America is not the world’s police and it ought to be unnecessary to have to declare let alone debate that an attack by the U.S. on Syria would be an outrage. But the Obama administration, backed by every major Democrat and Republican and largely by the press, too, is...
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
Environmentalism Makes the Middle East Matter
The impending war in Syria seems like a good time to revisit environmentalism. Although Obama may be foolish enough to believe America has an obligation to invade Syria in the absence of any threat to American interests, the continuing high cost of fuel always gives...
Serious About Syria?
“Military action” is a polite phrase for killing people. It would be nice to believe that this has some larger purpose than saving Barack Obama from political embarrassment.
A Narcissist Goes to War
A narcissist is someone who (a) thinks he’s smarter or more skilled than he is; and/or (b) thinks he has power or knowledge that nobody else can have. At the root of narcissism is a false belief that something other than rational knowledge and rational action is the...
Unintended Consequences of Increased Minority Homeownership
One of the many unintended consequences of the political crusade for increased homeownership among minorities, and low-income people in general, has been a housing boom and bust that left many foreclosed homes that had to be rented, because there were no longer enough...
Touchy Topics: Freedom of Association and Discrimination
What is the true test of one’s commitment to freedom of expression? Is it when one permits others to express ideas with which he agrees? Or is it when he permits others to express ideas he finds deeply offensive?
In Praise of Privatization and Private Property
Everyone benefits from privatization and free markets. The only exceptions are people who do not want to be productive and want to live as parasites of others.
A Poignant Anniversary
The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, and of the Reverend Martin Luther King’s memorable “I have a dream” speech, is a time for reflections — some inspiring, and some painful and ominous.
A Truly Great Phony
Obama’s job is to keep the true believers believing.
A Little Bit of War is a Dangerous Thing
Now that Obama decides he wants to play soldier, we’re supposed to uncritically accept his change of position on the use of military force.
Should the U.S. Intervene in Syria?
By Obama’s own definition and standards, the U.S. has no business at all going into Syria. But Obama also believes in a government that makes people sacrifice.
Obama-logic and the “Right” to Health Insurance
Why don’t we just make doctors provide health care for free, if it’s a right?
Obamacare for College … It’s the New High School
As with health care, Obama merely seeks to consolidate and completely nationalize higher education by placing it under control of the federal government.
Obama Puts America on Disability
Obama and his ilk are turning as many Americans as possible into wards of the state.
Progressives Against Blacks
In sports, when have you heard a coach explain or excuse a black player’s poor performance by blaming it on a “legacy of slavery” or on that player’s being raised in a single-parent household?
Obama’s Hypocrisy Over Egypt
Why is majority will such a sacred cow?
Obamacare for Education
Obama—and the federal government—are going to do for college education what they have done for everything else: Create deficits, bankruptcy, mediocrity, unaccountability and inflation.
Make Me Comfortable
Confusing comfort with rights is what socialism does—and what democracy makes possible.
Energy Manipulation
The huge supply and resulting low prices have begun to act as a deterrent to future energy exploration and production.
Matt Damon’s Search for the Truth
Obama Hollywood celebrities want dictatorship — if it’s by one of their guys
The Immorality of the Nanny State
To make markets free, we must fire the immoral nanny state and restore the only proper role of the government: protection of individual rights.
Would They Be Proud? No Need For a Conversation with Whites on Race
Black people don’t need to have a conversation with white people on matters of race. They need to have it amongst themselves.
Busybody Politics
What could lead anyone to believe that they have either the right or the omniscience to dictate to hundreds of millions of other people?
“Political Terrorist”? Seriously?
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz-R of Texas is calling for Republicans in Congress to defund Obamacare. MSNBC critic Chris Matthews has replied by calling Senator Cruz a “political terrorist.” Actually, Congressional funding of the government is part of the Constitution. There’s...
Ending Poverty
Politically, the single most important requirement of wealth creation is freedom.
Lessons From the Bankruptcy of Detroit
Private enterprise built America’s Motor City; government destroyed it.
Time for an Honest Examination of Race
Racial discrimination has little to do with major problems confronting black people.
The Tragedy of Isolation
Breast-beating isolation. It is a sweet-tasting poison.
Black Self-Sabotage
Each year, roughly 7,000 blacks are murdered. Ninety-four percent of the time, the murderer is another black person. There are no such protests against the thousands of black murders.
Denial Over Collapsing Detroit
Most Americans don’t think Detroit’s collapse has anything to do with the rest of the country.
Not All of the Young Love Obama
The young are among the hardest hit by Obama’s mandates.
Profiling for Crime: Who Is Too Blame?
A law-abiding black person denied a taxi is rightfully angered, but to whom should his anger be directed, at the driver who’s trying to protect his life or at the people who’ve instilled fear by robbing and assaulting cabbies?
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