Politics & Rights
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Should Tea Partiers Abandon or Embrace Ayn Rand?
Alan Germani October 21, 2010
[caption id="attachment_28169" align="alignright" width="241"] Image: Wikimedia Commons[/caption] In a recent Christian Science Monitor editorial, Vladimir Shlapentokh suggests that the popularity of Ayn Rand among Tea Partiers should “concern all Americans” and recommends that Tea Partiers distance themselves from the 20th-century philosopher and novelist. Why? According to Shlapentokh, Ayn Rand was…
Politics & Rights, Science & Technology
The "Green" Agenda, the Cost of Energy, and the Price of Freedom
Daniel Wahl October 11, 2010
Investor’s Business Daily recently exposed one of the lies behind the Energy Department’s efforts to force Americans to be “more green.” The department reportedly claims the new [energy efficiency] standards will save consumers from $250 billion to $300 billion on their energy costs through 2030. But that’s what Democrats always…
Politics & Rights
To Help Save America, Tea Partiers Must Fully Embrace Individual Rights
Ari Armstrong August 20, 2010
[caption id="attachment_9943" align="alignright" width="300"] Wikimedia Commons[/caption] The Tea Party movement is one of the most important developments in modern American political history. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have joined together in a grassroots campaign calling for limited government, reduced spending, lower taxes, and greater liberty. This movement could help save…
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
A Civilized Society: The Necessary Conditions
Craig Biddle August 20, 2010
Discusses the necessary conditions of a civilized society—or, the moral nuts and bolts of freedom and capitalism.
Politics & Rights
The Ground Zero Mosque, the Spread of Islam, and How America Should Deal with Such Efforts
Craig Biddle August 20, 2010
Considers the Ground Zero mosque, the spread of Islam in America, and how Americans and Westerners in general should deal with such efforts.
Politics & Rights
The Right to Immigrate and the Legitimacy of an Objective Screening Process
Craig Biddle August 17, 2010
The question of how to reconcile the right to immigrate to America with an objective screening process has arisen in several forums lately, so I’d like to address it here. Because I answered this question in a reply to a letter to the editor in the Summer 2009 issue of…
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Why Harry Reid Loves Social Security
Daniel Wahl July 29, 2010
“Social Security is the most successful social program in the history of the world,” says Harry Reid, the Democratic senator of Nevada. Investors Business Daily replies: Successful? A program that socks future generations with trillions in higher taxes and lower standards of living? A program that’s already running in the…
Politics & Rights
Did Obama Ask the SEC to Assault Goldman Sachs?
Daniel Wahl July 23, 2010
In a previous blog post I showed how the Securities and Exchange Commission has wielded power, assaulted businesses, and ignored fraud. Now it appears that the SEC colluded with the Obama administration to assault Goldman Sachs, boost the administration’s chances of passing the financial “reform” bill, and line the coffers…
Politics & Rights
Larry Downes Interviews Steve Simpson on Free Speech in America
Craig Biddle July 20, 2010
Here's a great interview with Steve Simpson in which he argues that Americans need to recognize freedom of speech not as a permission to be granted when it suits social purposes, but as a right to be protected at all times. (The interview is in the first hour of the…
Economics, Politics & Rights
Government Intervention: It's Not Just Bad for Business
Daniel Wahl July 20, 2010
In a recent article in Investor’s Business Daily, Thomas Sowell explains why Obama’s economic policies are bad for the economy: The current issue of Bloomberg Businessweek has a feature article about businesses that are just holding on to huge sums of money. They say, for example, that the pharmaceutical company…