Politics

Just Sign Here

by Ken Larson December 19, 2009

Those three words Just Sign Here are what you’re told when you sign up for a cellphone, or buy a car or take out a bank loan. And it’s what you’re told to do when you buy a house whether…

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War Courts for War Criminals

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. December 17, 2009

A ticking political time bomb has been largely obscured by official Washington’s preoccupation with screwing up our health care system: Americans are dead-set against a foolish, ill-considered and reckless decision to give the 9/11 plotters civilian trials – and constitutional…

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The Theory of Moral Sentiments: Adam Smith’s Timely and Timeless Classic

by Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson December 12, 2009

2009 marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s masterful treatise on ethics, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Smith, primarily known today for his hugely influential 1776 work on political economy, The Wealth of Nations, was a professor…

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Government Intervention and High Prices

by Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson December 8, 2009

What kind of prices do you prefer to pay when you go shopping—high or low? Unless you’re trying to show off for someone by spending a bundle, I’d bet that you prefer low prices. I’ve never met anybody who decided…

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How to Lose a War

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. December 8, 2009

If a picture is worth a thousand words, perhaps the picture of President Obama that did not get taken during his recent visit to Elemendorf Air Force Base in Alaska is worth a million of them.
The men and women…

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Global Warming in the Hot Seat

by Ken Connor December 5, 2009

“[T]o be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough—the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.” -Rene Descartes
“Don’t bother me with facts, Son.  I’ve already made up my mind.” -Foghorn Leghorn
As world leaders prepare to gather in…

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Rand Redivivus?

by Jordan J. Ballor December 5, 2009

Heather Wilhelm of the Illinois Policy Institute examines the usefulness of Ayn Rand for political engagement by friends of the market economy in a WSJ op-ed, “Is Ayn Rand Bad for the Market?” She concludes,
Rand held some insight on…

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The Discriminatory “Non-Discrimination Act”

by J. Matt Barber December 4, 2009

Today’s Democratic leadership is a predictable lot. They’ve cornered the market on mass manipulation through semantic tinkering. It’s a relatively easy code to crack. To decipher what Democrats mean versus what they say one need merely apply the “forked tongue…

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Socially Conscious Toys for Tots

by Tom Purcell December 4, 2009

Ah, the Christmas season is upon us. What better time to make our children more socially and environmentally aware.
I refer to an interesting item in The National Post: More toymakers are producing products designed to make children sensitive to…

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Finally, an Honest Con Game

by Dr. Marvin Folkertsma December 2, 2009

“This is not funny, this is serious stuff!” intones a flock of furrow-browed politicos about that well-dressed couple who conned their way into a White House shindig. Yes and no, in that order, because some of us think this incident…

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