In a most striking irony, Lech Walesa, the man who helped bring down Polish communism, is now making a mistake that defined communism: thinking that man's ideas can replace...
If an informed electorate is necessary for a free and healthy republic, the fact that some Americans don't associate terms such as "Orwellian" and "police state" with tyranny could...
What kind of leader wants a military more loyal to himself than to the rule of law? And why? These are two questions to ponder when considering the strange...
Anti-bullying programs are spreading like wildfire. Yet a recent university study shows that they not only don't reduce bullying — they may actually increase it. ...
The Equality Police are unhappy. It seems that despite their best efforts women still aren’t entering the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as men are. You...
What has lifted more people out of poverty, charity or economic freedom? It’s not even close. ...
It is unlikely that many Americans now believe that pedophilia will soon be accepted in this country, but it is riding the same track to respectability as did homosexual...
So many of today's political arguments amount to childish denials of reality. And one good example is the rationale behind forcing insurance companies to cover "pre-existing conditions." ...
As the state tramples freedom of association further, Christians are increasingly forced to choose between obeying their consciences and making a living. But there is a way to fight...
When you hear about consensus on global warming, know that it is the terminology of politics, not science. True science has nothing to do with consensus, but only requires...
A certain very erudite and always entertaining social critic remarked recently that he always thought the worst of people. He went on to say — perhaps, at most, half...
Will the grinding poverty and initiative killing of collectivism soon wear the label “Made in Japan”? Such a prospect is likely a ways off, but it could become a...
With the realization that most of today's college graduates couldn't pass a 1912 Kentucky eighth-grade graduation exam, many people are asking if today's youth are less intelligent that those...
With the job market glutted with unemployed young people with college degrees, is getting a college education a solid plan or a disaster waiting to happen? ...
When Barack Obama said that if he had a son, “he’d look like Trayvon,” it perhaps didn’t say much for him as a parent. And when the president now...
Detroit was once America’s most prosperous city, but now is an urban wasteland. A former Detroit business owner tells his story and explains how the city's economy was killed...
If politicians knew that breaking an election promise or stabbing good Americans in the back would result in an immediate recall effort, they’d be more likely to mind their...
While government has its place, the fact is that the realm outside government called society has been relinquishing its legitimate authority to the state for quite a long time....
What critics might call the march of multiculturalism and war on Christianity are continuing apace in the United Kingdom ... and beyond. ...
Who is smarter, liberals or conservatives? Take a gander at this list of two-brain-cell wonders, and make up your own mind. Or, if you're a liberal, you can just...
