  The Reagan Legacy
by Alan Greenspan
The Reagan presidency was a remarkable one for Americans. In the words of the nation's fortieth President, "We meant to change a nation, and instead, we changed the world." (Read more...)
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A Salute to Ronald Reagan
by Lindsay Perigo
Farewell, Mr. President - hero, legend. And thank you. You ushered in a new morning for America. You destroyed the "evil empire." You showed us the best of times, bewitching us with your fabulous sense of life. You gave us grace & style, courage & dignity, wit & wisdom. You restored the shine to that city on the hill. As you remarked yourself on leaving office, "Not bad. Not bad at all." (Read more...)
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RIP, President Reagan
by Tibor R. Machan
It is sad that we probably will not see a principled guy in - or even near - the White House like Ronald Reagan. Whatever his imperfections, he was the greatest political friend of liberty of our time. (Read more...)
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Magnificent Machan
by Lindsay Perigo
"The Passion for Liberty" is at once a commendable starting point for novice freedom-fighters and a battery-recharger for veterans. Machan lays out the theoretical groundwork — an unabashedly Aristotelian/Randian one — for a free society in language that is accessible and with logic that is irresistible. (Read more...)
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In Praise of Mel Gibson
by Reginald Firehammer
Mel Gibson is a hero. I do not mean he is my hero, or a hero to any particular group, but symbolically, he is an American hero. There is another symbolic American hero named Howard Roark, who, though a fictional character, is the same kind of hero as Mel Gibson. (Read more...)
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Johann Strauss - Honorary SOLOist!
by Lindsay Perigo
"An evocative bow at almost a fairy-tale Vienna, a Vienna of young hussars & beautiful ladies, a Vienna of sentimentality & charm. A pretty-pretty & never-never Vienna of dance & romance."
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Wednesday
December 31, 2003 |
AR--Ayn Rand: Audacious Revolutionary!
by Lindsay Perigo
Since I'm still in seasonally nostalgic mode, let me reminisce about the day Ayn Rand died, twenty-one years ago. (Read more...)
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Martha Stewart
by Ashley Frazier
Martha Stewart is one of the great American success stories. (Read more...)
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Nelson Mandela: The world celebrates an African Hero
by Betty Kayton
As Nelson Mandela celebrates his 85th birthday, I am struck by the many faces of this political icon and champion of the African people. Elizabeth Kanabe (Read more...)
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Good Night David Brinkley
by Tibor R. Machan
Many moons ago, when he was still with NBC-TV, I wrote to David Brinkley and we got into a brief correspondence about journalistic objectivity. He was against it. Well, actually, he just didn't think it could be achieved, however hard anyone might try. (Read more...)
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"The Don" is gone
by Robert Winefield
More than just a batsman, he was something like a tide
More than just one man, he was the whole damn side
They always came for Bradman because fortune used to hide
In the palm of his hand
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Hero: Walt Disney
by Craig Ceely
Walt Disney had been drawing and selling cartoons since he was seven years old. (Read more...)
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Heroes: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
by Craig Ceely
Two lawyers - both future Presidents - argued for American independence from Britain well before many of their contemporaries did. (Read more...)
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All On Fire
by Jeff Landauer
William Lloyd Garrison was a radical abolitionist. He was radical because of his stance that the words in the Declaration of Independence, "that all men are created equal," apply to everyone, and he was radical because of the way he defended that stance -- upon moral grounds without regard to the vested interests or sensibilities of others. (Read more...)
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Lux Ex Nihilo
by David C. Adams
Frederick Hart championed what is so viciously scorned today: form, meaning, and an exalted view of man — and offered it to a public starved for such values. His is now the most popular contemporary sculpture in the country, as thousands are moved by what a man pulled to life from stone. Fighting against a tyranny of ugliness and destruction, Frederick Hart created beauty, and won. (Read more...)
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