Wednesday, February 4
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Anthony Gregory is the guest editor today. |
What's So Hard to Understand About the Right to Bear Arms?
"The portion of the U.S. Constitution referred to as The Bill of Rights is an exposition, not a bestowal. Whatever 'well-organized militia' meant to someone in 1776 or to anyone this week is irrelevant since the clause is explaining what exists already, not what the document provides to a lucky citizen." Column by Wilt Alston.
"But whether a check is for ten dollars, or ten billion dollars, it is expected that those numbers entitle the payee to something--if only other numbers borrowed into existence by someone, somewhere, sometime. They could be numbers engraved on paper, or electronic entries in an account, but they’ve got to be there if the check is 'good.' So the question arises, at least in my mind: Where are the numbers that comprise the three trillion for the bailout?" Column by Paul Hein.
What It Feels Like to Be a Libertarian
“It feels bad. Being a libertarian means living with a level of frustration that is nearly beyond human endurance. It means being subject to unending scorn and derision despite being inevitably proven correct by events. How does it feel to be a libertarian? Imagine what the internal life of Cassandra must have been and you will have a pretty good idea.” Column by John Hasnas.
Scott Horton interviews Stephen Zunes.
The United States of Argentina
“Anyone not alarmed by the state of the U.S. economy is not paying attention,” says Philip Jenkins. “Despite the obvious dangers—devastating inflation and the ruin of the dollar—the United States seems pledged to a debt-funded spending spree of gargantuan proportions.”
“Let’s
just hold it a bit on this Lincoln thing.
If Barack Obama wants to lead the nation as Lincoln did, we’re in for
a lot of trouble.” Column by Kirkpatrick Sale.
“New Rule: neomercantilists, neoconservatives, and statists are no longer allowed to call themselves 'free marketers.' People who call themselves free marketers such as Bush, Paulson, Greenspan, and Bernanke are the primary threat capitalism faces. These false prophets of capitalism are the greatest friends that proponents of socialism have.” Column by Briggs Armstrong.
Obama’s Defense Spending “Cuts”
Come
now. Column by Glenn Greenwald.
“If the recovery bill bans spending on foreign goods, it will invite retaliation.”
Globalization
and Peace: A Hayekian Perspective
Adrián Osvaldo Ravier theorizes on how trade encourages international harmony.
The Birth of Octuplets Is a Blessing
But
the misanthropes turn it into a tragedy. Column by Brendan O’Neill.
What Can Obama Learn from Booker T. Washington?
America needs more self-reliance, not more borrow-and-spend. Column by David Beito and Jonathan Bean.
“Comparable Worth” Hurts Women and Minorities
David Theroux on the poison of labor regulation.
The
Obama Gets Part of the Correction
Anthony Gregory on the business cycle and why the president’s Keynesianism will make it worse.
Doogie Howser Theme Song, Orchestral Arrangement
A Saturday Night Live digital short.
A photo blog.