Philosophy

CNN reports two recent atrocities: In central Nepal, a “40-year-old mother of two was burned alive . . .  after she was accused of being a witch.” The woman “was attacked and set on fire by family members and others after a shaman allegedly accused her of casting a spell to make one…

Catholics angry at President Obama over the insurance mandate to cover birth control should blame one organization above all others: the Catholic Church. In 1993, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, declaring health care “a basic human right,” released a statement calling for government-imposed universal health care, based upon the…

Cynthia Farahat is an Egyptian political activist, writer and researcher. She co-founded the Liberal Egyptian Party (2006–2008) and served as a member of its political committee. In 2008-2009, she was program coordinator and program officer at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty in Cairo, a multi-national free market think tank.…

Conservatives and Catholics have lambasted President Obama over his plan to force insurance providers, including Catholic ones, to cover birth control. Wayne Laugesen explains for the Colorado Springs Gazette: President Barack Obama’s administration finalized orders last week that will force all Americans, with few exceptions, to buy health insurance plans…

The United States government is stepping up its efforts to increase sanctions on Iran in order to impede the Islamist regime’s development of nuclear weapons. These latest efforts, however, ignore how pressing this matter really is. The Iranian regime has killed U.S troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, has long sponsored terrorist groups such…

Craig Biddle: I’m speaking with Peter Huessy, president of Geo-Strategic Analysis of Potomac, Maryland, a defense and national security consulting firm. Mr. Huessy also writes for Family Security Matters, The Hudson Institute, Big Peace, and Human Events. Thank you for joining me, Peter. Peter Huessy: Thank you for inviting me.…

Saying grace is an act of injustice; it's the injustice of thanking an alleged God for the productive accomplishments of actual men.

CBS News reports that presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said that he is "convinced that if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature of America” by the time his grand-children are his age, America will be “a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists and with…

From tea partyers to conservatives to “liberals” to flea partyers—everyone has an opinion about what people and governments have a right to. “People have a right to keep what they earn”—“The government has a right to spread the wealth around”—“Women have a right to abortion”—“No they don’t”—“People have a right…

Steve Jobs’ philosophy of life was the fundamental cause of his remarkable productivity, success, and happiness. Embrace it!