Wednesday
February 4, 2004 |
 An Objective Filosofy of Linguistics: Installment I
by G. Stolyarov II
In this article I argue from reason and individualism for a scientific system of orthografy which permits no arbitrary social conventions to rule one's speech. As a first step toward the full systematization of English, I propose a time-saving spelling reform. (Read more...)
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Can the Ideas of Mises and Rand Be Reconciled?
by Edward W. Younkins
Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973), the Austrian philosophical economist and social thinker is one of our most passionate, consistent, and intransigent defenders of capitalism. (Read more...)
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The Myth of Market Failures
by Tibor R. Machan
Although the idea is widely taught in undergraduate and graduate economics courses, there is very little to it, when you look closely. Market failures are either trivial conditions no one can be justly upset about or they simply do not exist at all. (Read more...)
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A Petition of the Software Merchants
by Adam Reed
On January 8, 2004, Darl McBride, president and CEO of the SCO Group, Inc., sent to US Senators and members of the House of Representatives a letter urging them to restrict, by law, the development of open source software. (Read more...)
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The Mutability of Past
by G. Stolyarov II
"Before our very eyes, history is being transformed into politically correct fantasy."
~ Paul Craig Roberts (Read more...)
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Organo-centrism as Racism
by Francois Tremblay
Around the middle of the movie "AI: Artificial Intelligence", there is a scene that takes place at the "Flesh Fair" arena, where androids are destroyed in violent ways, cheered on by a crowd of hate-filled rednecks. Even if you are organo-centric, it would be hard not to be moved by this scene. And the analogy between that and the Coliseum, between AI slavery and human slavery, is obvious. (Read more...)
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Carl Menger's Economics of Well-Being: Almost Objectivism
by Edward W. Younkins
Carl Menger (1840-1921) began the modern period of economic thought and provided the foundation for the Austrian School of Economics. In his two books, Principles of Economics (1871) and Investigations into the Method of the Social Science with Special Reference to Economics (1883), Menger destroyed the existing structure of economic science, including both its theory and methodology, and put it on totally new foundations. (Read more...)
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Can Capitalism Survive?
by Lindsay Perigo
The despicable deeds of sundry terrorist scum, including & since those of September 11, 2001, have been widely & accurately characterised as an assault on civilisation itself. (Read more...)
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Iran Earthquake - God Dunnit
by David Bertelsen
Strike up a few more lives to the death toll reaped by religion this century. (Read more...)
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Confusing the Issue
by Joseph Rowlands
One problem with arguing with a theist about god is that their position becomes increasingly more abstract. (Read more...)
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Abortion: Reconsidering Personal Responsibility and Political Responsibility
by Francois Tremblay
The issue of abortion is a "hot button" issue. The masses see it as a war between "family values" and personal choice, between murder, female emancipation, convenience, amidst complaints that "they should just use condoms!".
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Determinism, Skepticism, Mysticism and Subjectivism: Four roads to hell
by Henry Emrich
To be sure, there are numerous variants of them all, so we're in no danger of them becoming stale. (Read more...)
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Rights and the US Constitution
by Tibor R. Machan
It is a well known refrain of some conservative legal scholars - the most famous of them being Robert Bork - that there is no constitutional right to privacy in our country. (Read more...)
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A Question of Loyalty: A "Saddamite" Responds to Perigo
by Chris Matthew Sciabarra
The truth is, of course, that I am not a Saddamite. But it is very hard to discern exactly who is a Saddamite from Lindsay Perigo's essay "Saddam's Succours #3" or from essays #1 or #2 for that matter. I wish he'd name names. So, at the risk of buying into that old Carly Simon lyric, "You're so vain, You probably think this song is about you," I think a response to Perigo is necessary. (Read more...)
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Unjust Blaming in Focus
by Tibor R. Machan
Recently I reflected how so many people hate corporations. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
December 24, 2003 |
Singing SOLO, Three Years On
by Lindsay Perigo
Around this time three years ago, SOLO was born. (Read more...)
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Some Views About Americans
by Tibor R. Machan
When one has contrarian views, it is not always easy to enjoy oneself. I often sit through movies with much to offer, only to find that characters unhesitatingly denounce something I value, such as capitalism, business, or some great feature of American culture. The same fate faces me when I pick up a best selling novel, even of the genres that are something of a steady diet for me, crime, court room and spy novels. (Read more...)
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Thursday
December 18, 2003 |
 Virgin on Disaster - A Brush with Eco-Tourism
by Bernard Darnton
Our driver (also our cook), his kitchen-hand, and the petrol station attendant were all crouched in a pool of petrol, poking and pointing up behind the back wheel arch of our Isuzu four-wheel drive. The aim was to discover why we had flooded the station forecourt while trying to fill the tank. (Read more...)
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Editorial - This & That
by Lindsay Perigo
There are lots of things I want to say this issue, so rather than editorialise on a single theme, I shall regale you, dear reader, with tidbits. (Read more...)
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Let's Say No to Fatalism
by Tibor R. Machan
Jim Pinkerton, who if memory serves me right, used to be a speechwriter in the Reagan White House, now writes columns and one of his recent missives tells us that American conservatism is in almost total shambles. (Read more...)
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Eternal Vigilance
by Tibor R. Machan
Champions of individual liberty can never rest because there are simply too many people who would much rather conscript others for their own purposes than do what they believe needs to be done themselves - or at least recruit volunteers to help them. No, instead the bulk of humanity is bent on coercing others to work for them, regardless what the goal happens to be, good or bad. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
December 3, 2003 |
Blair in Galt's Gulch
by David Bertelsen
Despite it all, and despite myself, I just can't help liking the guy. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
November 26, 2003 |
Ask IOP: Mixed Economy
by Jeff Landauer
What are some advantages of a mixed economy? (Read more...)
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The Evil of Forced Volunteerism
by G. Stolyarov II
The schools of the Dewey system and leftist bureaucrats in Washington have recently allied for the promotion of mandatory youth groups similar to the Pioneers of the former Soviet Union and the Spies of Mr. Orwell's dystopia. (Read more...)
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Thursday
November 20, 2003 |
Why Capitalism is Always Suspect
by Tibor R. Machan
Few people who criticize corporate crime make mention of the fact that we hardly have a genuine free market in place anywhere on earth. So, business corporations operate, as does the rest of commerce, in a mixed economy, with substantial government intervention - taxation, regulation, protection and so forth - thoroughly diluting the free market process. (Read more...)
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