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I Don’t Need Ted Cruz
ByjbpLast week, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was spotted on an airplane. Normally, this wouldn’t attract attention from the media, social or otherwise. However, Cruz was leaving Texas just days before a winter storm was about to do nasty things to the state. And this didn’t sit well with some on social media. One user wrote,…
Low-income Individuals Need Property Rights
Government programs and policies may help some low-income individuals survive, but they do not and cannot lift anyone from poverty. Only the protection of property rights enables individuals to improve their economic status, and this is particularly true of those who have little or no property. The right to property means the freedom to create,…
Conflicting “Rights”
If we examine nearly any political issue, from health care to housing, from jobs to wages, we will find claims of conflicting “rights.” Individuals claim that they have a right to decent housing, while landlords claim that they have a right to choose their tenants. Employees claim that they have a right to a “living…
After Today Comes Tomorrow
We are constantly presented with some “crisis,” some issue that the media, activists, and politicians claim requires immediate attention and action. They focus on some problem, whether real or imagined, and argue that we must do something. Today. But after today comes tomorrow. Certainly, there are times in life when immediate action is necessary to…
Nullification: The Practical vs. the Moral
ByjbpThis was originally posted on Live Oaks on February 1, 2010. Comments have not been migrated. Last Friday’s post on Glenn Beck drew some defense of his position on the grounds of nullification. I didn’t specifically address nullification in that post, but my comments certainly had implications on the issue. Since the individual defending nullification…
The Two Sides of the Censorship Coin
Sen. Ted Cruz has long been a critic of social media, claiming that they censor conservative content on their platforms. He has suggested using the anti-trust laws to stop companies like Facebook, Twitter, and You Tube from operating their businesses as they choose. Forcing companies to allow content is the flip side of prohibiting them…