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Economics

 

The Market Function of Piracy:

Jerry Kirkpatrick

May 25, 2007:

Jerry Kirkpatrick argues that piracy can be one of the best ways to market an individual's or a company's product; the pirated product functions as a free sample that the innovator does not have to fund, and distributing free samples is a highly effective advertising and sales-generating strategy.

 

Historical Analysis

 

Why Entrepreneurs Do Not Need Government Regulation:

G. Stolyarov II

May 25, 2007:

According to Paul Rahe, entrepreneurs who made fortunes on the free market often lobby for state restrictions on free enterprise to protect them from perceived insecurity.  Dr. Rahe claims that this is a natural effect of free markets. Mr. Stolyarov disagrees and argues that entrepreneurs do not need government regulatory protection.

 

Thomas Jefferson's Arguments for Nullification and Limited Government in the 1798 Kentucky Resolutions:

G. Stolyarov II

May 25, 2007:

Mr. Stolyarov explains Thomas Jefferson's position on why the states have the authority to unilaterally nullify federal actions perceived to be unconstitutional; he also outlines some of Jefferson's ideas on the need for strictly limited government. More than two centuries ago, Jefferson cautioned against the kind of abuse of constitutional interpretation that regularly occurs today to justify expansive government powers.

 

John Marshall versus Thomas Jefferson on Constitutional Interpretation:

G. Stolyarov II

May 25, 2007:

John Marshall and Thomas Jefferson present two diametrically opposed views of the nature of constitutional interpretation and who should have the ultimate authority to carry it out. Mr. Stolyarov analyzes these views and contrasts them. It is regrettable that Marshall’s view has been virtually uncontested in the United States during the past century; Jefferson was correct to warn that giving the Supreme Court sole ultimate power to interpret the Constitution would shift supremacy from the text of the Constitution to the subjective wishes of Supreme Court justices.

 

Politics

 

The Contemporary Debate on Constitutional Interpretation: William Brennan's Living Constitutionalism versus Lino Graglia's Originalism:

G. Stolyarov II

May 25, 2007:

The views of the two prevailing and opposed contemporary schools of constitutional interpretation are clearly expressed in the writings of William Brennan and Lino Graglia. Mr. Stolyarov analyzes the ideas and disagreements of these two thinkers. In their argument are contained the key disputes surrounding the issue of judicial activism today.

 

Why Don't They Value Human Life?:

Fiona Kobusingye

May 25, 2007:

Fiona Kobusingye just got out of the hospital, after another nasty case of malaria.  She has had it dozens of times. She lost her son, two sisters, and three nephews to it.  Fifty out of 500 children in her local school for orphans died from malaria in 2005. And yet DDT opponents want to return to strategies that were a devastating failure for 30 years.  Hundreds of millions of Africans got malaria. Tens of millions died. Entire countries were kept impoverished. Read this article to find out how activists who oppose DDT prolong malaria, misery, and death in Africa.

 

Fight the Enemy in Iraq or Here?:

Alan Caruba

May 25, 2007:

Alan Caruba writes that the recent thwarted attack on Fort Dix suggests that the U.S. homeland is vulnerable no matter whether we have 150,000 troops in Iraq or not. He recommends focusing more on deflecting terrorist threats to America rather than confronting the Islamist fanatics in Iraq.

 

A Kind Word for Big Oil:

Alan Caruba

May 25, 2007:

Alan Caruba is alarmed by pervasive condemnation of "Big Oil." He notes the extensive accomplishments and good deeds performed by companies such as ExxonMobil and informs readers that federal, local, and state governments take far more money than do oil companies for every gallon of oil consumers purchase.

 

Do Yourself and the Nation a Favor: Expose the NAIS Lie!:

American Policy Center 

May 25, 2007:

The American Policy Center informs readers of the threat to individual liberty and privacy posed by the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). It is a lie that the program is purely voluntary; if continued, it certainly will not stay that way! Other NAIS myths are debunked in this article, and steps for addressing the problem are recommended.

 

Scuttle the Law of the Sea Treaty!:

American Policy Center 

May 25, 2007:

The Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) is another grand scheme of the United Nations. LOST would give control of roughly 70% of the Earth’s surface to the U.N., establishing rules which would govern the use of the world’s oceans. LOST is back, and on a fast track for ratification, because the Bush Administration is now calling for accession to this convention. We have stopped LOST several times in the past, and we should be able to stop it again, with enough outcry. Read this article from the American Policy Center to find out about the harms of LOST and how to prevent its implementation.

 

"I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts ."

 

~ John Locke