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In Defense of Cowboy Capitalism

Many Americans—and even more Europeans—employ a pre-modern ideal when judging the market economy. According to this ideal, individuals enter

Jun 16, 2010
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9 Mins
EPA Spy Planes Monitor Feedlots

In its efforts to supervise Nebraska cattle producers' obedience to the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency is literally...

Jun 4, 2010
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2 Mins
The Left Endorses Abstinence-Only

Liberals have given conservatives much grief over the years for advocating an abstinence-only approach to sex education. “Kids are going....

May 30, 2010
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2 Mins
The Rise of Eliot Spitzer

When Washington Post reporter Brooke Masters set out to write this thorough account of Eliot Spitzer’s career as attorney general of New....

May 21, 2010
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7 Mins
Understanding Force and Fraud

An inquiry into fraud (or indeed into direct physical coercion) must begin with an inquiry into rights. For neither fraud nor coercion can

May 21, 2010
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5 Mins
Interview: The Fall of Ken Lay

Enron will prove to be one of the most important episodes in the history of American business, and its story, from beginning to end, is

May 13, 2010
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10 Mins
Is There a Right to Health Care?

Bill Clinton ran for president last year by attacking the 1980s as a "decade of greed" —attacking the leveraged buyouts and hostile takeover

May 12, 2010
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David Kelley Ph.D
10 Mins
Why is Seal Hunting So Unpopular?

February 6, 2010 -- A war of pies broke out recently over one of Canada’s most unpopular practices: hunting seals. On Monday, January 25..

May 6, 2010
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Bradley Doucet
5 Mins
British Court Deifies Gaia for Earth Day

It’s appropriate that for Earth Day a British court has essentially confirmed Gaia’s status as a goddess who is worshiped by eco-acolytes.

May 5, 2010
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Edward Hudgins
5 Mins
Apocalypse Not Now

There are people whose jobs require some degree of worst-case thinking. I am one of them. Whole teams of threat assessment practitioners in my firm Gavin de Becker and Associates, spend their time developing contingency plans and responses to cover a variety of unfavorable outcomes. For example, making arrangements for a controversial public figure to give a speech at a rally about an emotionally charged political issue calls for contingency plans about many kinds of things that could happen, but we put more effort into those possibilities that are most likely. An assassin in the audience, at the vehicle arrival area, or along the foot-route from the car to the holding room, a sniper in the distance, a bomb that was placed a week before the event, someone trying to strike the public figure, even a pie attack—all these things and more are on our list during the days of planning leading up to such an appearance. I do not oppose contingency planning. I do oppose time-wasting, however, and in my firm, in my life, and in your life, everything we give energy to takes energy away from something else. Accordingly, we are wisest to put our resources where they’ll be most likely to return some benefit.

May 1, 2010
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Foundations Study Guide: Business Ethics

Dr. Stephen Hicks is chairman of the philosophy department at Rockford College, and executive director of the Center for Ethics and....

Apr 23, 2010
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Stephen Hicks Ph.D.
8 Mins
Do Canadians Enjoy Waiting for Health Care?

As the U.S. Senate argues about how best to take over the American health care industry, it is worth taking a look at how government health

Apr 20, 2010
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Bradley Doucet
4 Mins
Why are so Many Americans Uninsured?

April 24, 2009 -- As Congress returns from spring recess and gets to work hammering out a health care reform bill, that dreaded statistic

Apr 20, 2010
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Bradley Doucet
5 Mins
Why is FedEx Crying "Bailout"?

June 19, 2009 -- When I first saw the “Boycott UPS!” group on Facebook, I must admit that I was ready to believe the worst. After being

Apr 20, 2010
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Bradley Doucet
4 mins
Are We Living in Wonderland?

March 6, 2010--Lewis Carroll’s beloved Alice in Wonderland books have just been given a 3-D facelift by oddball director Tim Burton. In the

Apr 20, 2010
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Bradley Doucet
6 Mins
Military Service and Liberty

In life, we take risks to achieve and maintain values. Objectivism holds that you should choose a course in life that will be conducive to

Apr 14, 2010
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William Thomas
4 Mins
Do Shareholders "Own" a Corporation?

Early in her novel Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand presents us with a scene aboard a train that is entering Philadelphia. “An office building...

Apr 14, 2010
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8 Mins
Objectivism and the Military

Objectivism has no position on most of the questions you ask, and in many cases the same general answer applies: We'll see when we get there

Apr 14, 2010
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William Thomas
3 Mins
Drug Prohibition, Prostitution, and Pornography

Objectivism holds that the sole purpose of government is to secure our right to live free from force. This implies property rights and

Apr 14, 2010
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William Thomas
3 Mins
How is Marxism different than Objectivism?

Marxism and Objectivism are similar in very few respects: —They are systems of thought. But Marxism is primarily a political and economic

Apr 14, 2010
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William Thomas
2 Mins

We promote open Objectivism: the philosophy of reason, achievement, individualism, and freedom.