Smugglers are heroes of sorts. The essence of what a smuggler offers is: "Government tyrants want to either prevent or interfere with peaceable voluntary exchange among individuals. I can reduce the impact of that interference." Let's look at smuggling, keeping in mind that not everything illegal is immoral and not everything legal is moral. Leading up to our War of Independence, the British, under the Navigation ... MOREWalter E Williams: Smugglers Are Heroes
Smugglers are heroes of sorts. The essence of what a smuggler offers is: "Government tyrants want to either prevent or interfere with peaceable voluntary exchange among individuals. I can reduce the impact of that interference." Let's look at smuggling, keeping in mind that not everything illegal is immoral and not everything legal is moral. Leading up to our War of Independence, the British, under the Navigation ... MOREFood Nazis: Two Fries Short Of A Happy Meal
by Ralph R. Reiland. Who would you guess is more likely to sue you, all other things being equal: Monet Parham-Lee or Margie Moore? Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it gets more shaky and volatile around people with exotic first names and hyphenated surnames. It probably has to do with their alienation from the dominant culture, and coming up with names that show they're not ... MOREMark Steyn: The Disappearing Dollar
Congressman Paul Ryan, one of the least insane men in Washington, has a ten-year plan. President Obama, one of the most insane spenders in Washington, has a twelve-year plan. After hearing the president’s plan, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the U.S. sovereign-debt outlook to “negative.” Ah, the fine art of understatement. In 1940, after the fall of France and the evacuation ... MOREVIDEO: Walter E Williams - Balanced Budget Amendment
Spendthrift politicians and runaway spending.
Is a balanced budget amendment the answer? Professor Williams looks at the situation.Gas Prices and Speculators: They Think You Are Stupid
It is with great interest that I read this past week about the President's initial response to rising gas prices. What or who was to blame? According to the President...speculators. Nameless, faceless, speculators. They are to blame for the rising price of crude oil and the accompanying price at the pump! The problem is...speculators and people make various bets, and they say ... MOREGreen Energy Vs The American Standard of Living
by Alex Epstein. This April 22, if you find yourself frustrated at rising gasoline prices, or rising electricity prices, or rising natural gas and heating oil prices, make sure you place plenty of blame on the environmentalists behind Earth Day; for decades they have found a reason to oppose every practical form of energy in the name of "saving the planet." Start with their ... MOREJohn Stossel: Watching the Watchmen
I believe in the right to privacy. Yet I can think of someone who deserves very little privacy — a policeman making an arrest. Unfortunately, in some states it's a crime to make a video of a policeman doing just that. People recording police have been threatened, detained or arrested. Some were jailed overnight. That's wrong. Police work for the public, they're paid with tax money, ... MORESteve Chapman: Posturing Against Pornography
The government should stop trying to censor the internet. We all know that pornography is offensive and destructive, so we can guess that wherever X-rated fare gains popularity, social decay will follow. It may come as a surprise, then, to learn which state has the highest rate of online subscriptions to adult websites. Not New York or California, but Utah. Yes, Utah. ... MOREThomas Sowell: Bull About Bullying
There is a lot of talk from many people about bullying in school. The problem is that it is all talk. There is no sign that anybody is going to do anything that is likely to reduce bullying. When politicians want to do nothing, and yet look like they are doing something, they appoint a blue ribbon committee or go to the U.N. or assign some Cabinet member to look into the problem and report ... MOREWalter E Williams: Academic Rot
The hate-America course of higher education. The average American, as parent, student and taxpayer, has little idea of the academic rot at so many of our colleges. Save for a tiny handful of the nation's colleges, what distinguishes one college from another is the magnitude of that rot. One of the best sources of information about our colleges is the New York City-based ... MOREVIDEO: John Stossel - A War On Ourselves
A look at one way government uses social concerns to combat individual liberty.
Why School Vouchers Are Worth A Shot
by Katrina Trinko. Imagine if we only passed legislation that simultaneously slashed spending, boosted income equality, shrunk government, protected the environment, and ensured that pandas didn’t go extinct. That’d be a recipe for do-nothing lawmakers who failed to solve any of our pressing problems, just because they couldn’t find a ... MOREHope and Change, But Not In That Order
by Jim Yardley. Those were the days, weren't they? The airwaves, the internet, billboards all touting a little known Senator's mantra of "Hope and Change." It was enough to send a tingle up your leg, or at least start you obsessing over creases in a presidential candidate's trousers. Obama's political handlers created an absolutely marvelous slogan. Sadly, it was also ... MOREThe War On Cold & Allergy Drugs
by Debra Saunders. You know the war on drugs has gone too far when politicians keep ratcheting up restrictions on cold and allergy medications in order to prevent kitchen drug labs from buying pills and converting them into methamphetamine. In 2005, Congress passed a law requiring consumers to show a driver's license or other ID in order to purchase Sudafed and ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: The Roots Of Racism
Will we ever get beyond the notion of racial identify? From time to time a bit of news crosses the desk that makes the mind reel, the jaw drop, the head shake. So it was the other day when Public Policy Polling, a reputable albeit partisan firm, reported that 46 percent of Republicans in Mississippi think interracial marriage should be against the law. The poll was taken in late March— ... MORE
Abolish The Department of Education
by Frank Ryan. Cosmetic budget cuts will not solve our nation's debt woes. Real change is required to right our country. Waste must be identified, isolated, and eliminated. One such change is to abolish the U. S. Department of Education. The Department of Education was established to promote "student achievement and prepare them for the global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ... MORE
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