Everything I learned about the Amish, I learned from the old Harrison Ford movie, “Witness.” Members of this pacifist religious community don’t use electricity or listen to music. The women wear bonnets. The men drive black buggies. Thanks to...
POLITICS
The basic and crucial political issue of our age is: capitalism versus socialism, or freedom versus statism. For decades, this issue has been silenced, suppressed, evaded, and hidden under the foggy, undefined rubber-terms of “conservatism” and “liberalism” which had lost their original meaning and could be stretched to mean all things to all men. – AYN RAND
Moral Inversion in the Middle East
Israel should never have engaged in peace talks with a man who has repeatedly called for its destruction, and who has actively planned, led and participated in terrorist attacks that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of its citizens.
How Encyclopedia Britannica Was Blown To Bits
The following is an excerpt from the book:Blown to Bits : How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy A Cautionary Tale In 1768, three Scottish printers began publishing an integrated compendium of knowledge — the earliest and most famous...
Where are the Bloodhounds?
Is the media coverage of the election fiasco biased in favor of Gore? Many small instances of bias show up in reporters’ choice of words. When Democrats take to the streets, for example, they are always described as “demonstrators” or...
Amazing Politics
AMERICAN POLITICS, the only thing more amazing than the Democrats are the Republicans. How are the Democrats amazing? Let me count the ways. Whether it is petroleum, housing or teachers, Democrats restrict the supply and are then astonished at the inevitable bad...
Napster is About Freeloading, not Freedom
Conservatives have been at the forefront of defending Microsoft’s intellectual property rights, but are reluctant to criticize Napster for fear of seeming anti-technology and pro-government. Don’t be intimidated by the cyber-mob. Napster is about...
Letter to the Greek Government Condemning Conscription
Dear Sir, The policy of military conscription followed by the Greek government is an absolute and unmitigated outrage. At the beginning of their adult lives, young Greek men are enslaved into the military, with their formative years, career plans, and even their lives...
Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa
Before my arrival in Africa, I had spent four years reporting from southeast Asia. What I found in Asia was a region of amazing economic dynamism, a place largely defined by more than a decade of steady growth and development, vastly improved living standards, and...
Conspiracy Theories
Q: What are your thoughts on assertions of a conspiracy by Republicans to steal the presidential election — made by Democrats and the mainstream media? It seems “conspiracy theories” abound today, by both the left and the right. What’s at the...
The Solution to Africa’s Problems is Not Socialism But Freedom
Tidjane Thiam, writing in Newsweek’s recent special edition, says democracy is vital to economic growth. As minister of planning and economic development of Cote d’Ivoire, Thiam says: “Africa has paid too little attention to political modernization....
Let the Sun Shine on the Supremes: Open up the Courts to America
When will the high and mighty hermits on the U.S. Supreme Court get over themselves and get with the 21st century? Unlike the judiciaries in 47 states, the highest court in the land still refuses to allow its hearings to be televised. Thanks to snooty traditions,...
Wading Through the Gore Camp’s Shameless Lies
Florida has now given us the most famous dimples since Shirley Temple and the most famous long count since Tunney and Dempsey. Meanwhile, the Gore camp has given us the most shameless lies since Bill Clinton. Lie number one is that there are “uncounted...
The Relation Between Political Freedom and Economic Prosperity
The seventh edition of the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal’s Index of Economic Freedom was released this month and has confirmed, once again, that a positive relationship exists between economic freedom and living standards. The index, which is...
The Democrats “World of Non-A”
Two thousand years ago, the Greek philosopher Aristotle named one of the basic rules of reality: “A is A.” Reality is what it is. Contradictions cannot exist. This rule came to be known as the Law of Identity. Early in the 20th century, another philosopher...
Every Guess Must Count?
“Every vote must count!” has been the magic mantra of Florida judges who are trying to give Al Gore the electoral victory that the voters failed to give him. “Every guess must count!” is more like it, when courts start authorizing local...
Ploys ‘R Us: The Legal Store for Democrats Seeking To Steal Elections
The Florida Supreme Court has disgraced itself and undermined election laws, not just for this election in Florida but for future elections across the country. Any future losing candidate in a close election now knows that he need only create enough noise and...
In the Battle for the Presidency, Who Should Win: Man or Machine?
The only thing all Republicans and Democrats seem to agree with, is that the vote count should be “fair, accurate, and final.” But what do these concepts mean? Who should do the counting? And how should the counting be done? These concepts certainly seem...
How Justice Was Lost: A Criminal System Driven Not By Justice But By Conviction Rates
While Democrats conspire to steal the presidential election from Republicans, prosecutors, police and even judges conspire to steal justice from the American people. The public was shocked to learn that the highly respected FBI Crime Lab was manufacturing false...
A Double Standard at CNN
Pardon me for taking this opportunity to vent my anger.
The Democratic Nazi Party
Two weeks after Americans chose a new president on Nov. 7, the Democratic Party is still trying to change the vote count. Responding to this unusual situation, The Wall Street Journal called on Republicans not to allow Democrats to steal the election and with it the...
A Politically Correct Nobel Peace Prize for Murder
Stanley “Tookie” Williams was nominated for the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize this week. His supporters call him “wise,” “compassionate,” “well-read,” and “wide-eyed like a child.” So just what are Tookie...
Fair and Just: The Rule of Law Means Rules That Don’t Change to Suit the Democratic Party’s Whims
A caller to the Rush Limbaugh program noticed something that has escaped the notice of all the high-priced lawyers, all the learned judges and all the media pundits. She pointed out that when she sees a disputed ballot being held up during the Florida manual recount,...
Majority Rule Equal Tyranny
The controversy surrounding this year’s presidential election has led to calls to abandon the Constitution’s Article II provisions for the Electoral College to select presidents. Despite the fact the system has served us well for over 200 years, many...
Phony Issues in Florida: Gore Wants Every Vote To Count — If It Is Not For Bush
Incessant claims by Vice President Al Gore and his spokesmen that they want “every vote to count” is belied by everything the Gore camp has done in Florida. If the Democrats really wanted every vote to count, then they would have started a manual recount...
It Depends On What The Meaning Of The Word “Vote” Is
There used to be a half-joking, half-cynical saying on Capitol Hill: “reality is negotiable.” It stood for the idea that there is no fact that can’t be spun out of existence, and no number so absolute that you can’t doctor it off the books....
The Seven Essential Questions of Bond Investing
As with any investment, successful investing in bonds requires following a simple routine or discipline. While experienced bond investors will follow this routine automatically, those who are newer to bonds should follow a checklist before committing themselves in...
The Cult of Anti-Intellectualism Amongst Blacks
Here are just a few of the facts: One study asked middle-class black, white and Asian high school students what was the lowest grade their parents would tolerate their bringing home? Asian students replied A-minus. Blacks said their parents would accept grades lower...
Desperate and Ugly in Florida
The same ugly tactics that worked for the Clinton administration during impeachment are now being used by Al Gore in a last desperate effort to capture Florida and the presidency. These tactics include creating as much noise and chaos as possible in the media, with...
When Financial Statement Analysis Becomes More of an Art than a Science
Part of a global equity analyst’s job is to deconstruct the financial statements of companies from around the world. This can be a harrowing task, especially when one considers the multitude of differing accounting standards practiced in countries outside the...
A Vicious Double Standard in Journalism: Fog Horns of the Fourth Estate
TV journalism means never having to be truly sorry. You would think that after last Tuesday’s election coverage fiasco, the broadcast networks might show a smidgen of humility. Instead, NBC and MSNBC — which led the blow-dried lemmings in erroneously...
Children of the Damned: How We Are ‘Saving’ Our Children by Raising Them to Become Serfs
For almost a century the Soviet Union preached the doctrine of service to “the people.” Toil, sacrifice, and suffer, the Soviet propagandists told their subjects; it is all being done for the good of “the people.” As time went on, of course,...
Al Gore’s Coup D’Etat
Karl Marx said it best: “Audacity is 90 percent of the battle.” Lenin showed that he had learned this Marxist lesson well when he declared his tiny band “the majority” and seized power in Russia in the name of a non-existent proletariat. It is...
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