They must have...
by John Stossel | Mar 14, 2007 | POLITICS, Regulation
Whenever someone is hurt in an accident, people say, “There ought to be a law!” Politicians rush to oblige them and then take credit for all the lives they saved. But shouldn’t they also accept blame for the lives lost because of those laws? Lives...
by Walter Williams | Mar 6, 2007 | POLITICS
Both chambers of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s General Assembly passed a resolution saying government-sanctioned slavery “ranks as the most horrendous of all depredations of human rights and violations of our founding ideals in our nation’s history;...
by George Reisman | Mar 5, 2007 | Environment
Environmentalism thus stands a very strong chance of ultimately reverting to the more traditional socialism of massive government construction and engineering projects.
by George Reisman | Mar 5, 2007 | Environment
Environmentalism thus stands a very strong chance of ultimately reverting to the more traditional socialism of massive government construction and engineering projects.
by John Stossel | Mar 2, 2007 | POLITICS
We can scare ourselves stupid. Consider vaccines. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the mercury in them has “poisoned an entire generation! It’s causing IQ loss, mental retardation, speech delay, language delay, ADD, hyperactivity!” The news media love this...
by Richard E. Ralston | Mar 1, 2007 | Healthcare
While Governor Schwarzenegger and California legislators are busy putting forward proposals to socialize health care, one element is profoundly missing: none of these politicians know or care what physicians think of the proposals. It should have occurred to them that...
by Walter Williams | Feb 28, 2007 | POLITICS
Does democracy really deserve the praise it receives? According to Webster’s Dictionary, democracy is defined as “government by the people; especially: rule of the majority.” What’s so great about majority rule? Let’s look at majority...