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Free Market Solutions
This post is the second in a series. Before I could determine if Ayn Rand was correct in claiming that “without property rights, no other rights are possible,” I had to understand what property rights really means. Sure, I could recite the definition: “The right to property means the freedom to produce, use, and trade…
Conflicting “Rights”
In a recent column about open carry, Houston Chronicle business writer Chris Tomlinson writes: Texas law prioritizes property and employer rights over the individual’s right to bear arms, he [attorney David Barron] explained. Property owners may prohibit the concealed or open carry of weapons if they post the appropriate sign at every entrance. According to…
The “Right” to Housing
Material values must be created. And to create material values, individuals must be virtuous. They must adhere to certain moral principles if they are to successfully create the values that we want and need. Morally, those who create material values are the rightful owners of those values. Those values are their property, to use, trade,…
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…
Sell the Damn Dams
In August, the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) announced plans to drain four lakes beginning September 16. GBRA said dewatering was necessary to avert potential failure of spillgates on the dams creating the lakes. Two other lakes have already been drained. GBRA says that it doesn’t have the funds to repair the spillgates. Property owners along…