Politics & Rights
Education & Parenting, Politics & Rights
Smith College President Says “All Lives Matter”; Racist Left Goes Ballistic
Ari Armstrong December 15, 2014
The solution to the problem of police brutality is not to presume white officers guilty and the black men they confront blameless, nor to focus only on black victims of police abuse; rather, the solution is to demand justice for each individual, as judged by the relevant facts of a given case. Because all lives matter.
Politics & Rights
Eric Garner’s Death Highlights the Need to Repeal Illegitimate Laws
Stuart K. Hayashi December 13, 2014
Eric Brown's death highlights an important truth that everyone who cares about individual rights and liberty must come to see: Government ultimately enforces laws by the threat or use of physical force. Lawmakers should pass only laws that protect individual rights by banning the use of physical force, fraud, and the like.
Politics & Rights
Answering Objections to Assisted Suicide Laws
Ari Armstrong December 11, 2014
Brittany Maynard’s decision to take her own life to end her suffering, rather than wait for her aggressive brain tumor to kill her, has prompted a national debate about assisted suicide laws. Individuals with terminal illnesses or devastating trauma have a moral right to decide for themselves whether to continue living or to end their suffering.
Education & Parenting, Politics & Rights
The Government’s Renewed Assault on Private-Sector Colleges
Michael A. LaFerrara December 10, 2014
New federal regulations intentionally target private, for-profit colleges. The government should not be involved in lending money to students at all. But so long as it is, and so long as it regulates these loans, it is morally obligated—and should be legally obligated—to treat all students and all educational institutions equally under the law.
Politics & Rights
Government’s Vile Assault on Google
Ari Armstrong December 4, 2014
Google’s owners own the company; it is their property and their enterprise to operate as they see fit. But for years various government entities have sought to violate—and in some cases have succeeded in violating—the moral rights of Google’s owners to operate their business according to their own judgment.
Politics & Rights, Science & Technology
The Inhumanity of Laws against Doctor-Assisted Suicide
Michael A. LaFerrara December 3, 2014
Both Brittany Maynard and Christina Symanski bravely chose to decide for themselves the terms on which they would live and die—and both women bravely chose to make their decisions and struggles public in order to highlight the inhumanity of laws forbidding assisted suicide.
Politics & Rights
Conservatives’ Collectivist Case against Assisted Suicide
Ari Armstrong November 21, 2014
A person with a terminal illness or the like has a moral right to decide whether to keep living or to take his own life to end his suffering. But many conservatives feel they have a right to impose their will on an individual facing such a choice—and to use government to enforce their will.
Politics & Rights, Reviews
Rocky Mountain Heist
Ari Armstrong November 20, 2014
Ari Armstrong reviews Rocky Mountain Heist, directed by Jason Killian Meath.
History, Politics & Rights, Reviews
America: Imagine the World Without Her
Ari Armstrong November 20, 2014
Ari Armstrong reviews America: Imagine the World Without Her, by Dinesh D'Souza.
Politics & Rights
Alexander McCobin on Students For Liberty
Robert Begley November 20, 2014
Robert Begley interviews Alexander McCobin, cofounder of Students For Liberty, who provides an inside look at how SFL got started, its accomplishments to date, how it has expanded to practically every corner of the globe, and what the organization has in store for the future.