David Mamet: How a Liberal Playwright Became a Conservative
How does a successful liberal playwright and screenwriter such as David Mamet become a conservative? In a way he probably has always been...
Opinion
The Beauty of Private Property — from China?
A farmer in the communist collective of Xiaogang, a small village in eastern China, was starving, along with his family and his neighbors....
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Obama Is Not an Insourcer
As an industrialist, I’ve taken an interest in President Barack Obama’s insourcing kick which has occurred over the past few weeks, highlighted by...
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The Tragic Politics of Envy and Resentment
Different histories, geography, demography and cultures have left various groups, races, nations and civilizations with radically different abilities to create wealth. ...
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How You Can Tell if a Candidate Is Serious About Ending Illegal Migration
Imagine that your son has a habit of sprinkling copious amounts of bird seed and setting up impromptu birdbaths in your yard. You...
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Leaders vs. Liberty
Throughout the Republican presidential primaries, the candidates have continually expressed ideas that reveal much about how they regard not just themselves, but the...
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Supreme Court Tells Obama “No!”
Well, what do you know? The Supreme Court not only rebuffed another attack on our Constitution by Barack Obama’s minions, it did so...
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Romney’s Whiteness and the Times’ Lightness: Both a Liability
It’s interesting that liberals accuse traditionalists of wanting to turn back the clock. For they themselves live in 1952. To be precise, where...
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Untangling the Factors Affecting Human Achievements
Anyone who has ever been in a Third World country, or even in a slum neighborhood at home, is likely to wonder why...
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An Ignored ‘Disparity’: Higher Education
One of the ways of trying to reduce the vast disparities in economic success, which are common in countries around the world, is...
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The TSA: Ruining Lives Over Forgetfulness
Item: A Chinese woman studying at Hays State University in Kansas tried to board a plane with a stun gun in her purse....
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Presidential Nonsense on Economics
Last week, President Barack Obama, at a Capital Hilton fundraising event, told the crowd, "We can't go back to this brand of you're-on-your-own...
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An Ignored “Disparity”: Ability to Create Wealth
With all the talk about "disparities" in innumerable contexts, there is one very important disparity that gets remarkably little attention — disparities in...
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The NDAA and Suspension of Habeas Corpus: Not Just for “Enemy Combatants” Anymore
Remember all those neocons and Republicans who cheered George W. Bush’s “indefinite detainment” of “enemy combatants”? Many of them — though, amazingly, not...
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Obama’s Contempt for Congress
Guess what? Barack Obama has found an opponent whose approval ratings are even lower than his own. So to kick off his re-election...
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