Have a second look at greed. Last week's column started off asking: "What human motivation gets the most wonderful things done?" The answer is that human greed is what gets wonderful things done. I wasn't talking about fraud, theft, dishonesty, special privileges from government or other forms of despicable behavior. I was talking about people trying ... MOREWalter E Williams: In Greed I Trust
Have a second look at greed. Last week's column started off asking: "What human motivation gets the most wonderful things done?" The answer is that human greed is what gets wonderful things done. I wasn't talking about fraud, theft, dishonesty, special privileges from government or other forms of despicable behavior. I was talking about people trying ... MORETony Newman: Juries May Declare Peace In The Drug War
Liberty's last stand may take place in the jury room. Should juries vote "not guilty" on low-level marijuana charges to send a message about our country's insane drug policies? Jury nullification is a constitutional doctrine under which jurors can acquit defendants who are technically guilty but don't deserve punishment. As law professor Paul Butler wrote recently ... MORETIME: Regulating the Net Tops Congress' New Year Agenda
This anti-piracy law is a pretense for tyranny. When Congress gaveled for the year in December, opponents of two Internet-censoring piracy bills cheered. Their efforts seemed to have blocked the legislation’s movement. But when Congress comes back later this month, it already has a first order of business: regulate the net. The House Judiciary ... MOREVIDEO: Milton Friedman - Questions For The Professor
On income disparity, minimum wage, school vouchers, health costs and more.
Viveca Novak: Military Donors Prefer Ron Paul
Military personnel support Paul on defense. GOP presidential candidate and Air Force veteran Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) continues to highlight his strong support from members of the armed forces as he hits the campaign trail following his third-place finish in Iowa. And the numbers continue to bear him out, according to research by the Center for ... MORESheldon Richman: Corporatism Vs. The Free Market
Don't blame the "mobility gap" on the free market. “Americans enjoy less economic mobility than their peers in Canada and much of Western Europe.” That’s how The New York Times began a page-one news story yesterday. It is a thoughtful story that offer a variety of explanations—some of them mitigating—for the so-called mobility gap. This subject merits ... MORECollin Levy: Institute of Justice Is Litigating For Liberty
A campaign to restore lost rights. The Republican presidential campaign is at full boil, and among the biggest players are so-called super PACs, political-action committees that can raise and spend as much money as they like. Mitt Romney's version helped ruin Newt Gingrich in Iowa, for example. For that right to free speech (not the ads), you can thank ... MOREPaul Butler: Jurors Need To Know That They Can Say No
Saving individual liberty in the jury room. IF you are ever on a jury in a marijuana case, I recommend that you vote “not guilty” — even if you think the defendant actually smoked pot, or sold it to another consenting adult. As a juror, you have this power under the Bill of Rights; if you exercise it, you become part of a proud tradition of American jurors who ... MORETom Elia: 277,500 Federal Jobs Added Just Since 2006!
Government's malignant growth revealed. It is hard to fathom the enormity of the federal government. With an annual budget of almost $4 trillion, annual deficits of well over $1 trillion, outstanding debt of over $15 trillion, and unfunded future liabilities of well over $50 trillion, Washington has become by far the largest, most expensive organization ... MOREPeter Ferrara: Bloomberg Covers For Government Folly
Media propagandists advance the Democratic Party line. On December 21, Bloomberg News breathlessly reported, "The leading Republican candidates for president have embraced an explanation of the financial crisis that has been rejected by the chairman of the Federal Reserve, many economists and even three of the four ... MOREDaniel Hannan: Crony Capitalism Is Failing
Let's try the REAL thing. The past four years have seen governments throughout the West turn to a ghoulish corporatism, in which selected private companies are bailed out with public money. Understandably, people from across the political spectrum have reacted angrily. The Tea Partiers and the Occupiers are both protesting against the same thing, viz the rescue ... MORE
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