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– January 1, 2009
When the state moves in, the church is forced to move out. Read the Joe Sobran classic, Do We Need the First Amendment?
by Joe Sobran– December 30, 2008
Will we be eating beef or tofu in the future? See Robert Hale's latest colum, Cow Tax Could Destroy Livestock Industry.
by Robert L. Hale– December 26, 2008
We live in era of moral relativism in which people refuse to declare any action wrong and immoral or to confront the existence of evil. See Ignorance of Religious Traditions Accompanies America’s Ethical Decline.
by Allan C. Brownfeld– December 23, 2008
Despite an election in October, the Queen of England has suspended the Canadian Parliament. What gives? See Canadian Crisis Continues: Liberals Energized, Conservative Ouster Likely.
by Mark Wegierski– December 18, 2008
Former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky and other hawks are gleeful with the lack of change coming to Washington. See Obama Finds Favor with Neoconservatives by Paul Gottfried– December 17, 2008
Some of Obama's economic advisors are the same people who got the U.S. in financial turmoil. See In Search of a Principle to Justify Massive Bailouts by Allan C. Brownfeld– December 12, 2008
Point/Counterpoint: Should the Government Bail Out the Auto Industry?
Yes: Jon Basil Utley
No: Robert Hale
– December 11, 2008
Charles G. Mills expounds on the government’s historical role in creating the current financial mess in Destroying the People’s Money.– December 4, 2008
Late-breaking news from our Canada Correspondent, Mark Wegierski: Canada in Crisis: Will Left-Liberal Coalition Come to Power Without an Election?– December 4, 2008
Frank Creel suggests that Catholics be pro-active in dealing with their Bishops and the Obama Administration in Wait, Work, and Wrassle: One Catholic's Perspective on Conservative Prospects.– December 2, 2008
Western Civilization is rooted in religion yet many Americans are ignorant of it, according to Joe Sobran in Christianity and History.
Read this column at Covenant News.
– November 27, 2008
Joe Sobran recalls the Canadian Broadcast Council's ban on Dr. Laura for her politically incorrect views in his classic column, Can Dr. Laura Be Tolerated?– November 25, 2008
Affirmative action has had a negative impact on minority students according to a new book. See Allan Brownfeld’s latest column, Ending Racial Preferences: The Michigan Story.– November 20, 2008
Charles Mills, The Confederate Lawyer, examines the credit crisis in A Cure Worse than the Disease.
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Do We Need the First Amendment?
A Classic by Joe Sobran
posted January 1, 2009At times you get the feeling that liberals regard prayer as a threat to the First Amendment.
The U.S. Supreme Court has led the way, moving from the position that public-school prayers are unconstitutional to its latest refinement, the view that student-led prayers at public high-school football games are also, by extension, unconstitutional.
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Cow Tax Could Destroy Livestock Industry:
EPA Says Cattle Pollute Air
by Robert L. Hale
posted December 30A 2007 U.S. Supreme Court ruling concluded that greenhouse gases emitted by the “belching and flatulence” of livestock constitute air pollution. The EPA, in response, is moving to solve this “air pollution” problem in classic bureaucratic style: it has proposed fees and would create a new bureaucracy while not actually addressing the alleged problem.
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Ignorance of Religious Traditions Accompanies America’s Ethical Decline
by Allan C. Brownfeld
posted December 26More and more, the concept of ethics in Congress, business, and other areas of our society seems to be an oxymoron.
Sadly, young people, observing the behavior of their elders, are exhibiting precisely the same sort of indifference to traditional moral and ethical standards.
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Canadian Crisis Continues:
Liberals Energized, Conservative Ouster Likely
by Mark Wegierski
posted December 23On September 7, 2008, Stephen Harper, the Conservative Prime Minister of Canada, requested the Governor-General (the representative of the Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, in Canada), to dissolve the federal Parliament, with the subsequent election to be held in October. The Conservatives strengthened their minority government but failed to win a majority of the 308 seats up for grabs in the federal Parliament. Harper expected to continue to govern with a minority government as had happened from 2006 to 2008.
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Obama Finds Favor with Neoconservatives
by Paul Gottfried
posted December 18While the European and American media are celebrating with equal fervor the election of Obama, no other group seems as jubilant as the American “conservative movement” (please note the quotations!).
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In Search of a Principle to Justify Massive Bailouts
by Allan C. Brownfeld
posted December 17The government bailout of our banking and financial sector is growing — with bipartisan support. The auto industry is in line for a bailout of its own, and there can be little doubt that other failed sectors of our economy will be making a case for taxpayer funds to prevent them from complete failure and collapse. Unless we proceed on the current course, we are told, a l929-like depression looms.
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Should the Government Bail Out the Auto Industry?
Bankruptcy Now Would Do Incredible Damage
by Jon Basil Utley
Is Anything Really
"Too Big" to
Fail?
by Robert L. Hale
| Most libertarian and conservative leaders oppose
government aid for the auto makers. However, theories of leaving
everything to the free market are not valid when the market is crashing
or is dysfunctional. Libertarian theories and principles are great
for normal times, but they need to be realistic and modified during
times of chaos. They now coincide with the Far Left, which also wants
to see the car companies in bankruptcy. Instead of blindly opposing any government intervention or subsidies, libertarians should be debating how to make government provision of liquidity to markets minimal yet effective. Otherwise, a collapsed U.S. auto industry will strengthen socialism, nativism, and anti-free trade forces in general. Libertarians will not be acclaimed for abiding by their principles; rather, they will be seen as having contributed to economic disaster and will become marginalized for future battles… Read more |
The Kiplinger Letter Forecasts for Management Decisionmaking made the following observation in the November 7, 2008 edition: "Does Uncle Sam have a choice on bailing out the Detroit Three? Not really. The three U.S.-brand automakers don't have enough cash. Miserable sales mean little money coming in from dealers. Borrowing is out of the question. [C]redit ratings of all three companies are in the tank. No one wants to buy them." It is obvious to the market place that these entities
cannot sustain how they conduct themselves in a competitive market
place. Apparently, this does not matter to elected officials and
bureaucrats. While the market place will not roll the dice and lend
to or buy these companies, our government representatives seem willing
to take our hard-earned money and roll the dice. After all, it is
just taxpayers' money. Politicians have a great deal to gain. Both
the Big 3 and the United Auto Workers (UAW) give millions to politicians
and provide thousands of workers for their campaigns… |
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