by Matthew Boyer. The free market is the moral option when it comes to economic systems. This is something you don’t hear everyday, especially in progressive academia. But what is it about the free market that makes it superior to other potential economic models? Are capitalists truly greedy pigs, or are they self-interested humans who ... MORE
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Showing posts with label liberty. Show all posts
Embrace The Morality Of The Free Market Economy
by Matthew Boyer. The free market is the moral option when it comes to economic systems. This is something you don’t hear everyday, especially in progressive academia. But what is it about the free market that makes it superior to other potential economic models? Are capitalists truly greedy pigs, or are they self-interested humans who ... MOREClaire Wolfe: The State Of Freedom In America
The world is becoming less free. In the Middle East and Africa, Islamist fanatics try to bring back the Dark Ages. Europe stagnates under new layers of regulation imposed by the EU. In the United States, a president who disdains the messy art of political deal-making increasingly seeks to rule by executive order and bureaucratic fiat. ... MOREParamedics Rush To Child Who Waited in Car 5 Minutes
by Lenore Skenazy. Boy survives! Mother taken into custody. Playing out an elaborate charade of concern for a
child who was obviously in no danger, police arrested a mom who let
her son wait in the car while she ran into a Chicagoland Whole
Foods for less than five minutes. Then, for reasons known only to those who write and follow protocols ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: An Unhappy Summer For Liberty
Government more effective against liberty than terror. At the root of the chaos in the Middle East and here at home are governments that respect no limits on their exercise of power. Public officials — who are supposed to be our public servants — routinely behave as if they are our masters. They reject the confines of the ... MORE
Laura College: How To Find DUI Checkpoints
Or, how to avoid warrantless searches. The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that DUI checkpoints, also called "sobriety roadblocks," are legal and minimally invasive. Of course, for a motorist who is late for a meeting or eager to get home, the inconvenience is subjective. Fortunately, there are ways to find out if there are DUI ... MOREFrank Parlato: Jurors Have A Right to Judge the Law
Learn an important principle of freedom. It has long been assumed that juries judge the facts and the courts judge the law. But Georgia v. Brailsford (1794) is the precedent that explains why that is a hasty assumption. It sets a precedent that the jury can also judge, and if it wishes, veto any law. Take a moment to understand what ... MOREReal Impact of the NYC Soda Ban's Well-Deserved Defeat
by Baylen Linnekin. The option-destroyers lose one. Last week, the New York State Court of
Appeals—the state's highest court—dealt a final
death blow to New York City's reviled soda ban. The decision,
which upheld two lower court rulings, drew an important line in the
sand across which New York City's activist health department may no
longer ... MORECal Thomas: America's DNA: 'The Federalist Papers'
Reclaiming the promise of America. There are many ways to lose freedom -- conquering armies, surrendering without a fight. Unfortunately, we are currently surrendering our freedom, not to a foreign power, but to our own government. The growth, reach, and cost of big government is happening before our eyes and eroding ... MOREThomas Sowell: America's Birthday
What are we celebrating? Birthdays are supposed to be times for celebration and gift-giving. But America's upcoming birthday on the Fourth of July is a time when the gift most needed is an urgent warning about the dangers of losing the things that have made this country America — and have long made "America" a ringing word of ... MOREWalter E Williams: The Constitution Or Good Ideas?
Let me run through a few good ideas. I think it's a good idea for children to eat healthful, wholesome foods. In the raising of our daughter, before-dinner treats were fresh vegetables, and after-dinner treats were mostly fruits. I arrive at my gym sometime between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m., at least four times a week, to lift weights and use ... MORERonald Bailey: The Menace Of Secret Government
Proposed reforms fail to safeguard civil liberties. In January, President Barack Obama made a much-anticipated speech at the Department of Justice outlining proposed reforms of the domestic surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency (NSA). The secretive spy agency has taken a public battering ever since ... MORE
Katie Kieffer: Going On A Drone Hunt
The town of Deer Trail leads the way. Phil Steel is a law-abiding American citizen who is fed up with
drones. In a bold move to call attention to the Obama administration’s
unethical drone policy, he recently championed drone hunting. Steel resides in the bucolic Colorado town of Deer Trail. Earlier this
month, Steel brought a proposal ... MORE
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