Wednesday
October 15, 2003 |
 Perfect Security
by Russell Madden
Never let it be claimed that the French are laggards . . . at least in some areas of life. Even though their economy creaks along under a socialistic burden even greater than our own, they are Jean-ny-on-the-spot when it comes to advancing the interests of the State. (Read more...)
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Addiction and Free Will
by Joseph Rowlands
Not too long ago, I watched a John Stossel special Help Me, I Can't Help Myself, on the nature of addiction. The show centered around the philosophical argument of Free Will vs. Determinism. (Read more...)
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America Vs. Europe
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
The split in the Western Alliance in the past year or so over how to respond to 9/11 is interesting in any number of ways. Although there still seems to be a great commonality of liberal-type values between the two respective parties, the recent opposition appears to be both dramatic and profound. And a large part of the fate of the world seems to hang in the balance. (Read more...)
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Problems with Egalitarianism
by Tibor R. Machan
A reason some opponents of liberty give for their position is that there isn't supposed to be any significant difference between any of us, so those who do well and those who do worse both really just deserve the same. Indeed, desert is not even in the picture for these folks because everything just happens to us, we do not do anything well or badly, better or worse than anyone else. It is just que sera, sera. (Read more...)
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 Ushering in Civilization's Destroyers
by Logan Feys
How Altruism is Aiding Militant Islam's March toward Global Domination (Read more...)
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George Orwell: The Fight Against Totalitarianism
by Marcus Bachler
This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Orwell. Therefore it seems an apt time to review the life and ideas of the author whom I considered from the age of 16 onwards to be my favourite author of all time, and this just based upon the reading of his two most famous works. (Read more...)
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Privacy and Civilization
by Chris Matthew Sciabarra
"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy."
- Ayn Rand Lindsay Perigo (Read more...)
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Microsoft's Overreach?
by Joe Trusnik
According to Yahoo News, seven computer security experts have decided that Microsoft must be taken down for the good of United States security. (Read more...)
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A bit of good news on 60 Minutes
by Tibor R. Machan
Often I am told that my observations are negative, and that's true. I protest the loss of liberty. But behind that lies my most positive idea, namely, that free men and women are better at solving problems than those in chains - even in chains that are quite long. (Read more...)
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Tuesday
September 30, 2003 |
Moral War on Religious Dogma Needed
by Jack Gardner
From historic Islamic militarism, to Christian crusades, to Protestant-Catholic clashes, to Jewish-Moslem wars, organized religious establishments and dogmas have generated collectivist hatreds and conflicts. From Ireland, to the Balkans, to the Middle East, to southern Asia, today's religions are in violent conflict and spawning world wide terrorist organizations. It is time to denounce anti-freedom dogmas as immoral. (Read more...)
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 Time for a Tune-up
by Christy Little
My mom gave me a lot of advice as a kid, and as a rule, I benefited from it. Don't climb tall objects, she said. Do your homework before dinner, then relax. By opting out of these two rules, I managed to bang up my body pretty well. (Read more...)
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Patent Suicide
by Joseph Rowlands
There's been a lot of talk about passing Medicare prescription drug benefits. (Read more...)
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Thursday
September 25, 2003 |
Politeness and Objective Ethics
by G. Stolyarov II
An essay deriving key components of propriety, politeness, and manners from Objective Etiquette. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
September 24, 2003 |
 Criminal and Political Minds
by Tibor R. Machan
If anything unites most criminals it is their belief that instant forceful action is best. Robbing, raping, murdering or assaulting others to get what one wants from them seems to them more effective than peaceful means to their ends. This is their form of immaturity and, as adults, their moral failing. (I am talking here about real criminals, not those made criminal by government via, for example, the blatantly unjust drug laws.) (Read more...)
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Tuesday
September 23, 2003 |
For the Little Guy
by Russell Madden
As someone who has fought for years in my own small ways for freedom, I have been accused of many negative things. (Read more...)
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Missing Ingredient for Iraq
by Jack Gardner
As the United States tries to create a democratic, freedom respecting, economically self-sustaining, militarily protected, peaceful Iraq, one ingredient essential for all of this is never considered: free market policies. (Read more...)
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Iraq: Could-Have-Been
by Adam Reed
I recently returned from a trip to Poland, where one of my friends was involved in the subsequently aborted plan for Poland to manage the reconstruction of Iraq. (Read more...)
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Thursday
September 18, 2003 |
 Note to Self
by Kay Dover
A poem. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
September 17, 2003 |
The Bad Habit of Statism
by Tibor R. Machan
Americans live with some pretty unusual ideas and policies and even take these for granted, actually. (Read more...)
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Tuesday
September 16, 2003 |
The Death of Democracy in California
by Joseph Rowlands
Yesterday, Sept 15, 2003, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the state of California is to become a Kingdom ruled by His Royal Majesty, King Gray Davis I. (Read more...)
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The Public-Private Ethical Distinction
by G. Stolyarov II
This essay is a treatise defining and classifying privacy in ethics from an Objectivist perspective. It addresses questions such as the foundation of privacy, and which general categories of affairs it is best for an individual to retain private as a matter of proper etiquette. (Read more...)
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The West is the Best
by Anton Kelly
The second anniversary of September 11 passed quietly and I'm glad I didn't see any gratuitous replays of the events of that awful day. (Read more...)
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Thursday
September 11, 2003 |
The Changing Hospital Market
by Elizabeth Kanabe
As states around the U.S. work towards deregulating the hospital industry, many hospitals find themselves unprepared for some of the consequences that have emerged. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
September 10, 2003 |
 The Measure of a Man
by Russell Madden
The Liberation of Sims: what precisely does it mean to be a person? Tibor R. Machan (Read more...)
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Thursday
September 4, 2003 |
The Elixir of Youth
by Lindsay Perigo
Of Swamp Sirens, Mountain Tops ... and Fire in the Belly! (Read more...)
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