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
Imagine interviewing Noah without bringing up the flood. Baseball sports fans apparently expected that of NBC news reporter Jim Gray when he interviewed Pete Rose. Before the second game of the World Series, Gray interviewed Pete Rose, a member of the so-called...
Last week, the New York Times covered two recent “purchases” that demonstrate new lows in the realm of political real estate. One year ago, former Ukrainian Prime Minister, Pavlo Lazarenko, paid $6.75 million in cash for Eddie Murphy’s 41-room...
A Los Angeles police officer, earlier this year, shot and killed a 54 year-old, black, homeless and, apparently, mentally ill woman. Two officers observed Margaret Mitchell pushing a shopping cart down the street, and stopped to question her as to the ownership of the...
AFCM’s advertisements and brochure begin with the phrase, “The crisis in American health care is not one of quality.” If a recent New York Times article (10/19) is true, this will soon change. “In a break from three decades of Medicare policy, the Clinton...
“The Secrets of the SAT,” a PBS “Frontline” special, aired a few weeks ago. For sixty minutes, with virtually no “experts” offering opposing views, the show attacked the Scholastic Aptitude Test, required by most colleges. Opponents...
Good government? Isn’t that an oxymoron? Many today believe so. Who can blame them? Our political system has increasingly become a chaotic jungle driven by competing pressure groups (“special interests”) seeking special “favours” and...
The difference between advertising and personal salesmanship lies largely in personal contact. The salesman is there to demand attention. He cannot be ignored. The advertisement can be ignored. But the salesman wastes much of his time on prospects whom he can never...
Congress is once again addressing the issue of campaign finance reform — and no wonder. The American public has become increasingly disgusted by the unprincipled manner in which our legislative process is conducted. The process, in essence, consists of swarms of...
The following is a letter sent by writer Scott Holleran of Glendale, California to the New York Times. Your Oct. 7, 1999 editorial, “The Fight for Patients’ Rights,” is insulting to the reader’s intelligence. By claiming that House...
Much fuss has been made recently about George W. Bush’s alleged drug usage. Apparently fearful of a scandal, Governor Bush has dodged the issue — with disturbingly Presidential style — creating a bigger scandal. Whether he has used drugs or not, he...
“So many racists, so little time.” Black Time magazine editor Jack E. White fired that shot at David Horowitz, the “conservative” head of an organization called The Center for the Study of Popular Culture. And get a load of White’s...
California Just Reported a 29 percent drop-off in cigarette sales. Good news, say supporters of Proposition 10, the voter-approved initiative that places a 50-cent tax on a pack of cigarettes. Actor-director Rob Reiner, who spearheaded the initiative, barely contained...
The principal focus of climate science is certainly atmospheric science and meteorology, but the subject is so complex that it involves many other areas of the earth sciences, as well as different disciplines, such as physics, chemistry, and even biology. This...
The real test of an advertising man is in selling goods by mail. But that is a school from which he must graduate before he can hope for success. There cost and result are immediately apparent. False theories melt away like snowflakes in the sun. The advertising is...
Many people have tried to explain the confessed killer’s actions after last week’s shooting in Los Angeles. Most of these explanations are glaringly inadequate, but even the best of them fail to identify the deeper philosophy behind this vicious crime,...
Most of us assume that selfishness is both wrong and unhealthy. But is this true? Selfishness means acting in one’s rational self-interest. Contrary to popular opinion, all healthy individuals are selfish. Choosing to pursue the career of your choice is selfish....
Warning: Over certain issues, otherwise intelligent people may, repeat, may suffer instantaneous, and often irreversible, brain-freeze. Take the minimum wage. The City Council in Santa Monica, Calif., a town also known as “Moscow on the Pacific,” just...
At PETA’s fundraising event in Hollywood on September 18, Paul McCartney presented a special award in honor of his late wife, Linda. He should hang his head in shame for supporting the animal rights movement. Is McCartney so ignorant as not to know the facts...
Joseph Kellard for Capitalism Magazine: What is your assessment of President Clinton’s foreign policy in the Balkans? Tracinski: Well, to start with, I think his so-called victory in the recent Kosovo conflict is really an unmitigated disaster. First, we ended...
Does a bad-mouthed cop, by definition, exercise bad judgment? Last December 1998, in Riverside, California, a 19-year-old black woman, Tyisha Miller, sat in an apparent coma with a gun on her lap, in a locked car with the motor running. Her companions called 911, and...
Over two years have passed since that fatal car crash in a Paris tunnel, and the fundamental question still burns: Who is morally responsible for the tragic and senseless death of princess Diana? Although the investigation report from the French magistrate has yet to...
“You have to answer the question. It won’t go away.” — Reverend Jesse Jackson The subject? George W. Bush. The “question (that) won’t go away”? Bush’s alleged cocaine use. Meet Reverend Jesse “Zero-Tolerance”...
As the 30th anniversary of the original Woodstock festival approaches, we will once again be told that Woodstock was about peace and love, about benevolence for one’s fellow man and freedom from arbitrary social restrictions. This is the line that has been...
Fifty percent of whites find segregation OK, as do 40 percent of blacks. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) commissioned a poll that uncovered these “shocking” results. Predictably, the mainstream media led the parade....
Self-defense works. Laws don’t matter if authorities don’t do their jobs. These are the two most profound lessons learned from the recent shooting at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles, a shooting that resulted in five wounded. The...
Remember intelligent people you address are selfish, as we all are (or at least should be). They care nothing about your interests or profit. They seek service for themselves. Ignoring this fact is a common mistake and a costly mistake in advertising. Ads say in...
Ronald Reagan gets less respect than Rodney Dangerfield. On July 22, 1999, the Associated Press published a story: “Letters Shed Light on Reagan’s Life.” Lorraine Wagner, a Philadelphia woman, maintained a 50-year- long correspondence with Ronald...
“Houston, you’ve got a problem.” In the competition to award a new NFL franchise, the National Football Association pits Houston against Los Angeles. For its part, Houston pledges a $500 million “entrance fee,” plus hundreds of millions...
JFK, Jr. represented many things. He was handsome. He was the son — and namesake — of one of America’s most famous and beloved Presidents. He was the little boy who saluted his slain father’s casket in that memorable picture. JFK Jr.’s...
Government leaders have, for centuries, bemoaned the imagined ills of trade deficits. Kings of ancient yore endeavored to achieve surpluses to fund their wars. Dictators of all stripes have carefully sheltered their economies from foreign goods. Because of this...
Crystallization. Nineteenth century French writer Stendhal used the word “crystallization” to describe how we ignore flaws, imperfections, ambiguities, and inconsistencies in people we love. If you take a tree twig, said Stendhal, shove it in a mound of...
Over last summer, President Clinton traveled to China, ostensibly to make headway in Sino-American relations. He had billed his trip as a chance to discuss “human rights” issues with the Chinese government because China’s record on human rights was...
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