POLITICS

Max Weber’s essay on “Politics as a Vocation” reinforces all the reasons why it is important to restrict the powers of government, while enabling those in government to secure each individual’s right to their life, liberty and honestly acquired property.

Capitalism is truly the pro-human social system superior to its alternatives.

Economic prosperity is not achieved by taxing the “rich”—such as the plans to wipe out billionaires—and giving some of their wealth to those who have been less productive and therefore have less wealth.

The new religionists tout environmentalism, feminism, multiculturalism, and welfare statism.

The 2018 tariffs imposed by President Trump on imports from China and other countries had already resulted in the direct transfer of tens of billions of dollars from U.S. businesses to government coffers.

Ayn Rand’s writings brought about an ethical and practical revolution in my thinking

Throughout the 19th century, a primary means for the provision of what today we call the “social safety nets” was by the private sector outside of government.

Keep government out of labor markets, so long as people stick to their contracts and refrain from violence.

Let’s examine these killers’ motives and means so we can reduce the possibility of more such shootings and reduce their lethality. But blaming Trump is lazy, dishonest and bigoted.

It was French king Louis XIV who declared, “L’etat c’est moi” (“I am the state”), indicating his insistence that he possessed absolute power over his subjects. This attitude is shared by Donald Trump, president of the United States.