If they want to live long and prosper, they should think of their yield purchasing power. Their hard-earned assets should provide income. And it is here, that hyperinflation has set in.(Read more...)
A Congressional bill authorized the sale of the federal Mt. Soledad Memorial for veterans to a private association. That shunted aside an on-going lawsuit filed by the ACLU and the Jewish War Veterans. A privately-owned memorial for Christian soldiers should have a cross if they want. The problem is that Jewish vetera...(Read more...)
Say "philosopher" and most people imagine a bust of Socrates, obscure texts or intellectual tête-à-têtes in the so-called Ivory Tower, away from the muddle of real-life concerns. But three issues this past week made something clear: We need philosophers engaged in public life — and a public wil...(Read more...)
The title refers to an opinion piece from The Week magazine attacking Ron Paul's view that taxation is slavery. The author is clearly anti-free market, and attributes Paul's view to the one advanced by libertarian scholar Robert Nozick, who he says cites the "Lockean proviso" as a justification for original property, ...(Read more...)
I can think of many different Objectivist responses to this with some responses contradicting others. One might argue that if a nation is stuck with a welfare state, this sort of program becomes inevitable. Another might see its support as simply buttressing a broken welfare system and therefore oppose it. Still ano...(Read more...)
