Good and Bad Economics

Here are a couple of newspaper headlines following Florida’s bout with hurricane disasters: “Storms create lucrative times,” St. Petersburg Times (Sept. 30, 2004), and “Economic growth from hurricanes could outweigh costs,” USA Today...

Letters to the Editor: 2004 November

November 16, 2004 Castro is Not “Generous,” He’s a Thug Mr.Alexander Marriott,I have read your article concerning the evils of Fidel Castro and Communism (The “Inspirational” Dictator and the New York Yankee). I understand that we live in...

Let Us Never Fail To Honor The Heroic Again

Last Thursday was Veterans Day, a holiday dedicated to honoring the valor of those American men and woman who defended the freedoms of the nation though their service in the armed forces. Not unlike Thanksgiving Day, Veterans Day also aims to give thanks, but unlike...

Beware the ‘Lame Duck’ Congress

In the midst of all the election hoopla, one thing remains certain. Congress will return for a final, end-of-the-year session on November 15. This is the most dangerous time of the year–a time when bad bills become bad laws with little fanfare from a distracted...

Defending the Separation of Church and State: A Call to Liberals

If the liberals truly wish to maintain the separation of Church and State (and its corollary – intellectual freedom), then they must reverse their antagonism to individual rights, and join us, the capitalists, in championing for a return to the original American form of government, i.e. to a constitutional republic enacted to protect the full and consistent individual rights of all.

Arafat’s Undeserved Honor: The West’s Shame

What made Yasir Arafat’s final days appalling was not the farcical prevarications about whether he were dead or alive, nor the soap-opera quarrel between his wife and his political cronies; it was that so evil a man commanded so much respect. Since his airlift...

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