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Can “Occupation” Be Peaceful?
By preventing ordinary citizens from going about their business, Occupiers are in effect protesting the “injustice” of laws that allow…
Why Protest Inequality?: Unmasking the Deeper Motivation of the Occupy Movement
Why, in spite of massive evidence that profits motivate entrepreneurs to innovate in ways that enable so many of us…
Don’t Blame Twitter for the “Post-Idea” Age
Writing in a recent New York Times Sunday review column, Neal Gabler takes note of the The Atlantic’s list of…
Don’t Blame Capitalism for High Health Insurance Costs
Suppose Congress passed a law requiring that all restaurant meals include broccoli and okra, whether the customer wanted them or…
Government: Still Flunking the Unemployment Test
Imagine that you are beginning your first year of college. Things start off well, but then one day you come…
Steve Jobs’ “Philanthropy”: Only a Side-Effect
Only by focusing on enriching his own life has Jobs benefitted the lives of others Steve Jobs has been described…
Solyndra: Failed Ideal or Green Cronyism?
After touting "green energy" as the solution to everything from climate change to economic recession, the Obama administration is facing…
A Competition Without Winners
Washington’s latest attempt to put a stop to economic success in the name of “fairness” In an economy characterized by…
Progress is Optional
The source of technology and prosperity—the free human mind—is unshackled only under capitalism Would you give up the Internet for…
Bigger Than Bin Laden
Ten years after the horrific wounds he inflicted on the American people, Osama bin Laden is dead. His death brings…