Thursday, March 12
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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
Perhaps
men are paid more because they take on riskier, less-stable jobs.
There’s
been more talking than doing.
William
Easterley on one of the problems with Peter Singer’s call to increase
foreign aid.
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.
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
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
Why Liberals Should Love the Free Market
Because
they allegedly value self-ownership.
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.
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
Well,
why not?
A
photo blog.