Articles

Surveys various ways in which the government violates the rights of energy producers and thereby impedes our supply of energy and raises prices on everything in the marketplace.

Exposes Greenspan as anything but a principled capitalist whose free-market ideas somehow failed.

Focuses on the principle of property rights as it applies to the Internet in the face of increasing calls for government controls of this, as yet, relatively free market.

Analyzes the resounding Republican defeat and shows that the party faces a fundamental decision that will determine whether it orchestrates a comeback or stumbles into further defeat.

Concretizes the selfishness-enabling nature of capitalism and shows why this feature makes it the only moral social system on earth.

Raymond C. Niles replies to a letter about the California power grid.

Craig Biddle introduces the Winter 2007–08 issue.

One thing that is often implied, if not explicitly stated, in this election is that John McCain—like George Bush—really loves his country. Of course McCain makes mistakes in particular areas, but, according to this view, these are the forgivable errors of a true patriot. McCain's values and principles are fundamentally…

What: A Lecture by Mr. Flemming Rose, editor of Jyllands-Posten, publisher of the Danish Muhhamad cartoons, on "Free Speech in a Globalized World." When: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 7:00 PM Where: Page Auditorium, Duke University In September 2005 the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published a series of cartoons depicting the Islamic…

Colorado is known for its Western values of independence and economic liberty. So why do Republicans, the supposed champions of those values, keep getting trounced? Republicans can blame wealthy Democratic donors, but in large part Republicans have beaten themselves by pushing a faith-based agenda of banning abortion and stem-cell research,…

Announcing the Coalition for Secular Government's new web site on Colorado's Amendment 48: Amendment 48 is the ballot measure that would define a fertilized egg as a person with full legal rights in the Colorado constitution. (Read the full text.) If passed and implemented, it would pose a grave threat…

"It is a beautiful thing to mold a statue and give it life; it is more beautiful to shape an intelligence and give it truth." —Victor Hugo The first work of literature read in Room 4 this year was Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw. The musical My Fair Lady was…

Last night’s debate offered further proof—if any was necessary—that neither Senator McCain nor Senator Obama is a champion of the basic principle of America: the principle of individual rights. Obama, when asked if he believes health care is a “privilege, right or responsibility,” replied: “Well, I think it should be…

From John Lewis and Paul Saunders To all Americans: NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. On July 11, 2008 the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR). This document details how the EPA intends to…

Despite enormous citizen opposition to the proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street, U.S. lawmakers are reviewing a tentative agreement to pass it, and the House and Senate likely will vote tomorrow. This proposal is an outrage, and Americans who value liberty must oppose it in the strongest terms possible.…