September 13, 2011 -- What if our economy was a tree from which politicians could just take and take and take? When would they stop? Would
President Obama likes to talk about the value of contributing to your community, but in the jobs bill he sent to Congress yesterday, he targets such contributions for increased taxation. By limiting tax deductions for voluntary giving, Obama would consolidate government control over helping your fellow man and improving your community.
The first decade of the twenty-first century was defined by Islamists, who used planes as weapons against the World Trade Center and
Mr. Ward, what is it that the foulest bastards on earth denounce us for, among other things? Oh yes, for our motto of ‘Business as usual.’ Well—business as usual, Mr. Ward! --Hank Rearden, in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged In the fall of 2001, I was a law student, interviewing with law firms. At the bottom of my resume, where law students identify personal interests that are supposed to “humanize” them, I listed “quotations.” Naturally, I was asked quite a few times for quotations pertinent to 9/11. I chose two. One, the second verse of an old favorite song , stressed the insignificance of death in comparison with life. The other, quoted above, emphasized the importance of pursuing the work that makes life possible even when faced with destruction.
Every day, it seems, another “insider-trading” defendant is hauled before the courts or sentenced to prison. In fact, many of these “insider traders” are not insiders at all. They are merely people who have acquired information from insiders.
"World trade means world peace.The World Trade Center buildings in New York had a bigger purpose than just to provide room for tenants. The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace.…The World Trade Center should, because of its importance, become a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through cooperation, his ability to find greatness." --World Trade Center chief architect Minoru Yamasaki.
“It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble, it’s the things we do know that just ain’t so.” In a wonderful twist of fate, nobody knows who coined that aphorism, but that doesn’t keep it from being attributed to Mark Twain, Artemus Ward, and Josh Billings.
The following excerpt from Conrad Black’s comment , as he prepares to return to prison, made me recall a slogan often invoked by those who have been wrongly convicted: “Don’t serve the time; make the time serve you.” Note that Black has a book on his ordeal coming out next week.
Amid all the erudite free-market commentary regarding the AT&T/T-Mobile case (see here , and here , and here , andhere , and here ), I have not seen any commentary making this simple point: Competition is not an intrinsic part of free markets.
That pithy advice, usually attributed to Henry Ford, expresses one of the most frequent themes in the vast literature of self-improvement...
Tengo que sacar la basura ... cambiar el aceite del carro ... pagar mi tarjeta Visa ... Tengo que hacer una presentación en la reunión de
El sistema capitalista se inició en el siglo que va de 1750 a 1850, como resultado de tres revoluciones. La primera fue una revolución....
This weekend, the environment—Hurricane Irene, to be specific—took away my electric power. Beginning Saturday night, I had, in my apartment
New coding work is currently being done on our website and some functionalities may not be available or may not work properly during this time period. We appreciate your patience!
In this webinar, recorded on June 29, 2011, William R Thomas discusses pride as "the first and last of the virtues." Pride connects
William R Thomas participated in the international workshop on "Successful Public Politices for Latin America," organized in Bogotá...
August 24, 2011 -- Editor's Note: TAS Executive Director David Kelley contributed an essay, "Ayn Rand and Capitalism: The Moral Revolution", to the newly published book The Morality of Capitalism: What Your Professors Won’t Tell You. Last week he was filmed for a promotional video featuring comments from the authors of the book's essays. This news brief was written by Clark Ruper for Students for Liberty.
The SEC has finally settled its “backdated options” case against Greg Reyes, the former CEO of Brocade Communications, Inc. That case attracted a lot of notice when it was announced on July 20, 2006, because the SEC’s civil suit against Reyes was paired with a Justice Department criminal complaint that charged him with securities fraud. And that was the first indication that criminal prosecutions would be generated by the backdated-options frenzy, which was even then being fanned by a team of reporters from the Wall Street Journal’s left-leaning news pages.
September 13, 2011 -- What if our economy was a tree from which politicians could just take and take and take? When would they stop? Would
President Obama likes to talk about the value of contributing to your community, but in the jobs bill he sent to Congress yesterday, he targets such contributions for increased taxation. By limiting tax deductions for voluntary giving, Obama would consolidate government control over helping your fellow man and improving your community.
The first decade of the twenty-first century was defined by Islamists, who used planes as weapons against the World Trade Center and
Mr. Ward, what is it that the foulest bastards on earth denounce us for, among other things? Oh yes, for our motto of ‘Business as usual.’ Well—business as usual, Mr. Ward! --Hank Rearden, in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged In the fall of 2001, I was a law student, interviewing with law firms. At the bottom of my resume, where law students identify personal interests that are supposed to “humanize” them, I listed “quotations.” Naturally, I was asked quite a few times for quotations pertinent to 9/11. I chose two. One, the second verse of an old favorite song , stressed the insignificance of death in comparison with life. The other, quoted above, emphasized the importance of pursuing the work that makes life possible even when faced with destruction.
Every day, it seems, another “insider-trading” defendant is hauled before the courts or sentenced to prison. In fact, many of these “insider traders” are not insiders at all. They are merely people who have acquired information from insiders.
"World trade means world peace.The World Trade Center buildings in New York had a bigger purpose than just to provide room for tenants. The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace.…The World Trade Center should, because of its importance, become a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through cooperation, his ability to find greatness." --World Trade Center chief architect Minoru Yamasaki.
“It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble, it’s the things we do know that just ain’t so.” In a wonderful twist of fate, nobody knows who coined that aphorism, but that doesn’t keep it from being attributed to Mark Twain, Artemus Ward, and Josh Billings.
The following excerpt from Conrad Black’s comment , as he prepares to return to prison, made me recall a slogan often invoked by those who have been wrongly convicted: “Don’t serve the time; make the time serve you.” Note that Black has a book on his ordeal coming out next week.
Amid all the erudite free-market commentary regarding the AT&T/T-Mobile case (see here , and here , and here , andhere , and here ), I have not seen any commentary making this simple point: Competition is not an intrinsic part of free markets.
That pithy advice, usually attributed to Henry Ford, expresses one of the most frequent themes in the vast literature of self-improvement...
Tengo que sacar la basura ... cambiar el aceite del carro ... pagar mi tarjeta Visa ... Tengo que hacer una presentación en la reunión de
El sistema capitalista se inició en el siglo que va de 1750 a 1850, como resultado de tres revoluciones. La primera fue una revolución....
This weekend, the environment—Hurricane Irene, to be specific—took away my electric power. Beginning Saturday night, I had, in my apartment
New coding work is currently being done on our website and some functionalities may not be available or may not work properly during this time period. We appreciate your patience!
In this webinar, recorded on June 29, 2011, William R Thomas discusses pride as "the first and last of the virtues." Pride connects
William R Thomas participated in the international workshop on "Successful Public Politices for Latin America," organized in Bogotá...
August 24, 2011 -- Editor's Note: TAS Executive Director David Kelley contributed an essay, "Ayn Rand and Capitalism: The Moral Revolution", to the newly published book The Morality of Capitalism: What Your Professors Won’t Tell You. Last week he was filmed for a promotional video featuring comments from the authors of the book's essays. This news brief was written by Clark Ruper for Students for Liberty.
The SEC has finally settled its “backdated options” case against Greg Reyes, the former CEO of Brocade Communications, Inc. That case attracted a lot of notice when it was announced on July 20, 2006, because the SEC’s civil suit against Reyes was paired with a Justice Department criminal complaint that charged him with securities fraud. And that was the first indication that criminal prosecutions would be generated by the backdated-options frenzy, which was even then being fanned by a team of reporters from the Wall Street Journal’s left-leaning news pages.