Children are Property of the State by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2000 Americans everywhere were outraged at the Cuban diplomat's remark that Elian Gonzales is the property of the Cuban state. If only their outrage extended to their own homeland! For more than 100 years, Americans have lived under a system of state schooling or, as it is commonly termed, public schooling. Under ...
Understanding the Passion of Cuban-Americans by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2000 Last year, I spent a week in Cuba with the official permission of the U.S. Treasury Department and the Cuban Interest Section in Washington, D.C. (the diplomatic agency that is "hosting" Elian Gonzales's father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez). The purpose of my trip was to conduct an informal ...
What is a Conservative? by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2000 The race for the Republican presidential nomination reflected the extent to which conservatives have abandoned their own principles. The two leading Republican contenders, George W. Bush and John McCain, waged a fierce fight over who is the true conservative and the real government reformer. But what does conservatism have to ...
Monetary Central Planning and the State, Part 40: Towards a System of Monetary and Banking Freedom by Richard M. Ebeling April 1, 2000 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 ...
Off His Rocker? by Sheldon Richman April 1, 2000 A baseball player who uttered some uncouth, even bigoted, remarks about various groups of people in New York City was ordered to undergo psychological testing - and possibly treatment - by his employer, Major League Baseball (MLB). John Rocker, an awesome relief pitcher with the Atlanta Braves, has apologized for his statements in a Sports Illustrated interview, but that ...
Fair-Housing Flimflams by James Bovard April 1, 2000 The welfare state advances by demonizing one private industry after another. In the end, people are taught that government alone can be trusted. Truth is no impediment for federal chieftains determined to blacken the reputation of the private sector. In recent years, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has been at the forefront of demagoging private business. We ...
FDR – The Man, the Leader, the Legacy, Part 9 by Ralph Raico April 1, 2000 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Table of Contents March 1933 proved to be a momentous time in ...
Making Sense of Jewish Stereotypes by Jeffrey A. Singer April 1, 2000 The stereotype is a printer's aid. This one-piece plate, cast in type metal from a mold taken of a printing surface, produces an unvarying form or pattern, having no individuality. It speeds the process of producing printed material. People use stereotyping to speed up thought processes in their daily lives - only they use a cognitive matrix instead of type ...
No Worry about Gas Prices by Sheldon Richman April 1, 2000 Isn't it funny that people get upset when the laws of economics operate as expected? Gasoline and crude oil prices have risen lately in response to higher demand and lower supply. So what do people do? They frantically call on the government to do something. Truckers drive ...
Book Review: Reflections on a Ravaged Century by Richard M. Ebeling April 1, 2000 Reflections on a Ravaged Century by Robert Conquest (New York: W.W. Norton, 2000); 317 pages; $26.95. When the 19th century was ending, there was a great sense of optimism and confidence. The December 31, 1899, issue of the New York Times had devoted practically its entire editorial page to a summary of the magnificent achievements of the 19th century: the steam ...
The Hero’s Hero by Sheldon Richman March 2, 2000 We can judge a person by his heroes. John McCain would no doubt agree. Revealingly, the hero McCain most often invokes is Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt, a Progressive Republican, was a key figure in America's passage from a Jeffersonian republic to a Hamiltonian despotism. He embodied the late-19th- and early-20th-century vision in which the citizen is ...
Tell All, or Else by Sheldon Richman March 2, 2000 The Census Bureau wants you to tell it all sorts of things about yourself, but there's one thing it doesn't want to tell you: You may be punished if you disobey. You will search in vain through the census materials you receive in the mail for notice or details of that threat. The notification letter makes ...