UnRealistically Utopian

I would like to highlight a post from American Majority that does a great job of describing the difference that I, too,  see between the progressive movement and those that favor the route chosen by our founding fathers.

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  • The Aphorism Drive

    Here is a truism, if not an aphorism. Without death and the certainty of physical finitude, Homo sapiens would never have left the cave. Unhappiness and uncertainty — rather than happiness and certitude — are what get us off our duffs.

    No misery. No Sistine Chapel.

    So what happens to the creative spirit when government steps in to soothe our anxieties? Without unhappiness, what happens to culture? Without adversity, what happens to motivation? Parents know. Suffice to say, the work ethic is not strong among the coddled.

    Most important, with all needs met, what happens to freedom — that human recoil against imposed order?”
    by Kathleen Parker
  • Freedom Means Responsibility


    Nearly 16 years ago in these very pages, I wrote that "'one-size-fits all' rules for business ignore the reality of the market place." Today I'm watching some broad rules evolve on individual decisions that are even worse.


    by George McGovern Wall Street Journal
  • Economic Freedom Is Still the Best Policy


    It is said that the only thing that people learn from history is that people learn nothing from history. Looking at how the world is handling the current economic crisis, this aphorism appears sadly true.”
    by Mart Laar Wall Street Journal Europe
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