Government and the people; who serves who? The most common reason I hear people give for supporting Obama and his party is that he’s not the Republican Party. In other words, “Republicans won’t permit gay marriage, legalization of marijuana or abortion. How can you support them?” I actually don’t support Republicans (other than ... MORE
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Showing posts with label principles. Show all posts
Michael J. Hurd: Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized
Government and the people; who serves who? The most common reason I hear people give for supporting Obama and his party is that he’s not the Republican Party. In other words, “Republicans won’t permit gay marriage, legalization of marijuana or abortion. How can you support them?” I actually don’t support Republicans (other than ... MOREBrandon Smith: Real Americans Are Ready To Snap
When to strike back is pivotal. Despite popular belief, every culture of every nation draws a line in the sand against government tyranny. The problem is, many draw this line so close to total defeat that it rarely matters. For the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto, for instance, it wasn't until the Germans had already herded millions onto ... MOREGeorge Will Is Confident Americans Will Rebel
by Benjamin Weingarten. Against abusive government. In an interview with TheBlaze Books in connection with the release of his new book, “A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred,” we spoke with prodigious columnist and author George Will on all things baseball and his unified theory of beer,
and then ... MOREJeff Woodburn: Understanding Jury Nullification
Juries can deliver a message about unpopular laws. A New Orleans mayor famously warned federal officials after they closed down several well-established houses of prostitution that “you can make it illegal, but you can’t make it unpopular.” Well, in New Hampshire and around the country, that forecast may well be applied to ... MORE
John Hood: Laboratories For Prosperity
Confirmation of free-market principles. Over the past three decades, America's state and local governments have experienced a large and underappreciated divergence. Some places, usually but not always led by Republicans, have become friendlier to free enterprise. Other places, usually but not always led by Democrats, have become ... MOREMax Borders: Rise Of The Libertarians
Why Slate, Salon and the progressive media are afraid. A lot of people are messing with libertarianism. We get it. If you see
an alternative worldview gaining currency as your own is starting to
lose out: attack, attack, attack. Strategically, it’s probably smart. When Jane Mayer wrote that sloppy hit piece for The New Yorker against
the ... MOREObamaCare And The Assault On Individual Liberty
by Peter Berkowitz. From the beginning, opponents of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act argued that its arrogation of responsibility to the federal government for administering health insurance, and consequently overseeing one-sixth of the nation’s economy, damaged the public interest and contravened sound ... MOREJ. Robert Smith: Crush Phil Robertson, Crush Free Speech
Should political correctness trump individual rights? Poor Phil Robertson, "Duck Dynasty" star. He had the temerity to express opinions to GQ about homosexuality that landed him crosswise the nation's gay jackboots. Out came the truncheons, whacking not just Phil over the head, but anyone, anywhere, who has anything to do ... MOREBarry Farber: Why They're After The Brilliant Ted Cruz
Why are the tree-dwellers making faces at him? There’s something “other-worldly” about Sen. Ted Cruz. And the reaction he provokes. The whole Cruz phenomenon reminds me of the billionaire industrialist who invited 50 of his most important business friends on a hunting trip in Maine. As dusk began to set in, their guide ... MORE
Brian Doherty: Rand Paul Rises Above
Scandals likely to prove secondary to policy and ideas. The political world around the Pauls—retired Republican congressman Ron Paul and his son, sitting Kentucky senator Rand Paul—was roiled by mini-scandals last week. Treated as most consequential by national media was, naturally,
the one that touched on the senior Kentucky ... MORE
Nick Gillespie: 5 Myths About Libertarians
What you think you know is wrong. The specter of libertarianism is haunting America. Advocates of sharply reducing the government’s size, scope and spending are raising big bucks from GOP donors, trying to steal the mantle of populism, being blamed for the demise of Detroit and even getting caught in the middle of a battle for the Republican ... MORERepubs Leaving Party Are Tired Of "Two Evils" Argument
Both parties relentless pimp big government. A new study by the Frontier Lab, a conservative market research group, found that Republican voters who leave the party do so because they are are tired of being told to vote Republican as the "lesser of two evils." The study, "Switching Behavior: Modeling disaffiliation from the Republican ... MOREVIDEO: Thomas Sowell - Congressional Testimony
Thomas Sowell on affirmative action and judicial activism.
Andrew Napolitano: Obama Expands His Power To Kill
While reducing our capacity to defend ourselves. Does the government work for us, or do we work for the government? How can the president claim the lawful power to kill whomever he wishes and at the same time ask Congress to incapacitate our ability to defend ourselves against those who might seek to kill us? Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul ... MORETibor R. Machan: Corruption Of Individual Rights
Now we have the 'right' to coerce. Whenever a good idea surfaces, there will surely be many who will try to hitch their wagon to it filled with corrupt versions that aim to serve numerous purposes having little to do with the original good idea. One example is the idea of individual natural human rights. Some simply disagree with the idea, like Jeremy ... MOREThomas Sowell: 'Me Too' Republicans
RINOs running in a herd. Many ideas presented as "new" are just rehashes of old ideas that have been tried before — and have failed before. So it is no surprise that the recent "Growth and Opportunity Project" report to the Republican National Committee is a classic example of what previous generations called "Me too" ... MORE
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