Opinion

Flag burning and free speech: A question of who owns the flag

To agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial. It is the institution of private property that protects and implements the right to disagree. —Ayn Rand, “What is Capitalism?” During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump tweeted that he believed people who burned the American...

Dr. Roy Cordato

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‘Occupy’ Protesters Could Learn Much From Palmer’s Morality of Capitalism

The Morality of Capitalism is aimed especially at young people who have gotten a negative impression of capitalism — as the subtitle accurately suggests, college students are likely to hear little that’s good or accurate about it in their courses — but even veterans of the battle for liberty will find a lot of fresh, intriguing material here.

George Leef
Opinion

Brookhiser’s Right Time, Right Place Works on Different Levels

This is a smoothly written book that can be read on several levels — the history of modern conservatism, the rise and decline of Reaganism, country boy comes to the big city. Best, it's what the subtitle says: a story of a young writer growing through triumph and trial, both of them at the hands of an exasperating man who loved him in return.

Hal Young