Ignorance or evasion of the meaning and nature of rights is why both the mainstream political parties seek to violate individual rights, just at different times and in slightly different forms.
Elections
Hillary Clinton and The “Gender Card”
Hillary Clinton will count on a majority of people overlooking her longer standing reputation for duplicity, hypocrisy and imperial arrogance because of the fact she is a woman.
Why The Founders Didn’t Give Us a Democracy
As the famous story goes, when Ben Franklin left Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia had a question she wanted answered. “Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” Franklin replied, “A republic, if...
What Happened?
Pundits who depict Obama as a weak, lame duck president may be greatly misjudging him, as they have so often in the past.
Democracy Delusions
When the Berlin Wall came down 25 years ago this week, people in the Soviet Bloc gained something even more valuable than a right to vote: a free market.
“Hope and Change” Go Splat
Two years ago, Obama should have been rebuked but instead was reelected. Last night, he finally got the rebuke he deserved.
Voter Fraud and Voter I.D.
The Real Fraud is The Racial Hysteria and Cynicism Promoted By The Democrats to The Detriment of Blacks
Incumbents Always Win
Incumbents have all sorts of built-in advantages.
Local or National Elections?
What is the overriding national issue that makes this year’s Congressional elections so crucial?
A Halo for Left Wing “Special Interests”
Those unfamiliar with political rhetoric may not know that “special interests” mean people who support your opponents.
It’s Twilight in America
It’s not twilight in America because Obama won. Obama won because it was, sadly, already twilight in America.
Election 2012: Obama the Nihilist vs Romney the Pragmatist
A man such as our current president is far more dangerous to the survival of the United States than any terrorists from the Mideast.
Final Debate: Obama’s Magical Evasion Tour
In this final debate, centered on foreign policy, Romney and Obama agreed that “crippling sanctions” are the way to defeat the Iranian dictatorship. They’re both wrong. Sanctions only hurt democratic governments. Totalitarian governments answer to nobody. Ever heard...
A Smirk is Not an Argument: What’s Up With Joe Biden?
Q: I'd enjoy reading your thoughts on Vice President Joe Biden's actions during the debate with Paul Ryan. His constant laughing, smirking, and interrupting. From a psychological perspective, what was going on there? A: It's hard to say for sure, of course....
Why the Republicans Are Losing
If the Republicans lose the election, save this article for reference and insight at that time. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan keep trying to argue that they are the better ones qualified to "save Medicare." Here's the problem with this approach. It implies that you love...
The Nerve That Mitt Romney Struck
Obama supporters claim it’s “shocking” for Mitt Romney to suggest that people would vote for Obama to keep the free loot coming. Why is it shocking? The welfare state of the United States is now a massive entitlement state. No longer can we indulge the fiction that...
The 2012 Democratic National Convention
Barack Obama, America’s 44th president, loped into the arena last night applauding himself. When he stepped up to the podium, his eyes looked tired and his eyelids were heavy. He said next to nothing, really, which is what he stands for. It’s what his presidency...
Anti-Romneyites for Romney
Advocates of individual rights sometimes debate whether it's better to vote for the Republican, or to abstain altogether (or vote for a third-party candidate with zero possibility of victory.) I like the way Ayn Rand put it back in 1972, the last time (other than...
Clinton’s Anti-Climax
I don’t know how the ex-president Bill Clinton will be remembered, though I suspect his main legacy may be how he embodies the narcissism of our times. Tonight’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, in which he nominated a lousy American president whom he...
Michelle Obama’s Envy Tirade
Today, the Democratic Party opened its convention in Charlotte, North Carolina by appealing to those who hate capitalism, Jews and the rich. It started with news of a refusal to acknowledge Israel’s capital in the party platform and ended with a scathing speech which...
Romney, Son of Romney
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech last night at the Republican National Convention was an apt preview of his prospective presidency, which at this point – and I say this barring any major developments such as an Obama smear or Romney...
Should We License Voters?
In every state of the union, individuals are required to obtain a driver’s license in order to legally operate a motor vehicle. Further, specialized licenses are also required to operate specific types of vehicles, such as large trucks and motorcycles. To obtain such...
Gays and Lesbians Should Not Fall for Barack’s Stand on Gay Marriage
Obama, who was previously on record against gay marriage, is now suddenly for it. He obviously fears a close election.
America Got Its “Cool” President–So What Now?
In an anti-ideological age, you get nothing but double talk from politicians.
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