Opinion

Black Friday’s Black Hearts

A day originated for the purpose of giving thanks for what we have is now followed by one devoted to aggressively seeking what...

Selwyn Duke November 26, 2012

Private Property Rights Defined

Tom DeWeese November 23, 2012

As the battle to stop Sustainable Development grows, it is important that activists have clear definitions of their points as they deal with...

Maine’s Mysterious Black Voters

Selwyn Duke November 23, 2012

There are endless “anecdotes” from the last election “that prove nothing about vote fraud,” as the critics put it. And one that would...

Obama’s Switcheroo on Economics, From Right to Wrong

Ralph R. Reiland November 23, 2012

Here’s President Obama in August 2009 regarding the link between tax increases, recessions, and business growth: “The last thing you want to do...

Red Dawn: Fighting for Family and Freedom in Your Own Backyard

Bob Adelmann November 23, 2012

Red Dawn, the remake of the classic 1984 film, raises numerous questions about the current awareness of American citizens of external (and internal)...

What Do We Have to be Thankful for?

Selwyn Duke November 22, 2012

Christianity teaches that since we’re all sinners, we actually deserve damnation. Yet its message is also that we won’t get what we deserve...

Hotels and Hassles

Thomas Sowell November 21, 2012

Few things can make you appreciate home like staying in a hotel. This includes not only low-budget, bare bones hotels but also sweepingly...

Petraeus Fell for the Wrong Reason

Sheldon Richman November 21, 2012

David Petraeus has fallen — but not as he should have. Before being disgraced by an extramarital affair, the retired four-star general and...

Movie Review: The Pencil Has Spoken!

William F. Jasper November 20, 2012

In the new and beautifully animated six-minute film I, Pencil, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) has brought to life Leonard Read’s I, Pencil,...

Killing the Goose: Twinkies Bankruptcy

Thomas Sowell November 20, 2012

Killing the goose that lays the golden egg is one of those old fairy tales for children which has a heavy message that...

Philosophy and Culture in the Thought of Nietzsche

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. November 19, 2012

Given the recent reelection of President Obama and his fellow partisans, this just might not be a bad time to acquaint ourselves with...

Lincoln, the Movie

Steve Byas November 17, 2012

Steven Spielberg's Lincoln will certainly add to the heroic status already afforded the 16th president, despite the acknowledgement that Lincoln was willing to...