Liberalism

Charlie Hebdo, Free Expression and the Freedom to Offend

Jan 7, 2015

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Apologists, Barack Obama, Charlie Hebdo, Fascism, France, Islam, Islamists, Liberalism, Paris, Xenophobia

I was unusually proud of Obama today when I saw that he was making a full-throated defense of free expression in the wake of today’s savage attack of the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris. It’s good to see Obama standing up for human rights, and more importantly for the core values of our civilization:…
Why Government Spending is not the Answer

Nov 12, 2012

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Capitalism, Economics, Free Markets, Government, Government Spending, Keynes, Liberalism, Milton Friedman, Taxes, Trade-Offs, Utility

Since Obama just won (congrats btw), we have some time to accept that America just made a resounding endorsement of Keynesianism. This is not a good thing. I can only assume that most Americans don’t understand the danger of government spending, or that Mitt Romney was an exceptionally bad messenger for liberalization. The latter is…