Santa Claus is also a symbol of good will, and thus is the appropriate holiday symbol of America, a country that, because of its material prosperity, can inspire good will in all of its citizens.”
Chris Wolski
The author is a contributing writer to Capitalism Magazine.
One Solution for Education’s Woes: Home Schooling
To counteract the damage caused by Progressive Education, Woiceshyn put together a rigorous program of core academic subjects designed to motivate learning, build a solid foundation of essential knowledge and basic skills, and train logical thinking.
Censorship in Advertising Moves Into Movies
Tracinski dismissed Gore and Lieberman’s claim that they are concerned only with ‘marketing’ and not artistic expression.
Greens, not Greed, Fueling Higher Gas Prices
“The solution to our current oil shortages isn’t more regulation, but less,” said Bernstein.
Advice to the GOP: Bush Needs a Republican Agenda
Salsman said that the Republicans’ only real option to win is to adopt a consistent, principled message that resonates with voters: less government and more freedom.
Johnny Can’t Think But He’s a Great Guesser
“Unable to deal with words or with numbers — having no means of knowing, but only of guessing — the child loses confidence in his mind.”
The Republican Convention Will Spotlight Statism
“What these individual agendas show is the same utter contempt both men have for freedom and the individual,” said Bernstein.
“Sweatshop” Opponents Want to Violate Workers’ Rights
The anti-‘sweatshop’ campaign is driven, not by concern for Third World workers, but by hatred for American corporations.
Gore’s Prescription Plan Is Unjust and Unhealthy
Al Gore’s vow to “take on” the prescription drug industry will continue the decades-long hobbling of the American health care industry, said a senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute.
End the Social Security Ponzi Scheme Now
“Social Security’s purpose is not to help you pay for your own retirement, but to force you to pay for your neighbor’s retirement or your neighbor’s parents’ retirement,”
Self-Sacrifice Not Selfishness Caused the Holocaust
A genocide like the Holocaust will happen again unless the world learns the root cause of the Nazis’ evil — self-sacrifice.
Husband-Wife Team Fighting for Elian’s Right to Stay in America
Defending Elian’s right to stay in America on the principle of individual rights
Elian Should Stay Free in America
“If the courts send Elian back to Cuba, it will be a slap in the face to every American living or dead — a repudiation of the very principles upon which this country was founded,” she said.
Bill Gates Failed to Make a Moral Self-Defense
Locke said that the only way Gates can fight government prosecutors is for the Microsoft founder to “assert proudly his right to his own existence — which means: the right to do business not as a public servant but as an individual with inalienable rights.”
Ayn Rand Heir Asserts Elian’s Right to Remain in U.S.
“The liberals want Elián returned to Cuba, because they regard the difference between the United States and Cuba as ‘merely a difference of political opinion,’ merely a matter of ‘how you define freedom.’ In other words, as statists themselves, they see nothing objectively wrong with Cuba.
NAACP Promotes Racism on TV
because they can do the work but because they ‘represent’ their racial group,” said Tracinski.
Tracinski noted that the consequence of the NAACP’s demands will be the unjust branding of every black writer, director, or actor subsequently hired as a quota-filler, and not as an individual who earned his job.
Happy Birthday Ayn Rand!
With the publication of Atlas Shrugged in 1957, Ayn Rand’s position in history — both as novelist and philosopher — was established.
Bill Gates continues to shoot himself in the foot
Judge Thomas Jackson’s decision against Microsoft is a travesty of justice.
U.S. Schools Have Abandoned Knowledge for Emotionalism
Bernstein blames John Dewey and his philosophy of Progressive Education for the decline in educational standards.
Morality Is Missing Key in Hollywood Violence Debate
Wolski said that the lawmakers leading the assault against Hollywood are only offering up their own spiritual poverty when they attack all forms of violence on the screen.
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