Book Review: The Vision of the Anointed by Richard M. Ebeling December 1, 1995 The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy by Thomas Sowell (New York: Basic Books, 1995); 305 pages; $25. In an article entitled "The Attitude of the Intellectuals to the Market Economy," published in The Owl in January 1951, French social theorist Bertrand de Jouvenel tried to explain the anticapitalist bias of many in the intellectual ...
The Repeal of Social Security by Jacob G. Hornberger November 1, 1995 Sixty years ago — on August 14, 1935 — President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act. It was one of the major political events that transformed the United States into a welfare state. It was a law that enabled government to use the force of taxation to ...
Covering the Map of the World — The Half-Century Legacy of the Yalta Conference, Part 9 by Richard M. Ebeling November 1, 1995 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 The Yalta Conference formalized the configuration of the post-World War II era for almost half a century. It codified the division of Europe into East and ...
Abolish the Federal Cultural Agencies by Sheldon Richman November 1, 1995 According to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, "This is an ominous time for those of use who care for the arts in America. A misguided, misinformed effort to eliminate public support for the arts not only threatens irrevocable damage to our cultural institutions but also to our sense of ourselves and what we stand for as a people." That is ...
Unemployment Compensation: None of the Government’s Business by Dave Honigman November 1, 1995 The New Deal ushered in a lot of socialistic ideas that still plague us, and one of the worst is the notion that the government should protect people against the loss of income. If a person suddenly finds himself without employment and, therefore, without a paycheck, "society" supposedly has an obligation to help support him ...
A Rembrandt among Commentators by Michael Prowse November 1, 1995 The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups. This is such a wise saying that it might have been coined by Adam Smith or one of the great ...
Book Review: The Invasion of Japan by Richard M. Ebeling November 1, 1995 The Invasion of Japan: Alternative to the Bomb by John Ray Skates (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1995); 276 pages; $27.95. On November 1, 1945, the invasion of Japan began, under the code name Operation Olympic. Under the joint command of General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz, the United States armed forces started an assault on the southernmost of ...
Returning to a Constitutional Cabinet by Doug Bandow October 1, 1995 Republicans have been running Congress for almost a year without addressing the most important issue facing us: the size and scope of government. If they are serious about change, they have to make much more serious reductions in federal spending. But cutting expenditures is not enough. Government is too expansive ...
Loving Your Country and Hating Your Government by Jacob G. Hornberger October 1, 1995 Several months ago, President Clinton condemned Americans who exposed and criticized wrongdoing by the U.S. government. The president said: "There's nothing patriotic about hating your government or pretending you can hate your government but love your country." Let us examine the implications of the president's claim. In the 1930s and throughout World War II, ...
Covering the Map of the World — The Half-Century Legacy of the Yalta Conference, Part 8 by Richard M. Ebeling October 1, 1995 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 On March 1, 1945, after returning to Washington from his meeting with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at Yalta, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered an address before ...
Tiger in the Land by Robert LeFevre October 1, 1995 There is an apparent wide and shocking misconception in our land. It is this. That patriotism consists in loving our government and in willingly and joyously doing what the president and his administration want us to do. It is this misconception, so cunningly advanced by unscrupulous men in power, which has paved the way for despotic advances in all ...
Patriotism Has Changed by John L. Egolf Jr. October 1, 1995 Observing the festivities and media coverage of the July 4 celebrations, I wondered if Americans know what is being celebrated. The ideas and ideals that are expressed in the Declaration of Independence are far from most Americans' minds. Further, the idea of patriotism in 1776 was much different than present-day conceptions. The national government and various state governments are horrible ...