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If you own a motel, should it be taken away from you because of what your customers do in the space you provide them? Federal and local officials in Tewksbury, Mass., said yes; the Institute for Justice said no; and today, a federal magistrate judge agreed with IJ , sparing the Caswell Motel.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has announced that the U.S. military will make its default policy one of equality for women. No general class of jobs, including combat-related positions, will be off-limits to female soldiers once a transition phase is completed. (Apparently, some case-by-case exclusions may continue.)
In his second inaugural address , President Obama said, “What makes us exceptional, what makes us America is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago. ‘ We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, and [sic] among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.’”
President Barack Obama’s inauguration for his second term was held on Martin Luther King’s birthday with Obama’s hand on King’s and...
I am a critic of subsidies for green technologies. I don't think it is at all certain how efficient technologies like solar and wind power
To prepare your own tax return, you don't need a license. Should you have to have IRS approval to prepare one for someone else? The IRS decided you did. And because it decided this approval would be contingent on paying fees and getting training, it imposed new costs on professional tax preparers -- and threatened the viability of small tax-preparation businesses that didn't generate enough revenue to justify the costs.
Today at noon, President Obama gave a long-awaited announcement saying that he intends to introduce legislation soon that would ban assault
"Fight to be free." These are the words of Republican Senator and businessman Ron Johnson, and he is so committed to the fight, he had the..
Atlas Summit 2012 -- The heroes of Atlas Shrugged are rational, productive businesspeople. In Ayn Rand's thought, a career represents the
Notice, first, that the objects of loyalty are human and institutional. One is loyal to a friend, an organization, a spouse, a country...
In order to "preserve competition," the Obama administration forced a food company to sell a dairy plant. The buyer: a private-equity outfit. The plant is no longer in competition. As the Wall Street Journal reports, it is closed .
British Prime Minister David Cameron is urging the leaders of the major industrialized countries to engage in a concerted global war to...
Chicago playwright John Enright discussed his work Wild Flowers at this year's Atlas Summit, and presented a video of the play. Wild Flowers
The FTC has ended its investigation of Google with a settlement that interferes—but not as much as some Google competitors had wanted—with
Atlas Summit 2012 -- We hear all the time that “capitalism is the system that has shaped our world”. However, the fact that capitalism is a
The law required ATMs to advise users of transaction fees both through stickers and through on-screen or printed
The signals from the anonymous sources have changed. Until recently, the predictions were that the Federal Trade Commission would settle its case against Google this month with only relatively mild restrictions on Google’s ability to rain benefits on its users and make a profit for itself—and those restrictions wouldn’t be backed by a court order.
Yawn! The world ended again, this time on December 21, 2012, as predicted by the Mayan calendar. Seems few of the actual Mayans in the
In this talk, delivered at the 2012 Atlas Summit, Professor Stephen Hicks presents an Objectivist perspective on entrepreneurship and
Feb. 11, 2013 -- Upgrade and maintenance work is currently being done on our website. During this period a few items may not function properly. We apologize for any inconvenience. The work will be completed by next Wednesday.
If you own a motel, should it be taken away from you because of what your customers do in the space you provide them? Federal and local officials in Tewksbury, Mass., said yes; the Institute for Justice said no; and today, a federal magistrate judge agreed with IJ , sparing the Caswell Motel.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has announced that the U.S. military will make its default policy one of equality for women. No general class of jobs, including combat-related positions, will be off-limits to female soldiers once a transition phase is completed. (Apparently, some case-by-case exclusions may continue.)
In his second inaugural address , President Obama said, “What makes us exceptional, what makes us America is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago. ‘ We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, and [sic] among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.’”
President Barack Obama’s inauguration for his second term was held on Martin Luther King’s birthday with Obama’s hand on King’s and...
I am a critic of subsidies for green technologies. I don't think it is at all certain how efficient technologies like solar and wind power
To prepare your own tax return, you don't need a license. Should you have to have IRS approval to prepare one for someone else? The IRS decided you did. And because it decided this approval would be contingent on paying fees and getting training, it imposed new costs on professional tax preparers -- and threatened the viability of small tax-preparation businesses that didn't generate enough revenue to justify the costs.
Today at noon, President Obama gave a long-awaited announcement saying that he intends to introduce legislation soon that would ban assault
"Fight to be free." These are the words of Republican Senator and businessman Ron Johnson, and he is so committed to the fight, he had the..
Atlas Summit 2012 -- The heroes of Atlas Shrugged are rational, productive businesspeople. In Ayn Rand's thought, a career represents the
Notice, first, that the objects of loyalty are human and institutional. One is loyal to a friend, an organization, a spouse, a country...
In order to "preserve competition," the Obama administration forced a food company to sell a dairy plant. The buyer: a private-equity outfit. The plant is no longer in competition. As the Wall Street Journal reports, it is closed .
British Prime Minister David Cameron is urging the leaders of the major industrialized countries to engage in a concerted global war to...
Chicago playwright John Enright discussed his work Wild Flowers at this year's Atlas Summit, and presented a video of the play. Wild Flowers
The FTC has ended its investigation of Google with a settlement that interferes—but not as much as some Google competitors had wanted—with
Atlas Summit 2012 -- We hear all the time that “capitalism is the system that has shaped our world”. However, the fact that capitalism is a
The law required ATMs to advise users of transaction fees both through stickers and through on-screen or printed
The signals from the anonymous sources have changed. Until recently, the predictions were that the Federal Trade Commission would settle its case against Google this month with only relatively mild restrictions on Google’s ability to rain benefits on its users and make a profit for itself—and those restrictions wouldn’t be backed by a court order.
Yawn! The world ended again, this time on December 21, 2012, as predicted by the Mayan calendar. Seems few of the actual Mayans in the
In this talk, delivered at the 2012 Atlas Summit, Professor Stephen Hicks presents an Objectivist perspective on entrepreneurship and