“ It is not from the ‘rich’ that the sums called for could be obtained, it is not indeed from the rich that the vast social expenditures to date have been obtained.” — Bertrand de Jouvenel, The Ethics of Redistribution A persistent virus is beginning to spread, threatening to sweep the country as the next great epidemic. What is the ill? The
Sometimes it takes the odd event to allow two unrelated thoughts to become synthesis. Last night, as I sat watching the TV show “24” for the first and last time, spontaneous synthesis occurred. As the “24” president and Jack - the main character - engaged in a desperate phone call, the president casually noted the destructive perimeter of the
I learned a new word from the TV yesterday. “Perp” — like, “he’s the perp who solved the long lines at the grocery checkout counter by blowing away ten patrons.” “Perp” — a “perpect” word for our non-judgemental society. Not hoodlum, thug, or even criminal. Just Perp. Short for perpetrator — a doer, you might say. A word bereft of ethical
Bill Steigerwald, associate editor, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, puts the horrible Virginia Tech shooting in its almost-forgotten historical context . On March 18, 1927, Andrew Kehoe, board member of Bath Consolidated Schools, Bath Township, Michigan, carried out a massacre that killed 45, including 38 grade-school children. Though, unlike Cho
OK, melting ice and potential oil in the Arctic have brought out the worst in neighboring governments. ( U.S. expedition mapping the Arctic ) But, I have to ask, “What’s in it for me?” There are three possible outcomes: ownership of the oil-rich land is given to me (highly unlikely); it’s given to another individual, or group of individuals, who
As a means to try to ease chronic nationwide air travel delays , the feds are going to reduce the number of flights in and out of New York City during peak travel times. That’s certainly one way to reduce delays, similar to Lenin and Stalin reducing food shortages by implementing mass starvation. But, I digress. Bastiat and Hazlitt would be
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