Showing posts with label progressives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label progressives. Show all posts
Andrew Napolitano: Beware A Beneficent Government
The president is an ardent progressive. This dastardly philosophy of government was brought into the American mainstream 100 years ago by a Republican, Theodore Roosevelt, and a Democrat, Woodrow Wilson. Its guiding principle is the belief that government — not individuals — is the chief engine of human progress. If that means government ... MOREProgressives’ Latest Plot to Take Power From the People and Give It to Legislators: Reign In The Initiative Process
by Steven Greenhut. The people are inconveniencing "our public servants." Few things have defined California's politics more than the three election reforms championed by the state's 23rd governor – the initiative, the referendum and the recall. Hiram Johnson's system of direct democracy, used early and often in California since 1911, ... MORERalph Nader: Libertarians And Progressives Unite!
by Jeff Zeleny, Jordyn Phelps & Alexandra Dukakis. What if Washington politics were no longer defined by partisan gridlock but instead by a cross-party alliance that forged solutions? The alliance would be unstoppable. That’s the premise of the new book “Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate ... MOREWalter E Williams: Sex And Race Equality
Inside the values of sex and race equality. There are several race and sex issues that need addressing. Let's look at a few of them with an ear to these questions: Should we insist upon equal treatment of people by race and sex or tolerate differences in treatment? And just how equal are people by race and sex in the first place? According ... MORENatural Enemies: Progressivism Vs Pursuit Of Happiness
by Daren Jonescu. Self-interest is good -- not because it "raises the general standard of living" or "makes workers more productive." If it did neither of these things, it would still be good for a more fundamental reason, namely that it is the proper motivation of our nature as human beings. In short, self-interest is moral. Most public discussion ... MORE
VIDEO: Garden Variety Congressional Nitwittery
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U.S. Congresswomen thinks Constitution is 400 years old.
U.S. Congresswomen thinks Constitution is 400 years old.
Max 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 ... MOREWalter E Williams: Politics Of Hate And Envy
Part of the progressive agenda is to create hate and envy. One component of that agenda is to attack the large differences between a corporation's chief executive officer's earnings and those of its average worker. CNNMoney published salary comparisons in "Fortune 50 CEO pay vs. our salaries". Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf's annual salary ... MOREWalter E Williams: OK To Feel Sorry
The virtue of Dennis Rodman. At one time in our nation's history, blacks feeling sorry for whites was verboten. That was portrayed in Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird." This is a novel published in 1960 — and later made into a movie — about Depression-era racial relations in the Deep South. The novel's ... MORE
John Stossel: Make Trade, Not War
Cooperation can achieve what force cannot. What's up with so many Democrats wanting missile strikes on Syria, while Republicans balk? I'm told Republicans are the war party. Is this just hypocrisy? Politicians change their position on military intervention when their own party controls the White House? Historian Thaddeus Russell says ... MOREWalter E Williams: Blacks And Progressives
On excuse-making and dependency. Sometimes I wonder when black people will reject the patronizing insults of white progressives and their black handmaidens. After CNN's Piers Morgan's interview with the key witness in the George Zimmerman trial, he said: "Rachel Jeantel is not uneducated. She's a smart cookie." That's a remarkable ... MOREThomas Sowell - The Mindset Of The Left (Part II)
Promoting envy and a sense of grievance. The political left has long claimed the role of protector of "the poor." It is one of their central moral claims to political power. But how valid is this claim? Leaders of the left in many countries have promoted policies that enable the poor to be more comfortable in their poverty. But that raises a ... MOREThomas Sowell - The Mindset Of The Left
Why it is all about the government. When teenage thugs are called "troubled youth" by people on the
political left, that tells us more about the mindset of the left than
about these young hoodlums. Seldom is there a speck of evidence that the thugs are troubled, and
often there is ample evidence that they are in fact enjoying themselves,
as ... MOREWalter E Williams: Unasked & Unanswered Questions
Contempt for liberty by progressives. Grutter v. Bollinger was the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the University of Michigan Law School's racial admissions policy. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, writing for the majority, said the U.S. Constitution "does not prohibit the Law School's narrowly tailored use of race in ... MOREMona Charen: Sowell Does It Again
Another great insightful read from Tom. I plunged into Thomas Sowell's latest book "Intellectuals and
Race" immediately upon its arrival but soon realized that I needed to slow
down. Many writers express a few ideas with a great cataract of words.
Sowell is the opposite. Every sentence contains at least one insight or
fascinating statistic, frequently ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: The Bogus Case Against Junk Food
Anti-food nannies launch their latest attack. A recent cover story in The New York Times Magazine
offers a shocking exposé of Big Food. In granular detail it relates
the food conglomerates' "hyper-engineered, savagely marketed,
addiction-creating battle for 'stomach share.'” If you don't have
the time to slog through the nearly 10,000 words, ... MOREChris Rossini: Rolling Back To That Dreaded Year: 1913
The beginning of the end. In respect to liberty, 1913 was a dark year in U.S. history. Three key pieces of legislation were passed that (now 100 years later) have individual liberty seriously on the rocks. They were: The 16th Amendment, which created the Federal Income Tax, The 17th Amendment, which created the Popular Election of Senators, ... MOREVIDEO: How The Constitution Was Destroyed
Judge Napolitano discusses the influence of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
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