Politics Archive
Michael Strong: Give charter schools a chance
I've been talking some lately with Flow CEO Michael Strong, who (together with Whole Foods CEO John Mackey) is doing some excellent work with explaining free market principles to folks with liberal-ish ideals.
Today ...
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Why can’t two-income families afford a home?
April 28, 2008 · Category: Current Events, Politics
Question: "Why could families easily meet their financial obligations in the 1950s and 1960s, when only one parent worked outside the home, yet have great difficulty today, when two-income families are the norm?"
Answer: Primarily because ...
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Monster lawyers take it in the nose
April 16, 2008 · Category: Current Events, Politics
I know many Objectivists and free market advocates have mixed feelings about patent law and how it is used. If you're one of them, don't miss this letter to the lawyers representing Monster Cable. ...
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Buying a Spot on the Syllabus ... for Atlas Shrugged
(Cross-posted from the Atlasphere's Ayn Rand meta-blog.)
Inside Higher Ed Editor Scott Jaschik kindly sent a link to his new story "Buying a Spot on the Syllabus," which is indeed very interesting. He begins:
Some professors at ...
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Liberal vs Conservative? Christ! Oops.
If you struggle, as I do, with the nutty distinction between being considered "liberal" or "conservative" in modern America, you might share my enjoyment of this thoughtful post by Patrick Stephens.
In fact, Patrick's discussion here, ...
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Fred Thompson Releases Substantial Plan to Reduce Federal Spending
January 10, 2008 · Category: Politics
Fred Thompson just became the first and only Republican candidate to produce a detailed and substantial plan to reduce federal spending.
If you've not already seen this Thompson interview with Charlie Rose, I recommend it highly. ...
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Fred Thompson on Terry Schiavo: Too Personal for Government Intervention
December 28, 2007 · Category: Politics
Thanks to Marsh for pointing out this piece by Andrew Malcolm from October. Here Fred Thompson offers the most sensible comments I've heard from any politician about Terry Schiavo.
As often seems to happen in ...
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There Has Been No Global Warming This Decade
December 22, 2007 · Category: Politics
Wow, thanks to Shawn Klein pointing this out:
Here's an inconvenient fact for you: world temperatures have not increased this decade. That's right, there has not been any global warming in almost 10 years.This is not ...
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Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007
December 20, 2007 · Category: Politics
From a new US Senate report:
Over 400 prominent scientists from more than two dozen countries recently voiced significant objections to major aspects of the so-called "consensus" on man-made global warming. These scientists, many of whom ...
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Significant Fred Thompson Endorsement
December 18, 2007 · Category: Politics
I enjoyed reading, and highly recommend, this article by Pejman Yousefzadeh about why he has decided to endorse Fred Thompson for President.
Here are a few of the key paragraphs:
My emphasis in this and other writings ...
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