Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Papiere, Bitte (Papers, Please)

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Growing up as a child in World War II, I saw countless movies in which a German soldier in uniform, or a Gestapo agent in plain clothes, wou...
Monday, February 20, 2006

Why Socialized Medicine Leads to the Prohibition of Private Medicine

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An article in today’s (Feb. 20, 2006) New York Times makes clear that Canada’s much ballyhooed system of socialized medicine, in addition to...
Saturday, February 18, 2006

Double Takes in Reading Yesterday’s (February 17, 2006) New York Times

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Department of Homeland Security’s response to fears about an Arab company having “a major role in operating ports in and around New York Cit...
Thursday, February 16, 2006

Socialized Medicine and Rationing

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A news story from Great Britain highlights an essential flaw of socialized medicine and of our own, also highly collectivized system of med...
Monday, February 13, 2006

Earn College Credit for Studying the Works of George Reisman and Ayn Rand!

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I’m delighted to make the following announcement on behalf of Prof. Brian Simpson, which I hope everyone will pass on to anyone they know wh...
Friday, February 10, 2006

Under Siege: Voting Rights of Felons or Property Rights of Citizens?

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The New York Times misses almost no opportunity to advance the cause of government robbery and other forms of force and violence against the...
Thursday, February 09, 2006

Who Offends Islam?

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A cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist bomber is certainly highly offensive to all those Muslims who have rioted, burned, a...
Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Dictator Mentality at The New York Times

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In its Monday editorial “Next Steps on Energy,” The New York Times criticizes the president’s proposals concerning oil that he made in his ...
Sunday, February 05, 2006

Ready to Kill Over Cartoons

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Following a series of lesser acts of terrorism, our own World Trade Center in New York City was destroyed on September 11, 2001 by airplanes...
Saturday, February 04, 2006

Fiscal Schizophrenia—As Reported in The New York Times of Today, Feb. 4, 2006

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Headline of The Times’ main story on page one: “Bush to Propose Vast Cost Savings in Medicare Plan— $30 Billion Over 5 Years” Headline and ...
Thursday, February 02, 2006

Oil, Big Business, and "Monopoly"

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A reader of my analysis of the backlash against the profits of big oil companies thinks that one of my statements is “laughable,” namely, my...
Tuesday, January 31, 2006

"Record Profits Spark New Backlash Against Big Oil"—An Economic Analysis

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The story named above, within quotation marks, appears in today’s New York Times . It opens with the declaration, “Still fuming over higher ...
Monday, January 30, 2006

To Fight Corruption, Limit Government

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In today’s New York Times , in an article titled “A False Balance,” Paul Krugman seems to claim that corruption on the part of Republicans ...

The New York Times on Health Care Costs

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On page 1 of today’s New York Times , there is an article titled “Health Care, Vexing to Clinton, Is Now at Top of Bush's Agenda.” Typic...