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Elites and Tyrants: The Fruits of "Social Justice"
by Walter Williams
(October 7, 2009)
It just turns out last century's notables in acquiring powerful central government, in the name of social justice, were Hitler, Stalin, Mao, but the struggle for social justice isn't over yet, and other suitors of this dubious distinction are waiting in the wings.
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Some Thoughts on HBO's "John Adams"
by Edward Cline
(November 1, 2008)
The paramount value of HBO's "John Adams" is that it approaches the origins of the American Revolution in terms of dramatizing the fundamental reasons why it happened through the vehicle of John Adams' thoughts and political career.
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Columbus Day: A Time to Celebrate
by Michael Berliner
(October 10, 2008)
The politically correct view is that Columbus did not discover America, because people had lived here for thousands of years. Worse yet, it's claimed, the main legacy of Columbus is death and destruction. Columbus is routinely vilified as a symbol of slavery and genocide, and the celebration of his arrival likened to a celebration of Hitler and the Holocaust. The attacks on Columbus are ominous, because the actual target is Western civilization.
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Columbus Day Celebrates Western Civilization
by Thomas A. Bowden
(October 6, 2008)
On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the New World, opening a sea route to vast uncharted territories that awaited the spread of Western civilization. Centuries later, the ensuing cultural migration culminated in the birth and explosive growth of the greatest nation in history: the United States of America.
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What is Fascism and Who is a Fascist?
by Thomas Sowell
(February 18, 2008)
The Fascists were completely against individualism in general and especially against individualism in a free market economy. Their agenda included minimum wage laws, government restrictions on profit-making, progressive taxation of capital, and "rigidly secular" schools.
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What We Should Remember on Martin Luther King Day: Judge People by Their Character, Not Skin Color
by Edwin A. Locke
(January 15, 2008)
What should we remember on Martin Luther King Day? In his "I Have a Dream" speech Dr. King said: "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
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The Legacy of 1968: Vietnam, Martin Luther King, and Campus Riots
by Thomas Sowell
(January 11, 2008)
The events of 1968 have continuing implications for our times but not the implications drawn by those with romantic myths about 1968 and about themselves.
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Christmas Should be More Commercial
by Leonard Peikoff
(December 22, 2007)
Christmas as we celebrate it today is a 19th-century American invention. The freedom and prosperity of post-Civil War America created the happiest nation in history. The result was the desire to celebrate, to revel in the goods and pleasures of life on earth.
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Put the Independence Back in Independence Day
by Michael Berliner
(June 27, 2007)
Jefferson and Washington fought a war for the principle of independence, meaning the moral right of an individual to live his own life as he sees fit.
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Jamestown: Birthplace of America's Distinctive, Secular Ideal
by Eric Daniels
(May 5, 2007)
On May 14, America will commemorate the four-hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia. The occasion provides us with an opportunity to understand and celebrate the distinctive, secular ideal underlying America's freedom and prosperity.
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