Politics & Rights
Politics & Rights
TOS's Week in Review for April 10, 2011
TOS Admin April 10, 2011
Noteworthy news and opinion items from the week ending April 10, 2011 1. The Budget Showdown The top story of the week is that Republicans in Congress—having been elected in large part on their promise to cut this year’s federal spending by $100 billion—and having then retreated to $61 billion—finally…
Politics & Rights
TOS's Week in Review for April 3, 2011
TOS Admin April 3, 2011
Noteworthy news and opinion items from the week ending April 3, 2011 1. Islamist Fantasies toward Future Atrocities FrontPage Magazine reports that the Iranian government has produced a “documentary” claiming that “Ayatollah Khamenei, President Ahmadinejad, and Hassan Nasrallah are talked about in Islamic prophecy as leaders who will wage war…
Politics & Rights
Tea Party: "Cut It or Shut It."
Joshua Lipana April 2, 2011
With a showdown over the budget looming, The Tea Party has one clear message to the GOP: "Cut it or shut it." As the Washington Times reports: [H]undreds of tea partyers gathered across the street from the Capitol for a “Continuing Revolution” rally, sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots, where…
Politics & Rights
Week in Review: March 27, 2011
TOS Admin March 27, 2011
Noteworthy news and opinion items from the week ending March 27, 2011 1. Crappy Birthday, ObamaCare On the anniversary of the passage of ObamaCare, Pete Du Pont provides a summary of the political and economic havoc the law has wreaked and will wreak, and he calls for its repeal. Unfortunately,…
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Week in Review: March 20, 2011
TOS Admin March 20, 2011
Noteworthy news and opinion items from the week ending March 20, 2011 Another Selfless War… The biggest news item of the past week is that the Obama administration has entered the United States into yet another selfless war, this one with Libya. The administration has done so not with the…
Politics & Rights
Lee Bollinger: Let’s Force Americans to Broadcast Al Jazeera!
Daniel Wahl March 16, 2011
Just as a substantial number of Americans are coming to recognize the injustice of forcing people to fund NPR, Lee Bollinger—the President of Columbia University—has written an article in Bloomberg calling for the government to force cable companies to broadcast the Al Jazeera network. This is insane. The U.S. government…
Education & Parenting, Politics & Rights
Toward a Free Market in Education: School Vouchers or Tax Credits?
Michael A. LaFerrara February 20, 2011
Distinguishes between school vouchers and tax credits, showing that only one of these can provide a viable road map toward a free market in education.
Politics & Rights
Around the World: “The Communist War against the Philippines and Why It Rages On”
Joshua Lipana February 20, 2011
Reports on both the communists’ continuing efforts to enslave the Filipino people and the Philippine government’s communist-fueling policy of appeasement.
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Letters and Replies: Tolerance, Net Neutrality
Craig Biddle answers a letter about tolerance, and Raymond C. Niles answers a letter about open-source software.
Politics & Rights, Reviews
Review: How Barack Obama is Endangering our National Sovereignty, by John R. Bolton
Daniel Wahl November 20, 2010
Daniel Wahl reviews How Barack Obama is Endangering our National Sovereignty, by John R. Bolton.