In reality, character matters enormously, more so than most things that can be seen, measured or documented. Character is what we have to depend on when we entrust power over ourselves, our children and our society to government officials. We cannot risk all that for the sake of the fashionable affectatio...(Read more...)
Failing to recycle plastic bags could find you spending eternity in Hell, the Vatican said after drawing up a list of seven deadly sins for our times. After releasing the new list," the Pope offered these uplifting sentiments: “Those who trust in themselves and in their own merits are, as it were, blinded by the...(Read more...)
It is ironic that New York Democrat Governor Eliot Spitzer has had his undeserved reputation for high moral standards tarnished by his sexual escapades which, while perhaps sleazy, did not harm any of us. In fact he deserved our moral scorn for his assault on productive individuals and flouting of the rule of law when ...(Read more...)
The first entry in an upcoming series of economic solutions for world problems, brought to you by the Copenhagen Consensus Center headed by Bjorn Lomborg (author of Skeptical Environmentalist).(Read more...)
Clearly, if you have a severe neurological problem in Canada the socialist health system cannot provide for you — at all. And this is on top of intolerable delays for routine surgery such as knee replacements. This is what is in store for the U.S.
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On Feb. 28, Judge H. Walter Croskey of the Second District Court of Appeals in Los Angeles ruled that children ages six to 18 may be taught only by credentialed teachers in public or private schools — or at home by Mom and Dad, but only if they have a teaching degree. Citing state law that goes back to the early 1950s,...(Read more...)
Apparently, international terrorism has now become part of the plot in addition to "an irresponsible foreign policy." What chapter of the book was that in? Also, instead of an interest in running a productive enterprise, Dagny's motivation is now a desire "to live up to her ancestor's name." I can see why Rand was relu...(Read more...)
Forwarding this from a friend of mine who wrote this about this video reminiscent of glorified communist revolutionaries of the past: It's a music video of Hollywood celebrities endorsing Barack Obama. As usual, they mouth the same empty platitudes about "change", "hope", "saving the environment", and "peace." B...(Read more...)
