It’s taken for granted that everyone has a right to a safety net, and that government must provide it. This unquestioned assumption rests on two ideas. Assumption # 1: We are all each other’s keepers, and the government has a … Continue reading
A reader of mine recently made some very interesting comments, via Facebook: Well, Michael, as I am sure you know, the human brain evolved for survival on the African savannah, a place of extreme scarcity. As a result, we still … Continue reading
Sarah Dieffenbacher is on a debt strike. She’s refusing to make payments on the more than $100,000 in federal and private loans she says she owes for studies at a for-profit college that she now considers so worthless she doesn’t … Continue reading
Whenever a government sets out to deny individual rights in favor of group rights, sooner or later, those denied their individual rights must fight back. One way to fight back? Demand your individual rights. The other way to fight back? … Continue reading
Most people assume that the conflict between Israel and militant Islamic states is religious. Obviously, religion has a whole lot to do with it. But Israel, unlike Iran, is not a religiously totalitarian state. Israel is full of freedom, while … Continue reading
From AFP and Newsmax.com 3/28/15: The co-pilot who crashed a passenger jet into the French Alps, killing all 150 aboard, worried “health problems” would dash his dreams and vowed one day to do something to “change the whole system”, an … Continue reading
Is America a Christian nation? The premise of the question is wrong. It requires you to accept the idea that the United States government and Constitution are the implementation of any particular religion. In actual fact, the separation of church … Continue reading
Conventional wisdom held that Benjamin Netanyahu would lose his reelection effort for prime minister of Israel. Conventional wisdom also holds that America’s President Barack Obama is really, really smart, and really, really wise; and if, therefore, Obama thinks peace negotiations … Continue reading
On the Ferguson, Missouri police shooting, Obama gets to have his cake and eat it too (once again). On “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Thursday night, Obama said, “I think that what had been happening in Ferguson was oppressive and objectionable and … Continue reading
The real war in the Middle East is not military; it’s ideological. Israel and the United States could wipe Iran off the face of the map in minutes. Everyone knows it. Yet despite the overwhelming military strength of both Israel … Continue reading
In the years leading up to World War II, any history book will tell you that the mainstream, and the most enlightened, of the population held that Hitler was not any kind of worldwide threat. He merely wanted to protect … Continue reading
Losers are not people who lose. You can be right, principled, full of integrity — and still lose, in some context. A loser is someone who knows what he thinks, means, believes or wants — and waffles, or caves, under … Continue reading