Plunder: An American Way of Life
By: Walter E. Williams Frederic Bastiat, a French economist and member of the French National Assembly, lived from 1801 to 1850. He had great admiration for our country, except for ...
Read more.Thomas Jefferson and the Burr in Obama’s Kill List
President Obama’s “kill-list memo” reveals a world of tyrannical political power that used to be the kind of stuff a Jack Ryan would be dispatched to put down in some ...
Read more.Open letter to Governors, Attorneys General, the Legislators of these United States and the People along with their Sheriffs and Peace Officers: In re: The Recent Ratification of Laws Denying the Right to Keep and Bear Arms to Law Abiding Persons
by KrisAnne Hall, JD Open letter to Governors, Attorneys General, the Legislators of these United States and the People along with their Sheriffs and Peace Officers: In re: The Recent ...
Read more.BASIC CONCEPTS OF “GOVERNMENT”
Where do “Rights” come from? What is “federalism”? Does our Constitution “evolve”? What’s a “Republic”? What is the function of a constitution? By Publius Huldah Think NOT that you must have ...
Read more.States must fight back against federalism
By William Haupt III “Anything government wants to do they can justify under the commerce clause.” – John Yarmuth The federal government finds endless ways to circumnavigate the intent of ...
Read more.The Court Should Tear Down Everson, Not the Maryland Cross
by David Upham Nearly a century ago, the State of Maryland permitted a group of citizens to establish a memorial cross for veterans of World War I on property owned ...
Read more.Covetousness and Inequality
by James R. Rogers The argument over wealth in the U.S. quickly morphed with the Democratic takeover of the House and the start of the Democratic presidential nomination campaign. It’s ...
Read more.Full Speed to a Fiscal Cliff: National Debt Hits $22 Trillion
By: Mike Maharrey The national debt has pushed above the $22 trillion mark and is up $2.06 trillion since Donald Trump took office. According to Treasury Department data released Tuesday, the ...
Read more.What Would the Impartial Spectator Do?
by Joseph Knippenberg Every spring, I have the great good fortune of reading and discussing Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments with a captive (i.e., general education) audience of sophomores. ...
Read more.Helping the Poor Versus Reducing Inequality
by Mike Rappaport There is so much talk these days about the importance of reducing income or wealth inequality. But to me, reducing such inequality is at best something of ...
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