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Are Civil Forfeiture Laws Basically Legalized Robbery?0
- Economics
- June 1, 2016
A few years ago, The New Yorker published an article (“Taken”) detailing civil asset forfeiture abuses in America. Sarah Stillman, a staff writer at the magazine and a visiting scholar at NYU, chronicled several examples of citizens stripped of cash, cars, and even homes even though they had not been charged with a crime. The
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7 Facts Death Penalty Supporters Should Consider0
- Culture
- June 1, 2016
Julie Borowski is a libertarian who has made a bit of a name for herself by posting quirky videos on some serious subjects. In the video below, she explains how she went from being a proponent of capital punishment to an opponent. Readers can watch the clip for themselves and determine if her facts are
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Why Won’t Politicians Comment on Venezuelan Socialism?0
- Economics
- May 31, 2016
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT), a leading presidential candidate, was asked to comment on several populist governments in South America believed to be in “serious trouble” economically. The question was put forward by Univision reporter León Krauze. “The socialist model in Venezuela has the country near collapse,” Krauze said. “Argentina, also Brazil. How do you
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How Books in the Home Impact Future Income0
- Economics
- May 31, 2016
A study in the Royal Economic Society’s Economic Journal recently confirmed something we’ve long suspected: books in the home make a huge difference for children as they grow older. According to The Guardian, researchers looked at earnings and years of education when studying several thousand men in various European countries in the early to mid-1900s.
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Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?0
- Culture
- May 31, 2016
It’s frequently said that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. One can even find this statement in official documents of various Christian churches and denominations. For instance, in the Second Vatican Council document Nostra Aetate, the Roman Catholic Church writes: “The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living
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Conservatives Once Condemned Dropping of Hiroshima Bomb0
- Education
- May 31, 2016
President Obama’s speech at Hiroshima on May 27 has predictably sparked much controversy. Without parsing it all, I suggest that the key message so many dislike is this: “Hiroshima teaches this truth: Technological progress without an equivalent progress in human institutions can doom us. The scientific revolution that led to the splitting of an atom
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America’s Most Embarrassing Spelling Errors0
- Culture
- May 31, 2016
A fun Google Trends report went viral last week that revealed the top searched “how to spell” words in each state. Now, most of us would admit that there are a few simple words that give us a trouble. (Confession: I got the red squiggly line when I wrote this headline. I always want to
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A Jewish Gravedigger’s Eyewitness Account of Nazi Camps0
- Culture
- May 31, 2016
According to History.com, June 1 is the anniversary of the first report of Hitler’s death camps. Curious to see what the report contained, I hunted up a copy and found one in Martin Gilbert’s book The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War. Gilbert prefaces the report by explaining
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8 Profound Quotes from Blaise Pascal0
- May 31, 2016
1) “I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.” 2) “All men are almost led to believe not of proof, but by attraction.” 3) “It is a natural illness of man to think that he possesses the truth directly.” 4) “Men never do evil so completely
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