individual rights
Campus Media Response: Who Broke American Healthcare?
Health care reform vital for all Americans Daily Illini University of Illinois Dear Editors, In your recent editorial, “Health care…
Life, Liberty, and…Health Care?
Countless voices are claiming medical care is a right. Is it? Throughout the health care debate, Republicans and Democrats have…
Putting a Price on Freedom
The debate about today’s increasing push for government expansion focuses exclusively on cost, without evaluating whether such expansion is morally…
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch Buffet
A recent article in the journal The Objective Standard argues that laws which force health insurers to cover individuals, regardless…
The Caretaker State?
"It will be hard," President Barack Obama acknowledged in a speech earlier this year to Congress. But he added, "Let…
How Obama Killed the Iran Election Protests
Protesters in Iran shocked the world with their response to the rigged election, while Iran's Revolutionary Guard appalled us with…
In Defense of Liberty
More than 200 years have passed since the sons and daughters of liberty fought to cast off the yoke of…
The Nature of Free Speech: An Interview with Dr. Onkar Ghate
With a little over a year having passed since the Danish cartoon controversy, free speech remains a central issue on…
Freedom Versus Security: The False Alternative
What's more important: freedom or security? Since 9/11, we've heard this question in debates over issues ranging from the PATRIOT…
The Academic “Rights” Smokescreen
By now, no doubt, you've heard the story of Ward Churchill, the renegade University of Colorado professor who is under…