January 2011
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WatchA History of Education from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
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The Progressive Theory of History →
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“Rights belong to individuals, not groups.
Property should be owned by people,...”
– Ron Paul (via stardustman)
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Imperial by Design →
A refreshing take on US foreign policy. While being short of a libertarian view, it is definitely closer to the constitutional/republican model envisioned by our Founders.
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Getting Beyond "Left" and "Right" →
A must read.
We can draw from history that the conventional labels of ‘right’ and ‘left’ are almost meaningless when applied to the realm of foreign policy.
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The Biggest Threat to America →
One of Justin Raimondo’s better pieces.
When the economy has for a long time been moving by jet propulsion, the higher the faster, on the fuel of perpetual war and planned inflation, a time comes when you have to choose whether to go on and on and dissolve in the stratosphere, or decelerate. But deceleration will cause a terrific shock. Who will say, ‘Now!’ Who is willing to face the ...
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Terrorism Isn't an "Existential Threat" →
Conservatives understand that exaggerated fears of environmental threats make government grow and liberty shrink. They’d do well to recognize that the same dynamic applies to homeland security.
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Terrorism: Made in the U.S.A. →
We kid ourselves when we pretend that history began on September 11, 2001. Can anyone say with a straight face that before that date America was minding its own business according to the noninterventionist guidelines set out by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson? Read some history.
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After Empire →
The Founders patterned the American Republic on ancient Rome. Like Rome, it succumbed to the imperial temptation. Those that believe in determinism will read Gibbon for clues as to what happens next. But history doesn’t have to repeat itself. America was originally founded on that argument. It may yet find redemption in proving it right.
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Socialism, Republican Style →
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Do We Really Need A Central Bank? →
We’ve been conditioned to believe that the health of the banking system and of the economy more generally are responsibilities of a powerful Federal Reserve. But if its core mission is analyzed even lightly, it becomes apparent that much of what the Fed does is ineffective, destabilizing, superfluous, or all three.
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Portugal's Drug Policy Pays Off; US Eyes Lessons →
An estimated 100,000 people — an astonishing 1 percent of its population — were addicted to illegal drugs. So, like anyone with little to lose, the Portuguese took a risky leap: They decriminalized the use of all drugs in a groundbreaking law in 2000.
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The Tea Party's Brain →
One way to measure the surprising rightward political lurch of the past two years and rise of the Tea Party is to chart the relative position of Ron Paul, who has never flinched from his beliefs. He’s not alone anymore.
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“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the...”
– Herbert Spencer
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Why Do People Believe in Fantasies? →
They promise fiscal responsibility. Then they spend like drunken sailors.
They promise to cure poverty. Then their programs make it worse.
They promise to create jobs. But then they make life so complex and unpredictable that entrepreneurs are afraid to create jobs.
Almost none of their promises come true. But few people approach government with the skepticism it deserves.
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What the State Fears Most: Information →
The battle has always been between the state and market, or man’s ability to circumvent the tentacles of government through economic progress.
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Western Civilization Has Shed Its Values →
The obvious, but unasked, question is: Why does the U.S. government fear the American people and believe that only news that is managed and spun by the government is fit to print? Is there an agenda afoot to turn citizens into subjects?