Politics & Rights
Politics & Rights
Cheers to Big Tobacco for Defending Itself
Joshua Lipana August 18, 2011
FoxNews.com reports that four of the five biggest U.S tobacco companies are suing the federal government to stop it from forcing them to use “new graphic cigarette labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker and a picture of diseased lungs.” They are right to do so: The government’s…
Politics & Rights
Reality to Ron Paul: Iran Seeks to Kill Americans
Joshua Lipana August 13, 2011
In the recent Fox News debate in Iowa, Ron Paul claimed that Iran should be unhindered in its quest to acquire nuclear weapons and then blamed any tension with the Iranians on the United States, adding that the United States should “Stay out of their internal business.” If someone openly…
Politics & Rights
Venezuela: No Octavio, The Chavez Government is Socialist
Joshua Lipana August 11, 2011
Miguel Octavio in the CS Monitor attempts to discredit Hugo Chavez and his government by denying that they are genuinely socialist, but Octavio fails to grasp the nature of socialism. [Chavez] said we were entering into socialism long ago (2005?), but has yet to define it or implement it. Socialism…
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Philippines: Destroy the Abu Sayyaf
Joshua Lipana August 3, 2011
The Islamic terrorist organization Abu Sayyaf recently killed 7 Filipino Marines, beheading two. Philippine President Noynoy Aquino, expressing the proper outrage, said: Mark my words: to those of you who perpetrated this atrocity, know that you are now number one on my radar... make no mistake about it: you will…
Politics & Rights, Science & Technology
Jim Demint’s “Retirement Freedom Act” is a Step in the Right Direction
Joshua Lipana July 22, 2011
Sen. Jim Demint (R-SC) has introduced the “Retirement Freedom Act,” a piece of legislation that would allow seniors to opt out of Medicare Part A while continuing to collect Social Security payments. As Demint’s press release states, “Currently, the Social Security Administration has handcuffed Social Security benefits to Medicare enrollment.”…
History, Politics & Rights
What to Celebrate on the Fourth of July
Craig Biddle July 3, 2011
On July 4, 1776, the Founders declared to the world not only that the colonies would henceforth be independent from Britain, but also, and more fundamentally, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and…
Politics & Rights
AT&T and T Mobile Have a Moral Right to Merge
Joshua Lipana June 30, 2011
In a recent op-ed at Forbes.com, Joan Lappin decries the merger of AT&T and T Mobile, and calls for the FCC to prevent it. Her “justification” is that if “ATT was denied the right to merge with T Mobile, T Mo might instead merge with Sprint,” which she claims “would…
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Geert Wilders is Not Brave Enough to Be a Coward
Craig Biddle June 25, 2011
On June 23, a Dutch court acquitted Geert Wilders on the absurd charges of “hate speech” or, more specifically, “inciting hatred against Muslims” in various public statements and his film, Fitna. According to BBC News, Wilders was acquitted because the court “accepted the Freedom Party leader’s statements were directed at…
Politics & Rights
Kudos to Rick Perry for Vetoing an Internet Tax Bill
Joshua Lipana June 24, 2011
In the midst of a growing number of states seeking to impose new taxes on Internet-based enterprises, Texas Governor Rick Perry earlier this month vetoed a proposed Internet state sales tax. The Star-Telegram reports that “Texas store owners have said Internet retailers have an unfair price advantage because they are…
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
TOS's Week in Review, May 31, 2011
Craig Biddle May 31, 2011
Because of my extremely busy schedule at the moment, I’ve addressed only one news item this week, but it is a crucially important one. —CB Netanyahu Appeases The Appeaser, Pretends A is Non-A, and Joins Obama in Throwing Israel to the Islamist Wolves After too-politely rebuffing President Obama for his…