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And we should expect something different?

Racism is a Collectivist Attribute

That was a statement made by a Facebook friend that really resonated with me.  Racism can not logically be tied to someone that puts individual rights and liberties above all else.  I’m always surprised that those most vocal about our need to fight racism appear to be the ones clinging to it the most.

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  • A Capitalist Manifesto

    Where are the champions of free-market capitalism? Someone needs to remind us all that two great works were published in 1776, both representing game-changing advances in human freedom: The Declaration of Independence, authored by future American president, Thomas Jefferson, and "The Wealth of Nations" by Scottish economist Adam Smith. Both embrace the social wisdom of individual liberty; both extol the importance of personal responsibility.”
    by Judy Shelton Wall Street Journal
  • 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
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Tolerance in the face of tyranny is no virtue.
by Barry Goldwater
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