The Internet in Closed Societies
Apparently the World Wide Web isn't as worldwide as it could be. The Internet—the centerpiece of the "new economy" technology that was
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Apparently the World Wide Web isn't as worldwide as it could be. The Internet—the centerpiece of the "new economy" technology that was
A century and a half ago, the legal scholar Sir Henry Maine observed that the evolution of human society was a movement from a society of...
September 2001 -- The current debate over federal funding of embryonic stem cell research raises two basic questions: "Is it morally and
Why did federal regulators not intervene sooner? A tragedy could have been averted. That was the first demand made following the accidental
November 2001 -- One of the most popular mantras, following the terrorist attacks of September 11, declares how great it is to see Americans
November 2001 -- The Assault on Civilization , posted October 12, 2001. Published in the November 2001 Navigator . The position of The
Professor Bainbridge explains the current law on insider trading here , and argues that the staffers could be found in violation of insider
Political reformers have long dreamed of driving money from the temple of democracy. They argue that campaign contributions from wealthy individuals and interest groups buy influence--government subsidies, relief from burdensome regulations, and special-interest amendments to legislation--in violation of the principle of "one-man, one-vote." Money also pays for abrasive "issue ads" during election season, poisoning the town-meeting atmosphere of rational discussion that democratic idealists dream of.
The oral arguments in the prosecutorial misconduct case Connick v. Thompson , which I referred to here , apparently went well. Louisiana
The September 11 terrorist attacks awakened a remarkable amount of anti-immigration furor in America, which has persisted for many years....
Objectivism holds that the basis of all law should be individual rights to life, liberty, and property. These rights are commonly called...
When George W. Bush was President Captureand Republicans controlled both houses of Congress, some despairing liberals turned to George...
The Business Rights Watch covers a number of different issues: Overcriminalzation is one, obviously, the process of making illegal that whic
If I understand the Bush administration's proposal from early 2005, it was intended to transition the Social Security system to something
I am sorry that, living in Argentina as you do, you have suffered through a terrible economic collapse. But you were not living in anything
Ayn Rand herself smoked, and many Objectivists still do. Objectivism has no particular position on smoking as such. However, I will comment
If only Progressivism could be a genus of Objectivism! But, alas, no.The Progressive movement was originally an intellectual and political
Morally there is a kind of symmetry between the two types of reparations cases: In general, there is no justice in blaming a group for the
Objectivism is totally opposed to racism. It is an individualist philosophy, and it holds that all people, first and foremost, should be....
Every initial property rights claim involves seizure of property, in a sense. As no property rights exist before property rights are founded