Milton Friedman Reveals the Humbling Truth of “I, Pencil” in Just Two Minutes
January 28, 2019 – Jon Miltimore …… “I, Pencil” was a clarion call for humility (intellectual and economic).
What Educators Can Learn from “I, Pencil”
January 26, 2019 – Kerry McDonald …… We fool ourselves if we think our conventional system of education creates learners.
Government Land Expropriation: A Euphemism for Theft
January 24, 2019 – Lee Friday …… London Ontario City Council is preparing to take Nan Finlayson’s property away from her, though she is guilty of no crime. “When law and morality are in contradiction to each other, the citizen finds himself in the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense, or of losing his respect for the law – two evils of equal magnitude, between which it would be difficult to choose” …… Frédéric Bastiat (1801 – 1850)
Police Have No Duty to Protect You, Federal Court Affirms Yet Again
January 23, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… The “social contract” is a one-way street. You pay your taxes or go to jail. In return, the government may or may not provide some of those services you supposedly pay for.
Free-Market Ideology?
January 22, 2019 – K. Lloyd Billingsley …… Contrary to what author Naomi Klein says, the free market is not an “ideology”, and it has a better record of preserving both liberty and prosperity than the ideology of socialism.
4 Ways to Teach Kids Finance
January 21, 2019 – Maureen Buff …… Just 24 percent of millennials demonstrated a basic understanding of financial concepts, according to a recent PwC study.
Socialism is the Cause of Untold Human Suffering in Venezuela
January 19, 2019 – Barry Brownstein …… The people of Venezuela are starving! Free markets could restore prosperity almost immediately.
School Bans Designer Coats in Order to “Poverty Proof” Campus
January 18, 2019 – Brittany Hunter …… The new policy is sheltering children from the realities of the world we live in and teaching them to resent the wealth of others. Students are being taught that every time someone else has something they do not, a central authority figure will swoop in and level the playing field.
How School Districts Weaponize Child Protection Services Against Uncooperative Parents
January 16, 2019 – Kerry McDonald …… Parents are increasingly required to obey, to conform to a school’s demands even if they believe such orders may not be appropriate for their child.
After #MeToo, Men Begin Avoiding Female Co-Workers
January 15, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… When the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, employers hired fewer disabled workers, because they feared lawsuits. We may now be seeing a similar trend in the face of more sexual harassment claims.