POLITICS

So philosopher Mark Kingwell [Re: Burgled in the World's Best Country, National Post, July 12, 2000] believes that the cause of social ills like "crime and riots and beggars on the street" is the envy created by people experiencing poverty? Leaving aside all the...

On Independence Day we commemorate the birth of America as a free nation. But even more than that, we commemorate the birth of Americans as free men. At a single stroke, the Declaration of Independence and its ideals set America free from England, and set Americans...

This year I will not celebrate Canada Day -- as a matter of principle. I fully recognize Canada as being one of the best places to live in the world -- but that relative assessment doesn't justify the injustices perpetrated by our federal and provincial governments....

On June 21st, the World Health Organization published The World Health Report 2000. The most remarkable fact about the report does not concern its results, but rather the underlying premises that guide the organization and that led to such results. The results of the...

Once again, the Hong Kong government has swung from manic to depressive over its property market. A few years ago, in an attempt to gain popularity with the poor, the government reacted to high property prices by promising more government housing programs and more...

In 1786 New England farmers, oppressed by taxation, launched a series of rebellions against state authorities. Beginning with popular protests at town meetings, the demonstrations spread to local courthouses and legislatures. The statehouse in Hew Hampshire was...

On June 9th, by a majority of two thirds, Congress representatives voted to repeal the federal estate tax. The most impressive thing, however, was to hear arguments for the repeal being advanced on moral grounds. It seems that at least some politicians grasped the...

I read a most outrageous article in last Sunday's New York Times written by Paul Krugman, the Times' Keynesian economist in residence. (Available with free registration) Entitled "Green Cheese Rules," the article was inspired by a theory proposed by the famous...

The Justice Department committed a grave injustice against you, Bill Gates. Your crime was to be too ambitious and too successful in a society riddled with envy. You were condemned for your ability, which made you stand out from the crowd.The wealth you own is the...

Over the last month, we heard numerous discussions about whether granting Permanent Normal Trading Relations (PNTR) to China, in preparation for its entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), was a good thing or a bad thing. Most who opposed the bill suggested...

President Clinton wants, in his final months in office, to strike a major arms control deal with Russia, including a new ABM Treaty that would limit the United States' ability to defend itself against ballistic missile attack.White House officials have openly stated...

Last month, the formulators of the Nikkei 225 attempted to update the index in order to reflect the growth of the high-tech sector in the Japanese economy. While editors at the Nihon Keizai newspaper were operating on the belief that the index had become increasingly...

Many people understand that capitalism is a practical means of creating wealth, but few would argue that capitalism is moral.

For the sixth year in a row, Hong Kong has been named the world's freest economy in the Heritage Foundation's annual "Index of Economic Freedom." One of the reasons for this is its low taxes, and what the Hong Kong government boasts on its web site is a "simple and...

CM: Another question for you Dr Andrew Bernstein. Just as when a great artist portrays a simple piece of fruit in a distinctive, compelling way - so that after we've seen his painting we never look at fruit or color or texture in the same way - I wonder whether...

"The essence of heroism is an unbreached and unbreachable allegiance to the good in the face of any possible form of opposition"--Dr Andrew Bernstein Prodos for Capitalism Magazine: What do these people have in common? Galileo, Thomas Jefferson, Cyrano de Bergerac,...

After the NASDAQ Composite Index slid 33% from March 27th to its dramatic one-day decline on April 14th, most people weren't sure what had happened - or why it happened. The financial press was in an uproar trying to make sense of everything, and even now, dozens of...