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- Opinion · Jan 20, 2011Restoring Economic Freedom
citizen, are to handle your own money. Other factors influence your liberty in this area, for good or for ill: How well do courts protect your property rights and enforce … that’s toxic to economic freedom. Excessive government interventions such as these spook investors, cause public debt to rise, and make businesses less likely to make the investments necessary
- Article · Jan 19, 2011Open Thread: Robert E. Lee
also a great man of faith who gave his all for the cause of liberty and states’ rights. There were many honorable men of the Confederate States of America, whose
- Opinion · Jan 18, 2011A Bright Idea: Rescue the Incandescents
break one or discard it. CFLs, Huber and Loris noted, can also cause migraines and aggravate epilepsy! What does this say about forcing them on health care providers? Even … Congress,” Upton said. “The last thing we wanted to do was infringe upon personal liberties -- and this has been a good lesson that Congress does not always know best…” Well
- Opinion · Jan 17, 2011A Sigh of Relief When Mad and Evil People Are Foiled
that we were a singularly blessed nation, with a mission to advance freedom and liberty. Kennedy’s admirers painted him as the victim of a pathologically violent society … James Piereson has argued in his brilliant book “Camelot & the Cultural Revolution,” this view caused many Americans to think less of their society, with negative repercussions that lasted for decades
- Opinion · Jan 13, 2011Hey, Liberals, Will John Lennon Straighten You Out?
conclude that the “heated rhetoric” of politics is likely a partial or root cause of tragedies like the one in Arizona would never have even considered that the yesteryear rhetoric … political office thanks to grass-roots conservative movements have been speaking about liberty and restraining an overweening federal government. There would never have been a case of “the liberal media
- Opinion · Jan 6, 2011Reliving -- and Denying -- an Ugly Past
Africans. The Sons of Confederate Veterans insist righteously that their ancestors’ cause was “the preservation of freedom and liberty.” But the original secessionists were blunt about their motivations: Above
- Opinion · Dec 31, 2010The Administration’s Administrative Tyranny Marches on
rules could lead to an “economic train wreck” and could cause businesses to close down, unemployment to rise and the costs of housing and consumer goods to increase … majority of Americans and devastating to our Constitution, our economic prosperity and our individual liberties. COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS.COM
- Opinion · Dec 24, 2010The ACLU’s Unholy War on Catholic Hospitals
cannot follow. Ho, ho, ho! Just in time for Christmas, the American Civil Liberties Union has launched a new salvo against people of faith. Even as billions around the world … makes clear that it is morally permissible under certain circumstances to treat directly the cause of the mother’s medical condition, even if those efforts unintentionally and indirectly cost
- Opinion · Dec 22, 2010The American Miracle
party man -- was cool and dispassionate until we came to a discussion of the causes of revolutions. On that topic, he displayed an almost scholarly knowledge and focused in -- with … under the wing of the state. The American people feared the permanent loss of liberty more than they feared the temporary loss of their income or property. The tea parties
- Opinion · Dec 19, 2010The Fantasyland of No Labels
liberty, equality and other matters. Politics is given weight, and motion is imparted to democracy, by intensely interested factions composed to people who are partisans of various causes. Often
- Article · Dec 15, 2010Patriots, ‘Our Cause is Noble’
have more battles to win. Of the original Patriots’ fight for Liberty, George Washington wrote, “Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!” Indeed, it remains our noble … cause today. As the “Voice of Essential Liberty,” The Patriot Post is now a primary touchstone for the rapidly growing ranks of grassroots conservatives, and our mission is more vital
- Opinion · Dec 14, 2010Language Problems
poor person would like the opportunity to become rich, or at least better off. Liberty and opportunity, not government, offer that chance if right choices are made and one develops … code has become complicated because Congress uses it to reward or punish companies or causes, which it favors, or opposes, depending upon which way the political wind blows. A simpler
- Opinion · Dec 1, 2010The Great American Funk
destitution showed me my line of conduct. It was by adopting without compromise the cause of national recovery that I could acquire authority. ... In short, limited and alone though … nation because we have been an optimistic people who insist on both success and liberty. If you can’t visualize success, you are unlikely to gain it. America
- Opinion · Nov 24, 2010Bush’s ‘Gulag’ Now Acceptable
causes harm. Imagine the questions you’ll be asked at that point.” What all this underscores is that all of the liberal media’s tub-thumping for civil liberties
- Opinion · Nov 23, 2010Why Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals
willing to sacrifice American treasure and American blood (often their own) for other nations’ liberty. Both of these facts refute the liberals-are-more-concerned-about-others explanation for liberal … liberals are less happy than conservatives. The question implies that liberalism causes unhappiness. And while this is true, it may be equally correct to say that unhappy people are more
- Opinion · Nov 20, 2010We’ve Now Gone Too Far
revolt of sorts where passengers will decline “en masse,” thus causing chaos, when the TSA orders them towards the technological “strip searches” and “government-approved gropings.” He says his goal … Benjamin Franklin, who once said, “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” This has got to stop
- Alexander's Column · Nov 14, 2010Sacred Honor: Our Oath to Support and Defend
Independence, they, in effect, were signing their death warrants in defense of American Liberty . Indeed, the last line of our Declaration reads, “For the support of this declaration, with … than “the tranquility of servitude.” Indeed, they were willing to die for the cause of Liberty. A decade later, Liberty having been won at great cost, our Founders further codified
- Alexander's Column · Nov 11, 2010Passing the Torch
oath, he pulled from his pocket, a copy of our “ Patriots Prime on American Liberty ,” which Lee immediately recognized and which confirmed that this commanding officer also has a full … Ranger School. I ask for your prayers for all Patriots serving the cause of Liberty at home and abroad, and for their families. I also ask that you help
- Article · Nov 9, 20102010 Patriot Advancement Report #1
Party Primer pocket guide to Liberty! Thank you for helping us advance the cause of liberty. On behalf of your Patriot staff and National Advisory Committee , thank you for your
- Alexander's Column · Nov 4, 20102010 Republican Wave — Fruit of the Tea Party Revolt
Maintain the Momentum? “Let us therefore rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands Victory is, to animate and encourage … have much more ground to take if we are to restore the cause of Liberty, and we need your help. For we can only restore constitutional Rule