Politics & Rights

Just as a substantial number of Americans are coming to recognize the injustice of forcing people to fund NPR, Lee Bollinger—the President of Columbia University—has written an article in Bloomberg calling for the government to force cable companies to broadcast the Al Jazeera network. This is insane. The U.S. government…

Distinguishes between school vouchers and tax credits, showing that only one of these can provide a viable road map toward a free market in education.

Reports on both the communists’ continuing efforts to enslave the Filipino people and the Philippine government’s communist-fueling policy of appeasement.

Craig Biddle answers a letter about tolerance, and Raymond C. Niles answers a letter about open-source software.

Daniel Wahl reviews How Barack Obama is Endangering our National Sovereignty, by John R. Bolton.

Considers the Republicans’ alternatives following their victories in the 2010 midterm elections, and identifies a moral conflict, which, if unresolved, will preclude them from saving the land of liberty.

Shows why, far from achieving their intended goal of “national prestige,” the Commonwealth Games exposed an ugly contradiction in Indian culture and politics.

[caption id="attachment_28169" align="alignright" width="241"] Image: Wikimedia Commons[/caption] In a recent Christian Science Monitor editorial, Vladimir Shlapentokh suggests that the popularity of Ayn Rand among Tea Partiers should “concern all Americans” and recommends that Tea Partiers distance themselves from the 20th-century philosopher and novelist. Why? According to Shlapentokh, Ayn Rand was…

Investor’s Business Daily recently exposed one of the lies behind the Energy Department’s efforts to force Americans to be “more green.” The department reportedly claims the new [energy efficiency] standards will save consumers from $250 billion to $300 billion on their energy costs through 2030. But that's what Democrats always…

[caption id="attachment_9943" align="alignright" width="300"] Wikimedia Commons[/caption] The Tea Party movement is one of the most important developments in modern American political history. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have joined together in a grassroots campaign calling for limited government, reduced spending, lower taxes, and greater liberty. This movement could help save…