Thursday, March 12

Cheryl Cline is the guest editor today.

 

The Price of the Iraq War: A Worldwide Economic Correction

"The purpose of that violence was clearly to protect the Fed’s dollar. Ironic that the Fed’s support may in the end kill what it intended to protect."  Column by Bill Butler.

 

Will America's Deistic Shift Lead to a Libertarian Shift?

"Deism is very libertarian in nature. There are no priests, rabbis or any clergymen to tell people what to do, what not to do and what to believe. There are no holy books to follow."  Column by Robert Johnson.

 

No Need for a King: God and Small Government

"Much like God promised the Israelites, we have taxes taken from us at gun point, we have seen our children conscripted, we have idly watched as government has stolen land in the name of eminent domain. And yet people of faith continue to participate in the very system that goes against the original desire for self-governance established by their own holy book."  Column by new Root Striker Lane Connelly.

 

Terrorist Watch List Hits 1 Million

 

Equal Pay for Equal Risk

Perhaps men are paid more because they take on riskier, less-stable jobs.

 

Is Anyone Really Going Galt?

There’s been more talking than doing.

 

Affluence and Ethics

William Easterley on one of the problems with Peter Singer’s call to increase foreign aid.

 

Powerpoint for Peter Singer

Why open immigration will have results superior to charity.

 

Developing Entrepreneurship Among the World’s Poorest

All too often, traditional charities subsidize poverty rather than foster enterprise.

 

Whither Moderate Smoking?

Brad Taylor: "The framing of the tobacco question has shifted from smoking as an activity to the Smoker as a deviant identity."

 

Why Does the USA Want Universal Healthcare?

Canadians who can afford it flock to the US for superior medical treatment.

 

Honduras and the Effects of Raising the Minimum Wage

The resulting layoffs have led to a rise in kidnapping and other crimes.

 

Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom

A first-ever ranking of the states, by the Mercatus Center .

 

Why Liberals Should Love the Free Market

Because they allegedly value self-ownership.

 

The Martial Law Mind-Set

Archimedes may have been the first recorded victim of police brutality, but the last one is not in sight.

 

New Poll: America Is Evenly Divided Between Progressives/Liberals and Conservatives/Libertarians

Yet the two sides are more similar than different:  “A nation that is evenly split in its political identity is decidedly center-left in its policy orientation.”

 

Florida Red Light Camera Law Doesn't Care Who's Driving: Car Owner Fined

Red light cameras increase city revenues, not safety or fairness.

 

The Government-Banking Complex Is Destroying You

Karen DeCoster on the rigged credit game.

 

The Graves of Academe

Free e-book on the disaster of public schooling, by the late Underground Grammarian Richard Mitchell.

 

Science of Time: What Makes Our Internal Clock Tick

 

No Free Lunch: A Corollary

 

FDA Approves Salmonella

Well, why not?   (satire)

 

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