Rising youth support for socialism recalls early American lessons
The polls illustrate a trend: younger, more-liberal Americans are more receptive to leftist ideas, while older, more-conservative Americans continue to prefer traditional ones.
Americans should ask: Are we still a people who believe freedom is worth sacrifice? Do we still see leadership as service, not dominion? Are we still a nation capable of moral resolve?
In this third installment of "words matter," we look at how to properly use the words forgive, mandate, fascism, and Marxism.
A thought occurred to me as I was traveling through the North Carolina Piedmont last week. The notion didn’t have to do with my location but was instead prompted by the lecture I was listening to on the way. It was one of an excellent series on the world’s political hot spots issued by a...
Professor teaches class being white, Christian and heterosexual are signs of fascism “This school year, a group of California high school students were supposed to receive top-notch instruction from college professors, but one of those professors reportedly decided to inject politics into their lesson plan.” How politically convenient that these three attributes are the signs...
The United States was founded on the principle that government exists to protect the natural rights of the governed, including, especially, the natural right to liberty. The Declaration of Independence says so explicitly. The Constitution — signed 233 years ago today — is clearly an attempt to give practical expression to that principle. The Constitution...
The Vermont senator benefits from the ignorance of supporters who believe socialism somehow stands for justice and equality.
Ideas are powerful. They change minds and motivate behavior. They are also potentially dangerous.
From the outset the authors reject American exceptionalism and, as in Oliver Stone’s movies, the United States is always the villain.
Those who dismiss complaints about ideological balance and diversity in public universities ask what the harm is in exposing students to "new ideas." Are they serious?
House Bill 2 highlights the disturbing tactic of using government to enforce personal preferences, not to protect liberty.
There’s no more accurate way to describe government’s rules and regulations restricting the freedom of contract between housing buyers and sellers.