Wednesday
November 10, 2004 |
 Machan's Musings - For the Liberals, No One's Evil
by Tibor R. Machan
When in the recent elections Senator John Kerry tried to sound a bit like he did believe there were evil folks out there who needed to be stopped somehow, I bet the bulk of Americans didn't believe he meant it because they are so used to liberals whitewashing all those doing bad things as merely sick. (Read more...)
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Machan's Musings - American Rights vs European Privileges
by Tibor R. Machan
If we allow academicians like Professor Sunstein to take us back to the age of monarchy, where we were granted rights by government, including rights to the labors and resources of other people, we will have abandoned the American Revolution completely. (Read more...)
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A Radical Proposal
by James Kilbourne
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have scooped the press and unearthed the secret plan George Bush has for his second term. And, boy, is it sneaky! Kerry would never have stooped so low. (Read more...)
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Machan's Musings - Misplaced Enthusiasm or Whistling in the Dark?
by Tibor R. Machan
I just couldn’t believe it when these ordinarily sane people got on the bandwagon of one of the candidates as if he were the most enthusiastic and effective champion of the principles of the free society. Go figure. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
November 3, 2004 |
From NASA to Commercial Space Enterprises
by Edward W. Younkins
As a symbol of freedom and adventure, space is also a romantic frontier. (Read more...)
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Machan's Musings - Disgusted With Democracy
by Tibor R. Machan
It makes nearly no difference whether they are Democrats, Republicans or whatever—the mainstream political parties have become organized criminal gangs that collect taxes from powerless and even powerful victims and spend the money almost any way they want to. It is disgusting, really, an abomination in a so-called free society. (Read more...)
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Elections to the House - and Constitutional Review
by Adam Reed
The principle of individual rights, and its corollary, that an ordinary individual American is entitled to judicial review of ANY legislative or executive action that adversely affects his or her individual rights, suffered an extraordinary 247-173 defeat in the House of Representatives on 23 September 2004. H.R.2028, the "Pledge Protection Act of 2003," bars all federal courts, including the Supreme Court, from reviewing cases involving the Pledge of Allegiance. (Read more...)
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The Philosophy of Social Engineering: An Irrational and Inconsistent Worldview
by Edward W. Younkins
The philosophy of social engineering, as reflected in contemporary civil rights policies and agendas, is primarily based on five concepts: collectivism, determinism, economic egalitarianism, elitism, and historical victimization. Multiculturalism, a merger of collectivism and determinism, asserts that no person can av... (Read more...)
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Wednesday
October 27, 2004 |
Dissecting Kerry's Errors on Iraq and al Qaeda
by Andrew Bissell
Sen. Kerry's wholehearted embrace of two serious errors in regard to the war raises serious doubts as to his fitness for the position of commander-in-chief. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
October 27, 2004 |
Machan's Musings - Michael Moore vs. Government
by Tibor R. Machan
As long as government meddles in the affairs of society, be these economic, religious, athletic, educational, artistic, scientific or what not, government is going to be appealed to for its special sort of support, namely, selective coercion. And those with the greatest clout will prevail. (Read more...)
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The Real Reason to Vote for Bush
by Jason Pappas
A vote for Kerry is a vote that American is a shameful nation – a vote for Bush is a vote for American’s essential greatness and our right to defend our achievement. (Read more...)
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An Open Letter To Libertarians
by John Hospers
If the election is as close as it was in 2000, libertarian voters may make the difference as to who wins in various critical “Battle Ground” states and therefore the presidency itself. That is the situation in which we find ourselves in 2004. And that is why I believe voting for George W. Bush is the most libertarian thing we can do. (Read more...)
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Machan's Musings - One Of My Pet Peeves
by Tibor R. Machan
Maybe I am naïve ... for holding that when promises are made, they ought to be kept. (Read more...)
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Machan's Musings: Freedom of Speech - But Not In My Place
by Tibor R. Machan
Needless to stress, if you were to visit my home and got up to make a speech to seriously denounce me, I would, unless in my most masochistic frame of mind, throw you out. Especially at my birthday bash. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
October 20, 2004 |
Flaws of Communitarian Thinkers
by Edward W. Younkins
We should be suspicious of calls for “community” because historically such calls have been accompanied by oppressive sentiments such as nationalism, militarism, racism, and religious and other intolerances. In addition, there have always been potential leaders who claim superior intelligence, insight, and ability to re... (Read more...)
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Kant Really Wasn’t (Including a realistic reading list on the Catastrophic Spider)
by Peter Cresswell
Kant's view is that we can have no more (or less) belief in reality than we can have belief in the existence of God. According to him, both notions have equal validity. That's Kant's idea of realism. If he's a realist, then Kevin Costner is an actor. And if he's a fan of identity, then it's only because he explicitly pits the identity of the senses against reality. What could be more fantastic? (Read more...)
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Landslide!
by James Kilbourne
From the beginning, we have heard that Bush and Kerry are tied. Several polls still show Kerry as even or a point or two ahead, although most of the “experts” now see Bush with about a five point lead. But I see two facts at work on Bush’s behalf. (Read more...)
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Why I Am Voting for Kerry
by Adam Reed
I will vote for John Kerry because Kerry, whatever the ugly errors of his distant past, lacks the defects that make George W. Bush unfit for the presidency of the United States. Because Kerry's political concepts belong to modernity and the enlightenment, and not to the age of religion that is Bush's ideal. Because Kerry's economic advisers, like Clinton's before him, will be free-market neo-liberals, and not Bush's neo-conservative Keynesians. (Read more...)
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Why Many Libertarians Are Voting Against America
by Barbara Branden
It is George W. Bush, not Jacques Chirac, who understands the threat of Islamo-fascism. It is George W. Bush, not Vladimir Putin, who stands against the massed hordes that demand our extinction. If we turn against him and against America, as so many libertarians are doing, we will surely deserve whatever happens to us. (Read more...)
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Machan's Musings - Free Speech Unsafe with both Left and Right
by Tibor R. Machan
Neither Left nor Right can be counted on for a principled defense of individual liberty, anywhere, anytime. (Read more...)
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Trade Barriers Are Immoral and Destructive of Economic Well-Being
by Edward W. Younkins
At root, the issue of tariffs and other trade barriers is a moral concern. To place such restrictions on the exchange of property is an infringement on the natural right to own and exchange property. Protectionism threatens the consumers’ rights to choose from among goods and services. Protectionism is the policy of us... (Read more...)
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To Torture or Not to Torture?
by Jonathan R
We know that a large-scale terrorist attack is imminent. We probably know the general location, we probably know that it will happen in the next twenty-four or forty-eight hours, and we are eighty or ninety percent certain that the person we have apprehended knows what, where and when.[1] To torture or not to torture? (Read more...)
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Machan's Musings - Relativism Revisited
by Tibor R. Machan
An acquaintance of mine related an exchange he had with someone from Europe who faulted President Bush for thinking there are good and bad people. This naturalized American citizen thought George W. Bush was wrong to be such an absolutist—things aren’t so simple, was the complaint. (Read more...)
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The Thousand Faces of Altruism
by Joseph Rowlands
Altruism doesn't have a goal. There is no good reason behind this "other people" principle. Any particular variety of altruism is as good as any other. They're all equally pointless. (Read more...)
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Signals from SpaceShipOne
by Ed Hudgins
SpaceShipOne Fueled by Pride and Profits (Read more...)
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