LAW

Criminals are criminals because of the way they think.

Can Obama Dictate An Increase In Taxes Without Congress?

Don’t think that “hard” dictators (of the right-wing or left-wing variety) don’t lie in wait to exploit the next economic or military crisis, now that Obama has set the stage for going way outside the boundaries of the Constitutional separation of powers.

On The “Pay Gap” Between Men and Women

The “gender gap” is not nearly as big as the honesty gap.

The Feminist Male Demonizing Fantasy of “Rape Culture”

If we forget the difference between violent and non-violent conduct, no one is safe. If we pretend everyone is guilty instead of a few real criminals, rapists win.

Gay Marriage, State’s Rights and Social Conservative Evasion

It’s not ‘states’ rights’ they’re in favor of, so much as gay marriage that they’re against.

‘Sensitivity’ Versus Freedom of Speech

by Jaana Woiceshyn

Businesses should not self-censor and appease those who bully them. They should uphold the right to free speech and liberty—and pressure governments everywhere to do their job of protecting business and the rest of us against the initiators of physical force.

Chapel Hill and “Hate” Crimes vs. “Regular” Crimes

There should not be politically correct or incorrect crimes in the first place. There should only be crimes.

An Open Letter to Clemson Students

by C. Bradley Thompson

It is our moral obligation as faculty to defend our students’ basic rights to free speech and expression, whether we support those views or not.

Freedom of Speech and Business: What Charlie Hebdo Taught Us (Again)

by Jaana Woiceshyn

If businesses want to operate successfully, they must stand up for liberty and freedom of speech, in solidarity to those who have been attacked, for their own self-interest.

Trust Reputation, Beware of Regulation

Trust — society depends on it.

Are Facts Obsolete?

Reasoned thoughts on Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Rodney King.

Reputation Protects Better Than Regulation

Regulators call themselves “consumer protectors,” but often their main role is to ban better options.

Displaced Anger Over Sony’s Shelving Of The Interview

by Voltaire Press

Sony has the power of the dollar. Don’t blame it for not having the power of the gun.

Should Profiling Be Banned?

by Walter Williams

The true villains, to whom anger should be directed, are the tiny percentage of people in the black community who prey on both blacks and whites and have made black synonymous with crime.

What’s Rule of Law?

by Walter Williams

If one conducts such a test, he will conclude that it is virtually impossible to find a single act of Congress that adheres to the principles of the rule of law.

Is Law Optional?

If grand juries are supposed to vote on the basis of what mobs want, instead of on the basis of the evidence that they see — and which the mob doesn’t even want to see — then we forfeit the rule of law and our freedom that depends on it.

The Doctor-Laborer Inversion

by Keith Weiner

The battle over minimum wage is raging. Emotions are running hot. Some cities are setting the bar very high. For example, Seattle is mandating a $15/hour wage. Economically, the issue is very simple. Minimum wage laws do not raise anyone’s wage. This is because it’s...

Place Your Bets: Bootleggers and Baptists

Bills to legalize betting go nowhere in Congress. Casinos oppose them because they don’t want competition. They are joined by people who consider gambling immoral.

Does Government Regulation Make Us Safe?

by Jaana Woiceshyn

Proper protection of individual rights by government and private licensing and certification programs would make us safer (100% safety for fallible and mortal beings is impossible)—no regulations and government inspectors needed.

Opinions Versus Facts: Michael Brown, Officer Wilson and The Ferguson Riots