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How to Move from an Entitlement State to a Free Market (Video)
How the left transformed America from an essentially free market into a regulatory entitlement state and discusses how supporters of capitalism can develop an even more persuasive moral narrative of our own.
Individual Rights and The Role of Government in Society
What is the role of government in society?
Compassionate Totalitarians: Clinton, Sanders and Progressivism
Let’s talk about the origins of progressivism.
Sloppy Language: Racial Segregation, Disparities, Gaps and Disproportionality
Before we invest resources into worrying about such matters, we might focus on language corruption, because it is polluting our thinking, resulting in inept and dangerous social policies.
The Democratic Party is All Socialist Now
Ayn Rand had it right when she said Communism is murder while socialism is suicide.
Health Care for All in Canada Did Not Include Laura Hillier
Laura Hillier did not die because the bone marrow for her transplant was unavailable. She died because hospital beds where the transplant could be done were unavailable.
The Flawed Premise In Conscripting Women Into The Military
You do not preserve a free country by enslaving its citizens to perform life-or-death activities.
What is the Role of Government in Society?
Under a political regime of liberty, each individual gives purpose and moral compass to his own life.
Grow Up Donald Trump!
It is amazing how many people have been oblivious to this middle-aged man’s spoiled brat behavior, his childish boastfulness about things he says he is going to do, and his petulant response to every criticism with ad hominem replies.
Imagine a World Where Obama Defends Capitalism and Free Markets
What would the State of the Union address be like if Obama had such an epiphany for defending individual liberty rather than more unrestricted government license over our lives?
Middle of The Road GOP Establishment is a Victim of Its Own Lack of Spine
The GOP Establishment seems to love nothing more than being liked and accepted by their morally tiny little socialist colleagues who control the agenda and the levers of power in our nation’s capital, not to mention much of academia and the media. In their hearts, they all seem to know that Bernie Sanders is–on their premises, at least–right.
The Demand for Villains
The latest tempest in a teapot controversy is over a lack of black nominees for this year’s Academy Awards in Hollywood.
Donald Trump is a Bad Deal for America
Bipartisan deals — so beloved by media pundits — have produced some of the great disasters in American history.
A Lack of Quality Ideas: Trump and The Republican Establishment
Republican voters’ turning to Trump is a sign of desperation and a telling indictment of what the Republican establishment has been doing for years.
Government Managed Health Care is Killing Us
Instead of debating a free market for medicine versus socialism, we’re reduced to watching Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders fight over Obamacare versus socialism.
Donald Trump’s Nationalism Against Free Market Capitalism
When it’s for the sake of The Nation, capitalism and free markets are out the window.
Jeb Bush’s Brand of Welfare Statism
Bush’s proposal merely reinforces the false idea that government has a right to force some to be the keepers of others. He wants to pass it off to the states.
Why Does the Left Support Wall Street?
The rhetoric from the Left is intransigent in its denunciation of wealth. However, Leftists in power behave differently than their rhetoric would lead us to expect. They enact legislation and regulation which actually helps enrich crony businesses, such as big banks. Why?
Sorry, Obama Didn’t Build That: Americans Progress Despite Obama’s Regressive Policies
Despite politicians’ attacks on open markets and individual freedom, people keep getting richer and living longer.
Want To Know Who the Next President Will Be?
In a free country, adults ought to be allowed to speculate.
Military Social Engineering: The Myth of a Gender-Neutral Playing Field
Official lies and deception will eventually reveal themselves with unnecessary loss of lives on the battlefield.
The Busybody Left: Using Taxes For Regressive Social Engineering
Handing out vast amounts of the taxpayers’ money is the way the federal government has expanded its power far beyond the powers granted by the Constitution — thereby limiting the freedom of individuals, localities and states.
The Benevolence of Capitalism vs The Paternalism of the Welfare State
Before the arrival of modern welfare state, voluntary, private-sector institutions had evolved to serve as the market providers for many of those “social services” now viewed as the near-exclusive prerogative of the government. Unfortunately, after nearly a century of increasing political and cultural collectivism, the historical memory of the pre-welfare state era has all but been lost.
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