How do we know what rights we have? Hmmm.How do we know how many planets there are? By scientific investigation. Various theories were attempted at explaining the universe and currently we have a model that includes probably 10 planets in an heliocentric solar system.What rights do we have? We can know [...]
I e-mailed this letter to the editor to the N&O today in response to an editorial in Tuesday’s paper.
How shall we measure the economic benefit of 395,000 illegal aliens on the North Carolina economy? (Our Open Door, p.8A 2/28/06) Certainly not by tallying up public revenues and expenses related to this demographic! Such a [...]
The Law – by Frederic Bastiat (paraphrased)
The law has been changed into something it was not meant to be! The power of the government has become more likely to encroach on liberties as well! The law has become a way of making greedy men rich! The law was meant to protect [...]
From today’s newspaper. Funny, I believe in creationism, and I believe Global Warming is a myth. I’m currently reading Crichton’s State of Fear as recommended by FEE’s Freeman, and thoroughly enjoying it. Now, about Fox news, I’m not sure. It’s still statist much of the time.JN
It does not “require any courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.” G. K. ChestertonJN
The bootleggers and baptists are up to their old games again. This time some other baptists are the whistle blowers.World magazine (www.worldmag.com) is an evangelical weekly magazine, published in Asheville. They have brought to the evangelical community’s awareness an interesting story.Jack Abramoff, of the Indian Casino scandals, gave Ralph Reed, former Christian Coalition [...]
“Us vs. them” mentalities abound, and the Christian Community is not immune. Evangelical loyalty to individuals such as James Dobson, Ralph Reed, Pat Robertson, Jerry Fallwell, etc. often blind the Christian community to real issues requiring greater thought and discernment.Prohibition was a bad idea 80 years ago, and it hasn’t gotten any better since. [...]
I just puuled a baby tooth out for my daughter, who is 6 years old. That was cool!JN
What made the ancient Phonecians rich? Was it their exports or their imports?It was their money. They had good money.And lots of imports. They made good use of their comparative advantage in dye making (from the shells of myrex), and total net imports were huge.
But in America today we worry about too [...]
Reading should provoke responses. If what you are reading doesn’t provoke a response from you you probably aren’t reading the right things. Or you aren’t thinking enough.I just got the latest issue of the Freeman, published by the Foundation for Economic Education. www.fee.org Daniel Griswaold from the Cato Institute writes in an [...]