Showing posts with label freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freedom. Show all posts
How Capitalism Enriches The Working Class
by Thomas DiLorenzo. In the early days of capitalism there was a mass exodus from farm to
factory. No one forced the masses to work in factories; they did so
because factory work was better and more profitable than the
alternative – sixteen hours a day of backbreaking farm labor for less
money. Or begging, prostitution, crime, and ... MORE
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capitalism,
economics,
freedom,
government,
history,
prosperity,
voluntary exchange,
workers
Replace Political Correctness With Common Sense
by Guillermo Garcia. This group think, political correctness imbecility just hit a new low. Curt Schilling, former professional baseball player and now ESPN color commentator, tweeted that he thought Muslim extremists were no better than Nazis. Mr. Schilling was called on the carpet by the bosses at ESPN and the next day he issued a statement in which ... MORE
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extremist,
First Amendment,
free speech,
freedom,
Muslim,
Nazi,
political correctness,
reality
Big Government Update:The California Gas Restriction Act Of 2015 Spells The End Of Privacy For California Drivers
Big Brother is watching. The California Gas Restriction Act of 2015, Senate Bill 350, not only is a reckless political agenda but one that will raise costs drastically in California, burden the State with yet more regulations, and eliminate citizens’ privacy. Regulators now have a plan to monitor personal driving data that can be used to enforce gas ... MORE
Robert Gore: The Best Novel Nobody Has Read
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is the most well-known American novel that nobody reads. Histories of the Civil War invariably mention its role in stoking abolitionist sentiment, and President Lincoln greeted Stowe as “the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.” The book’s characters have become part of ... MORE
The Next Front In The War On Religious Freedom
by David Harsanyi. Stop bellyaching about Washington. All the country's best fascists are on your local city council. Not long ago, Colorado became a leader in the fight against religious freedom, when its Civil Rights Commission, self-appointed ministers of justice and theology, decided that a shopkeeper who refuses to participate in a gay ... MORE
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belief,
choice,
free expression,
freedom,
government,
political correctness,
politics,
religion
Donna Carol Voss: Gun Control Drives Me Crazy
Murderers and weapons will always exist. Gun control drives me crazy. I’m willing to consider any logical
argument, but gun control is so untethered from reality that it makes me
hyperventilate just thinking about it. It is reality that people are killed by guns every day. The reporter and photograhper who were gunned down
on live TV are only ... MORE
Can A Free Society Work For The Less Clever?
by Stephen Hicks. Honestly now: Do you have what it takes? We all like to think we’re smarter than average, but the math is cruel. Half of us are below median intelligence, and some of us are considerably lower. So why should we think that freedom is a good policy for everyone? I believe freedom is the best policy, but sometimes that is a hard ... MORE
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decisions,
freedom,
individual liberty,
intelligence,
politics,
responsibility,
self-interest,
society
Don’t Be Fooled: The Illusion Of Freedom In America
Put away the sugarcoating. It is what it is. Being a citizen in the American corporate state is much like playing against a stacked deck: you’re always going to lose. The game is rigged, and “we the people” keep getting dealt the same losing hand. Even so, most stay in the game, against all odds, trusting that their luck will change. ... MORE
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cronyism,
democracy,
freedom,
government,
individual liberty,
police state,
politicians,
politics
Founded In Liberty, America Is Now Mired In Tyranny
by Richard Larsen. “The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epoch when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined, than at any former period…The United States came into existence as a Nation, and if their Citizens should not be completely free and happy, the fault ... MORE
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capitalism,
Constitution,
control,
economics,
freedom,
government,
history,
liberty,
tyranny
Walter E Williams: Legal And Academic Equality Nonsense
Disproportionality is not inequality. A particular act or policy might not have a discriminatory intent, but that doesn't let you off the hook. If it has a disproportionately negative impact on so-called protected classes, it is said to have a disparate impact and risks being prohibited by law. The uninformed assumption made by judges, lawyers and ... MORE
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discrimination,
disparity,
equality,
freedom,
inequality,
opportunity,
race,
statistics,
women
Gustavo Arellano: Drop That Snack!
LA's war against people eating what they want. In 1985, legendary food critic Ruth Reichl wrote an essay for the Los Angeles Times that sounded ludicrous then and just pathetic today. She was reviewing Border Grill, a nouveau Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles' ever-hip Melrose district run by Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger—nowadays ... MORE
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choice,
food,
food safety,
freedom,
government,
philosophy,
police,
regulation,
restrictions
Jeffrey Tucker: Everyone Needs Freedom To Discriminate
What is liberty if not free to choose? Following the Supreme Court decision mandating legal same-sex marriage nationwide, the New York Times tells us that, “gay rights leaders have turned their sights to what they see as the next big battle: obtaining federal, state and local legal protections in employment, housing, commerce and other ... MORE
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choice,
consumer,
discrimination,
free market,
freedom,
gay rights,
liberty,
property rights
Austin Petersen: Dead Idiot Blew His Head Off With Firework, Now His Mom Wants The Rest Of Us To Suffer
Either society or lack of warning label must be to blame. A dead moron from Maine was killed instantly when he fired a firework off from the top of his head. Predictably, he will now be used as a prop to advocate for stricter controls thanks to a grieving parent… who ought to bear at least some of the blame. From the AP: The mother of ... MORE
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busybody,
freedom,
nanny state,
nitwittery,
parents,
politicians,
regulation,
restrictions,
risk
U.S. Losing Living Standard As Economic Freedom Erodes
Land of the heavily taxed, home of the highly regulated. With the United States sinking on several major indices of economic freedom as it celebrates its Independence Day, free-market advocates have reason to ask, “What ever happened to the land of the free and the home of the brave?” A review of several credibly researched global indices ... MORE
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economics,
freedom,
government,
incentives,
police state,
regulation,
standard of living,
tax
Don't Be Terrorized By Your Government This 4th Of July
by Ronald Bailey. Stay calm, carry on, and above all, defend the Constitution. As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, officials in the FBI
and the Department of Homeland Security are warning us that there's a heightened threat of Islamist terrorist attacks. CNN is reporting
that law enforcement officials believe that the Islamist ... MORE
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