Bastiat’s “The Law” Begins with God
Sometimes secularism sounds legitimate. One of the more thoughtful arguments used by proponents of a secular state, or of a state that mandates...
Opinion
The High Cost of Dumbing Us Down
It now costs over $10,000 a year to “educate,” or brainwash, a child in a public school, whereas it costs about $550 to...
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Out of Afghanistan Now!
Memo from the people of Afghanistan to the United States: Get out! Now! The mass demonstrations in Afghanistan, punctuated by anti-American violence,...
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Senate Democrats Pitch Transportation Bill as a Job Creator
In another purported attempt to spur "job creation," Senate Democrats will try to transform their $109-billion transportation bill into law this week. In...
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James Q. Wilson (1931-2012)
There are undoubtedly many people who are alive today because of James Q. Wilson, who died last week. He was not a doctor...
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America’s Worst Anti-business Climates
Here’s a headline that’s sure not to boost investment and job creation in Pennsylvania: “Wyoming First, Pennsylvania Worst In Business Taxes.” ...
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How Federal Billions Fund Our Socialist Public Schools
In my book, Is Public Education Necessary?, I pointed out how the public school movement was promoted in the 1830s and ‘40s by...
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Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax: Entertaining with an Environmental Agenda
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is a film about the disappearance of trees, which have since been replaced by imitations, and the pursuit of...
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Why Are Teens Killing Other Teens in Schools?
The latest school shootings at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio, have reminded us that these school massacres did not end with the...
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When Spoiled-rotten Children Grow Up
Riot police had to be called to an Orlando mall on February 23. Why? Because an unruly crowd of would-be shoppers couldn’t wait...
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Teen Set on Fire in Racial Attack; Media Silent
“This is what you deserve. You get what you deserve, white boy.” So spewed the attackers of Melissa Coon’s 13-year-old son, as they...
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Ilana Mercer’s “Into the Cannibal’s Pot”: A Review
Ilana Mercer’s, Into the Cannibal’s Pot: Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South Africa, is an unusual book. Yet it is unusual in the...
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More on Vaccines and Their Dangers
In my previous article on the vaccine controversy, which drew many comments, I made a very simple proposal. I proposed that the easiest...
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Bernanke Befuddled
In a moment of unexpected and unsettling candor, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, in his testimony on Tuesday before the House Financial Services...
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Hikes in Gas Price Eclipse Payroll Tax Cut
The Washington politicians were in full self-congratulatory form recently when the Republicans and Democrats in Congress finally displayed a moment of bipartisanship and...
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