True North Reports, a site that provides a conservative look at Vermont’s News, had an excellent article about Senator Bernie Sanders’ hypocrisy when it comes to campaign finance. If you know anything about Bernie, you probably know that one of his pet complaints is about “big money” corrupting our government. For him, the problem nearly begins and ends with money from
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Reason and Islam – Quote of the Day
Barry Wood
During one of Yaron Brook’s radio shows earlier this year, a listener in the chat linked to a lecture series by Barry Wood titled “The Battle over Reason in the Islamic World (and How it Was Lost).” I have finally had time to listen to the series, and it is quite fascinating, especially as I have been trying to learn a bit more about Islam since the attack on Charlie Hebdo.
Mr. Wood begins the series by pointing out that Islam had some positive elements that set it apart from
Life Imitates Atlas Shrugged, Baltimore Edition
The other day I came across an article by Allen B. West titled “The dirty little secret no one wants to admit about Baltimore.” The article discusses the protests and violence in Baltimore sparked by the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. Mr. West makes a good case that it is progressive policies that have caused the bulk of the problems facing
Yaron Brook on Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 370
Image from http://blogs.shu.edu/
I have more or less dropped for the time being my weekly podcast roundup. There are so many to listen to now, and they tend to cover so many topics that I have not worked out a way that I am happy with writing them up. I wouldn’t want just to give a list of links, and there is just too much ground to cover even to mention all the topics briefly. Once I work out a happy medium, I will resume the roundups.
I did want to share this podcast
Baltimore’s Mayor has a Strange View on Rights
At a news conference in the wake of Baltimore’s Freddie Gray-related protests turning destructive Saturday, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said that she instructed police to give people who “wished to destroy” space to do so.
Source: Baltimore Mayor: ‘We… Gave Those Who Wished To Destroy Space To Do That’
[Updated 2:02pm, 04/28/15]
If there is one thing that I have learned over the time I have been actually paying attention to and studying politics it is
The Gathering Storm of Statism
James Madison (right) and Ted Cruz.
The other day in my Twitter feed (h/t @AlexisinNH) I came across a link to an opinion piece by Senator Ted Cruz in response to a New York Times editorial, “Ted Cruz’s Strange Gun Argument.”
Interesting Testimony About Climate Change
Dr. Curry testifying on the President’s UN Climate Pledge. From the blog What’s Up With That.
Last week What’s Up With That, a great website for those who are skeptical about the alarmist claims about catastrophic man-made climate change, posted a story about the testimony of Dr. Judith Curry before the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology as part of their hearing on the President’s UN climate pledge.
Self-Interest versus Public Interest – Quote of the Day
One of the ideas that struck me early on when I started studying Objectivism was the position Ayn Rand took in regards to the “public interest,” a concept she found to be invalid. She saw that there is no such entity as “the public,” there are only individuals. To claim that there is some public interest which we must consider ahead of an individual’s interest is to say that some individuals have a right to sacrifice the interests of others to their own. I find
Don’t Feed the Bea…Cronies
On our porch a couple of years ago. We didn’t take our feeders in early either.
One sure sign of spring here in north-eastern Vermont is the frequent reminders from state and local officials to bring in your bird feeders. This is probably a common thing in any northern state at this time of year. The reason is that with the snow melting and temperatures rising, the bears are beginning to stir and will soon be out looking for food after their long winter nap. One of their favorite foods, especially this early when there isn’t a lot to eat, is black oil sunflower seeds,
Quote of the Day: On Insurance
In the book Auberon Herbert: Writings of a Reluctant Anarchist Herbert discusses a wide range of topics. At one point he discusses the rise of insurance which, while existing in one for or another for quite some time for business, was becoming available to individuals as well.
But the matter goes far beyond the range of what exists at present. No man can foresee today the full development in the future of the system of insurance. If it is allowed to grow naturally, without disturbance from the