http://www.CapMag.com/ In Defense of Individual Rights en-us Copyright 2009 Capitalism Magazine. All Rights Reserved. http://www.CapMag.com/article.asp?ID=4895 Thomas A. Bowden Sports give us a look at heroes in action. http://www.CapMag.com/article.asp?ID=5702 Scott Holleran "Man is a great evil", someone declares during the 3-hour tour of Pandora. This sums up Avatar's philosophy, though, as with radical Islam, it's really Western Man that is regarded as evil. http://www.CapMag.com/article.asp?ID=5697 Richard M. Salsman Despite Scott Brown's claim about being a "new breed" of Republican, he'll soon find himself perfectly at home among the current GOP compromisers in Washington. The road to socialized medicine in America will be paved still farther, with his help. We've already seen the GOP endorse the substance of socialized medicine, while merely quibbling about the process by which it's adopted. http://www.CapMag.com/article.asp?ID=5701 Edward Cline If Reid is guilty of anything, which is his greater offense? Saying something uncouth, or advocating and working hard to bring about the destruction of American liberty? http://www.CapMag.com/article.asp?ID=5685 Scott Holleran We the Living is not about Soviet Russia in 1925--it's a novel about any dictatorship, anywhere, and hopefully it will prevent one in the United States. http://www.CapMag.com/article.asp?ID=5673 Edward Cline Who is to object to the states invoking their 'states' rights' and imposing the same powers and regulations as Hatch objects to Congress assuming? http://www.CapMag.com/article.asp?ID=5668 John David Lewis In many ways the bill is a convoluted, uncoordinated list of compromises between thousand of legislators, legislative aides, and lobbyists. Yet the bill has two main thrusts, with one central meaning. The first thrust is a massive increase in government power. The second is the total rejection of the free market. The central meaning of both is the repudiation of individual rights. No longer will Americans have the liberty to preserve their own lives in the way they judge bestfrom now on, they will have to conform to government controls on the most intimate details of their lives. http://www.CapMag.com/article.asp?ID=5692 Richard E. Ralston What passes for "reform" in Congress would eliminate health insurance firms. http://www.CapMag.com/article.asp?ID=4073 Scott McConnell New Year's Day inspires one to work for happiness. http://www.CapMag.com/article.asp?ID=5391 Alex Epstein Making New Year's resolutions does not have to be futile--and to make them is not silly. Done seriously, it is an act of profound moral significance that embodies the essence of a life well-lived.