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Friday
March 21, 2003
Commentary
Terrorism and Provocation
by Tibor R. Machan
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Provocation is not any kind of excuse to be either violent toward or intimate with someone. (Read more...)
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Tuesday
March 18, 2003
Commentary
End Double Taxation!
by Logan Darrow
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If you aren't willing to spend 3 minutes of your time how on earth will we ever achieve laissez-faire capitalism? (Read more...)
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Friday
March 14, 2003
Commentary
Safe at Any Speed
by Tibor R. Machan
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Doesn't anyone remember Ralph Nader's first bestseller, Unsafe at Any Speed? (Read more...)
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Friday
March 7, 2003
Commentary
World Peace
by Jeff Landauer
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"World Peace" is no longer just a phrase vapidly spewed by the occasional hippie or Academy Award recipient. The increasing spread of democracy presages a future in which there really is world peace. (Read more...)
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Tuesday
March 4, 2003
Commentary
Why Liberty is Necessary for Morality
by Tibor R. Machan
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It is often taken to be a feature of a free society that it rests on the belief that no one can tell what is morally right or wrong. That is supposed to be why people are not imposed upon with strictures the government forces them to follow. If, however, we could determine what is right and wrong, then, the idea follows, government could just proceed to force everyone to behave right. (Read more...)
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Thursday
February 20, 2003
Commentary
Not in my Contract
by Matthew Graybosch
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When I first accepted a position with my current employer, he clearly outlined his expectations of me and the responsibilities I would have to shoulder as a programmer in his employ. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
February 19, 2003
Commentary
Lessons in Lust (Behind the Privy)
by Peter Cresswell
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For those who lust after power, frustration ensues at any barrier to the exercise of that power. From the U.S. to New Zealand, the reaction of the power-luster to his (or her) power being blunted is the same. (Read more...)
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Monday
February 17, 2003
Commentary
The Moral Hypocrisy of the "Anti-War" Movement
by Peter Krembs
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At first glance, the new anti-war movement -- composed primarily of students from my generation -- seems like a relatively harmless group of demonstrators. But dig a little deeper, and one can see that the movement is just reeking of moral hypocrisy and unadulterated socialism. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
February 12, 2003
Commentary
Go The Black Boat
by Anton Kelly
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On the first day of the upcoming SOLO conference, the America's Cup begins. I can't wait. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
February 5, 2003
Commentary
My Tribute to the Columbia
by Anton Kelly
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I have always been fascinated by space and space flight. Pictures of galaxies and rockets covered my bedroom walls when I was a child, and I have followed all of man's space programs with great interest. I looked on in envy when a few years ago a wealthy American paid twenty million dollars to spend a few days in orbit with the Russians. One of my life goals is to travel to Cape Canaveral to witness a shuttle launch. (Read more...)
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Friday
January 31, 2003
Commentary
On Being in Love with Life
by Lindsay Perigo
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A timeless editorial originally broadcast on the Politically Incorrect Show, March 8, 2000. (Read more...)
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Monday
January 27, 2003
CommentaryThe Free Radical
Richard Goldstein: When Queers Attack
by Anthony Teets
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Who is Richard Goldstein? For gay Objectivists, he is no John Galt. Richard Goldstein is an executive editor of Village Voice. (Read more...)
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Thursday
January 23, 2003
Commentary
Rotten Respectability
by Lindsay Perigo
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"The poorest bargain that a man can make," wrote Robert G. Ingersoll, "is to give his individuality for what is called respectability." (Read more...)
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Monday
January 13, 2003
Commentary
Insurance by Remote Control
by Eric Rockwell
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Last night I was examining some potential insurance plans, as I am self-employed and currently without coverage. I was unable to come to a conclusion as to whether I should commit to an outrageous monthly expense or just not bother with insurance at all. I began considering whether or not I should simply give up my own business in favor of working for a company that would take care of my insurance for me. Perplexed, I did what I usually do in such situations. I turned on the TV. (Read more...)
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Monday
January 6, 2003
Commentary
The U.S. Educational System: A Postmortem
by John Shaw
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I was reading an article this evening when I ran across an interesting quote. It was a simple slip of the tongue, the kind that people make every day, but it spoke volumes about the public educational system in the United States. (Read more...)
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Thursday
December 19, 2002
Commentary
Debasing the Currency of Communication
by Kernon Gibes
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Do bad actions debase good actions? Kernon tackles the economics of ethical currency. (Read more...)
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Monday
December 16, 2002
Commentary
The obtuseness of Sen. Lott
by Tibor R. Machan
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Let me start by quoting the now infamous remarks of Sen. Trent Lott at the birthday bash for Sen. Strom Thurmond: "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had of followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either." (Read more...)
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Thursday
December 5, 2002
Commentary
When a Gun Is Not a Gun
by Russell Madden
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Mmmmm...chocolate guns. (Read more...)
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Friday
November 15, 2002
Commentary
The Benefits of Being Attacked?
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
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Is it possible that the barbarous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have resulted in some good...? (Read more...)
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Monday
November 11, 2002
Commentary
That Expectant Hiss
by Peter Cresswell
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People my age or older (down, Josephine) might remember the shiver of anticipation they once felt when putting the needle down on an eagerly awaited new record - the expectant hiss as the stylus cut through new, unplayed vinyl in that brief but magical moment before the first note is heard gave goosebumps in places that the more digitally convenient CDs don't even know exist. Once every two months my letterbox now offers me a similar thrill when a new copy of The Free Radical appears in in my letterbox... (Read more...)
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Wednesday
November 6, 2002
Commentary
US Election Results--and the Results
by Craig Ceely
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Republicans will now be controlling both houses of Congress as well as the White House, and the dramatically favorable impact on American citizens will be...? (Read more...)
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Monday
November 4, 2002
Commentary
Bush Backs a SCHIP of Fools
by Anthony Teets
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To enforce by laws the protection of arbitrarily designated entities as persons, we are voluntarily submitting the rights of those able to claim personhood, to the unborn...  (Read more...)
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Friday
November 1, 2002
Commentary
Who are the 100 Greatest Britons?
by Marcus Bachler
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Who is the greatest Briton of all? Cromwell? Churchill? Nelson? Robbie Williams? (Read more...)
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Thursday
October 31, 2002
Commentary
Russian Dolls
by Kernon Gibes
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Whether or not a woman should be legally barred from holding a job is not merely a matter of taste... (Read more...)
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Monday
October 21, 2002
Commentary
Modern Capitalism Under Siege
by Francois Tremblay
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The function of the CEO is part of the modern economy--to attack that function undercuts Western society itself. We should take such attacks seriously... (Read more...)
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