At Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Oct. 29th press conference, a CNS News reporter asked, “Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?” Speaker Pelosi responded,...
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All laws must be objective (and objectively justifiable): men must know clearly, and in advance of taking an action, what the law forbids them to do (and why), what constitutes a crime and what penalty they will incur if they commit it. – AYN RAND
But Don’t Businesses Need to be ‘Regulated’?
In contrast with proper laws, regulations (which are also called ‘laws’ to package-deal them with proper laws) do not protect individual rights.
Sharia Law: Coming to An American Law Court Near You?
Sharia is a complex and comprehensive unity that traditional Muslims believe to be the unalterable law of Allah. To open the door to one aspect of it is only to open the door to the rest — which inevitably will result in the institutionalized subjugation of women and non-Muslims, and the extinguishing of freedom of speech and freedom of conscience.
Abortion and the Death of Dr. George Tiller
Police have announced an arrest in yesterday’s murder of Wichita, Kansas, Dr. George Tiller. Apparently, the shooter is an anti-abortion Christian who approved of assassinating abortion doctors (sources: New York Times, Kansas City Star). If true, this is yet...
The Government's Deregulation Scapegoat
After virtually every disaster created by Beltway politicians you can hear the sound of feet scurrying for cover in Washington, see fingers pointing in every direction away from Washington, and watch all sorts of scapegoats hauled up before Congressional committees to...
This Is CNN: Abusing Copyright Law To End Embarrassment
Tax Day this year was a great day for old-fashioned patriotism, but a bad day for television journalism–exemplified by CNN “reporter” Susan Roesgen. When hundreds of thousands of protestors raised their voices in opposition to profligate government...
Nationalization Is Theft
Nationalization, stripped of all rationalization, is naked theft.
Good Ideas vs The Constitution of the United States of America
Good Ideas During winter months, I work out 10 minutes on the treadmill and lift weights at seven stations four mornings a week. Over the years, during the spring through fall months, I racked up about 2,000 miles on my road bike. This level of exercise helps account...
“Fairness Doctrine” Equals Censorship
A growing number of “elites,” including Bill Clinton, are calling for a return of the “fairness doctrine” to talk radio, a sure indication that Congress and the new President will soon be taking on this issue. Supporters of the “fairness...
The Indecency of Government-Sanctioned “Decency”
So let me get this straight. When government regulates what can and cannot be said on the Internet, it’s NOT a restriction on freedom of speech — so long as the government claims it’s striving to act in “the public interest.”
Stimulus Package? The Hell with Our Constitution
Dr. Robert Higgs, senior fellow at the Oakland-based Independent Institute, penned an article in The Christian Science Monitor (2/9/2009) that suggests the most intelligent recommendation that I’ve read to fix our current economic mess. The title of his article...
Big Government, Not Big Media, Threatens Free Speech
The critics of media consolidation are frauds. They are not defenders of free speech–they are dangerous enemies of that freedom.
PRO-IP, Rights, and the Roots of Copyright Opposition
President Bush recently signed into law the “PRO-IP” bill, an act for “Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property.” The purpose of the bill is to enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws. The law...
The Supreme Court’s Function is Not To Uphold Social Opinions But To Protect Individual Rights
America desperately needs a new generation of judges who understand that their function is not to uphold social opinions but to protect our rights.
Fleeting Freedom: The Indecent Assault on Broadcasters
The question is not whether fleeting expletives are indecent, an issue that individuals have a First Amendment right to decide for themselves. It’s whether the Constitution grants government the power to trample on freedom of speech, using non-objective laws to dictate what we can say and hear on the airwaves.
Was the Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis Caused by Lack of Regulations?
Did lack of regulation create the subprime mortgage crisis? I am asked this all the time. The short answer: Of course not. Nowhere close. Not a chance. Here is the long answer. What regulations have we had? The mortgage originator (your local bank or mortgage broker)...
Amendment 48 Smoke Screen
Kristi Burton tries to hide Amendment 48 behind a cloud of smoke in her September 19 Post opinion article. The measure would define a fertilized egg as a person in Colorado’s constitution. Burton’s claim that Amendment 48 “doesn’t change the...
A Proper Public Policy for Dealing with Hurricanes and Other Natural Diasters
The Katrina tragedy and the more recent experience of Hurricane Ike should call into question the so-called safety net composed of government policies that actually encourage people to embrace risks they would otherwise shun–to build in defiance of historically obvious dangers, secure in the knowledge that innocent others will be forced to share the costs when the worst happens.
Amendment 48 Is Anti-Life: Morality and Abortion (Part 6 of 6)
If you believe that “human life has value,” the only moral choice is to vote against Amendment 48.
Amendment 48 Is Anti-Life: Personhood and the Right to Abortion (Part 5 of 6)
Amendment 48, if fully implemented, would outlaw all or nearly all abortions involving concerns of health, and definitely all abortions for rape, incest, and other reasons.
Amendment 48 Is Anti-Life: Amendment 48 and Abortion (Part 4 of 6)
Amendment 48 would ban all abortion, except perhaps in cases of extreme risk to the mother’s life. As a result, the measure would cause permanent injury or death to some at-risk women. It would also force a woman to bring any pregnancy to term, regardless of her judgment about her best course in life.
Amendment 48 Is Anti-Life: Fertility Treatment and Medical Research (Part 3 of 6)
Amendment 48 would require dramatic changes to the treatment of fertilized eggs in laboratory settings, including fertility clinics and research facilities. Such changes further illustrate the harm Amendment 48 would inflict on real people as well as the absurdities that arise from granting legal rights to fertilized eggs.
Amendment 48 Is Anti-Life: Amendment 48 and Birth Control (Part 2 of 6)
The most obvious and severe effect of Amendment 48 would be a total or near-total ban on abortion.
Amendment 48 Is Anti-Life: Why It Matters That a Fertilized Egg Is Not a Person (Part 1 of 6)
Amendment 48 seeks to define a fertilized egg as a person with full legal rights in Colorado’s constitution.
Let’s Stop Making Disasters More Disastrous
No longer will government make disasters more disastrous by pretending that citizens have a right to defy the forces of nature at others’ expense.
Net Neutrality, the FCC and Comcast
Would the Seattle Times acquiesce to a “printing press-neutrality” law that dictated how it should run its presses?
Oklahoma Rebellion
Both parties and all branches of the federal government have made a mockery of the checks and balances, separation of powers and the republican form of government envisioned by the founders.
The Supreme Court Versus The Constitution
Recent landmark court decisions are reminders that elections are not just about putting candidates in office for a few years. The judges that elected officials put on the bench can remake the legal landscape, change fundamental social policies and even affect the way...
True Deregulation for The Cable Industry
In an article on Ars Technica, a lobbyist for the cable industry is quoted as saying that deregulation allows vendors to innovate faster and is a pro-consumer move. The article’s author, however, cries that past evidence shows that deregulation has always...
Control Criminals Not Guns
Every time there’s a highly publicized shooting, out go the cries for stricter gun control laws, and it was no different with the recent murder of Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, in...
Lobbying, Free Speech and The First Amendment
Charles Krauthammer makes a trenchant argument in defense of a perennial whipping boy: Everyone knows the First Amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly. How many remember that, in addition, the First Amendment protects a fifth freedom...
Islamic States and Thought Crimes: The Thug’s Ideal
What deeper attack on civilization, freedom, the mind, and human life could be possible than to propose the establishment of thought crimes in an American university?
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