Slavery is disheartening; but Nature is not so helpless but it can rid itself of every last wrong. But the spasms of nature are centuries and ages and will tax the faith of shortlived men. Slowly, slowly the Avenger comes, but comes surely. The proverbs of the nations affirm these…
Ideas move the world. Want a better world, spread good ideas as widely as possible. If you can expose enough people to the right ideas, everything will work out for the best, with an ever-wider vista of freedom and achievement as the inevitable consequence. Right? Well . . . not…
In the Students for Fair Admissions decision, the Supreme Court rules that using race as a criterion of university admissions is unconstitutional. Ambiguous aspects of the decision and the determination of some universities to keep using race as a criterion mean that qualified applicants may, alas, still be penalized for…
Should workers have their retirement savings or their pensions stolen from them, only to be tossed a mere 16 cents on the dollar? Is it right and fair and just that a retiree, who has worked for decades to earn a $30,000 annual pension, be left to live on only…
We do not call anything wrong, unless we mean to imply that a person ought to be punished in some way or other for doing it; if not by law, by the opinion of his fellow creatures; if not by opinion, by the reproaches of his own conscience. This seems…
SUBJECT: AMC Opinion Concerning “Flying Discs” TO: Commanding General Army Air Force Washington 25, D.C. ATTENTION: Brig. General George Schulgen AC/AS-2 1. As requested by AC/AS-2 there is presented below the considered opinion of this command concerning the so-called “Flying Discs.” This opinion is based on interrogation report data furnished…
Equality. We're all equal, even if we're all different. So maybe harping on real-world inequality is not to the point of justice, eh? Click on over to Townhall, then back here for some further linkages of ideas: Reason: "Why President Obama Is Wrong on Inequality" by Ronald Bailey Mercatus Center:…
You don’t send a salamander to put out a fire or a leech to drain a swamp. Similarly, you don’t appoint David Weiss as a special counsel to “investigate” the Hunter Biden case. Not if you want justice. Weiss, who has been on the case since 2017, was responsible for…
Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights). So strong and far-reaching are these rights that they raise the question of what, if anything, the state and its officials may do. How much room do individual rights leave for…
“One thing that we’ve done,” boasted Dennis McBride of Support our Schools-Wauwatosa, “is we’ve made sure every time one of our legislators pops up his or her head above the foxhole, we’re there to shoot at them.” His audience, consisting of educators at a free event hosted by the non-profit…