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
Showing posts with label self-ownership. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self-ownership. Show all posts
Don't Forget To Tingle At Benefits Of Capitalism
by Rich Tucker. In his classic baseball book “Ball Four,” Jim Bouton writes that as a child he longed to be able to run, just once, across the beautiful outfield grass. Yet as an adult and a major league ballplayer, he takes being on the field for granted. “Sometimes I forget to tingle,” he writes. In our capitalist system, we're all forgetting to tingle. ... MORE
Craig Biddle: What Is Objectivism?
The philosophy of reason, egoism and capitalism. It is widely believed today that our moral, cultural, and political
alternatives are limited either to the ideas of the secular,
relativistic left—or to those of the religious, absolutist right—or to
some compromised mixture of the two. In other words, one’s ideas are
supposedly either ... MORE
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Ayn Rand,
capitalism,
free market,
morality,
Objectivism,
philosophy,
reason,
self-ownership
J.D. Tuccille: The Right To Take (Even Really Stupid) Risks
The beauty of self-determination. There's nothing like the feeling of a motorcycle sliding out from beneath you on a busy thoroughfare to focus the mind beautifully on the value of life. As your ass bounces from the cushioned seat toward the hard tarmac with the screech of unseen cars slamming on their brakes to your rear, you have ... MORE
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choice,
freedom,
individual liberty,
life,
risk,
safety,
self-interest,
self-ownership,
values
Cops Kill 95-Year-Old For Refusing To Go To Hospital
by Jonathan Turley. There is a disturbing report out of Chicago
where police were called when 95-year-old world War II veteran John
Wrana refused to go to a hospital for a urinary tract infection. Called
by paramedics to assist in getting Wrana into an ambulance, the Park
Forest police showed up in riot gear and proceeded to shoot Wrana ... MORE
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government,
kill,
law enforcement,
liberty,
police state,
self-interest,
self-ownership,
violence
Zach Weissmueller: Who Decides How You Die?
A question of self-ownership. You may have the right to control your own life, but what about
your own death? This is a question facing several states across the
U.S., including, most recently, Vermont and Montana. While physician aid-in-dying, or assisted suicide, has been
legal in Oregon for almost two decades and legal in Washington
for ... MORE
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assisted suicide,
choice,
death,
government,
individual liberty,
life,
self-interest,
self-ownership
Brian Witte: Pot Legalization Will Not Deter Drug Czar
The will of the people be damned. The nation's drug czar said Wednesday the legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado won't change his office's mission of fighting the country's drug problem by focusing on addiction treatment that will be available under the federal health overhaul. Gil Kerlikowske, director of the ... MORE
New York Times Op-Ed: The War On Drugs Is A Failure
Ron Paul, Chris Christie perform in video. Could it truly be a coincidence that April 20 lands only five short days after Tax Day? Surely the Internal Revenue Service orchestrated this calendar synchronicity, understanding that after another harrowing round of W-2s, 1099s and 1040s, many Americans relish the hard-earned opportunity to illegally ... MORE
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