Chuck Rogér
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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on October 13, 2010 at 09:18 am
"Trade" is a behavior through which two or more parties gain mutual benefit. In other words, if the participants weren't benefiting somehow, the "trade" in question would not be occurring.With…...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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on October 12, 2010 at 09:07 am
Should government steal a higher percentage of income from "rich" people than from less-wealthy taxpayers?The New York Times discusses the "more basic matter of fairness, whether a person who earns…...
Monday, October 11, 2010
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on October 11, 2010 at 10:01 am
Actually, the typical free-market interferer is a combination of an truth-twisting ideologue, ignoramus, and fool.A fundamental element of the union mentality onto which liberals have hitched their political wagons has…...
Friday, October 08, 2010
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on October 8, 2010 at 01:11 am
"It took time to free the slaves," proclaimed Barack Obama during a recent speech aimed at salvaging support for his fundamental transformation of America. Our president, a man who views…...
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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on October 6, 2010 at 07:43 am
Yesterday's post, "Are union bosses and liberal politicians who whine about 'lost jobs' being dishonest or just clueless?" generated an interesting response from a reader who wrote, Everything that we…...
Monday, October 04, 2010
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on October 4, 2010 at 09:40 am
In the beginning, Barack Obama assigned himself the mission of saving people that he saw as beaten down by capitalism and the modern world. Method was obvious to Obama. Americans…...
Friday, September 24, 2010
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on September 24, 2010 at 09:08 am
Nowadays, winning the Nobel Prize in economics recognizes one's talent for embracing the arrogant, condescending attitude of a big government, central planning elitist. Nobel laureate and New York Times resident…...
Thursday, September 23, 2010
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on September 23, 2010 at 07:44 am
Americans' right to express opinions is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. But what if someone shouts "Fire!" in a public place when in fact there…...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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on September 21, 2010 at 11:13 am
I gotta roll, can't stand still; got a flaming heart, can't get my fill. - Led Zeppelin, 1971 Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" lyrics saluted the "if it feels good, do it"…...
Friday, September 17, 2010
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on September 17, 2010 at 09:48 am
Every year, Wall Street strategist Byron Wien of The Blackstone Group conducts a meeting with wealthy people to discuss the global economy and investing. This year the group--50 individuals, including…...
Thursday, September 16, 2010
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on September 16, 2010 at 02:28 am
When someone is described as having a "career as an environmental activist," you know you are dealing with a lefty ideologue. But for our edification, we turn to the source…...
Thursday, September 09, 2010
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on September 9, 2010 at 12:24 pm
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants Americans to embrace the Ground Zero Mosque as a step toward "building an interfaith community." The Mayor believes that the mosque would "bring…...
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
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on September 8, 2010 at 09:36 am
Imagine living in a isolated commune with hundreds of other people from age five. Everybody observes an unchanging dietary regimen of veggies, grains, beans, and water in meager proportions for…...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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on August 31, 2010 at 08:01 am
The liberal or "progressive" dogma of moral equivalence produces some of the most absurd comparisons imaginable. Let's briefly analyze questions asked recently by Michel Martin, who works for the taxpayer-funded…...
Monday, August 30, 2010
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on August 30, 2010 at 11:27 am
We've got to stop beating around the bush. Economically, America may be in a life-threatening situation and getting out of trouble is going to be not so fun.Monty, of Monty…...
Thursday, August 26, 2010
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on August 26, 2010 at 09:35 am
The arrogant liberal intellect has a knack for putting on a show. Columbia University economist Joseph Stiglitz is a showman. I have dissected Stiglitz's illogic once before, in an early…...
Monday, August 23, 2010
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on August 23, 2010 at 11:01 am
Which approach draws out the best in the human organism? 1) Allow people the freedom to think, produce, earn and interact in ways that benefit everyone who chooses to think,…...
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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on August 19, 2010 at 09:11 am
The American people have trusted tyrants. In 2008, Democrats campaigned on promises to change the way Washington conducts business. But now amid the worst economic times since the Great Depression,…...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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on August 18, 2010 at 08:25 am
People say some dumb things. I've said my share. But when it comes to sounding truly clueless, over-the-top, shrill, or hyperbolic, liberals win hands down. For instance, take something that…...
Friday, August 13, 2010
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on August 13, 2010 at 10:30 am
The Obama Presidency crowned a century of progressivism that drove America far away from traditional social and economic values. So far away that Obama was elected partly because of…...
Thursday, August 12, 2010
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on August 12, 2010 at 08:14 am
There are few better places to find nonsensical "thought" than in the education arena. A myth that captures a lot of attention is the falsehood that more money buys better…...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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on August 4, 2010 at 10:41 am
How to stop criminals from re-offending? Manhattan Institute's Howard Husock recently testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee as to the effectiveness of a recidivism reduction approach that engages the private…...
Friday, July 30, 2010
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on July 30, 2010 at 10:15 am
First the unsurprising fact: In Scotland, wind turbines are yielding far less than the "expected" levels of electrical power--about half. Now the government's comical response: Blame "unusually calm weather." But…...
Friday, July 23, 2010
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on July 23, 2010 at 03:30 pm
Rasmussen recently conducted a poll to see which political party the voters trust more. Here is a table summarizing the results, which indicate the percentage of voters who trust the…...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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on July 21, 2010 at 09:19 am
One morning, twenty-seven years ago, I saw daybreak. It seemed as though a crazy painter had stretched a crazy canvas across my window, for an impossibly intense backdrop framed the…...
Friday, July 02, 2010
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on July 2, 2010 at 10:00 am
Should Americans be concerned about a Federal Communications Commission official having once suggested that if government doesn't help minorities reduprint\fcc-covert-print.htmce white ownership of broadcast media, then only violence would assure…...
Thursday, June 24, 2010
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on June 24, 2010 at 07:46 am
Let's do a little exercise. Your employer pays you. With part of the income, you pay your property, sales, and income taxes. Part of the taxes go to pay teachers'…...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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on June 22, 2010 at 09:40 am
Tomorrow's post will bring to you an article of mine that originally appeared on American Thinker. The piece sums up how Harvard Professor Donald Berwick, if confirmed as Obama's appointee…...
Monday, June 21, 2010
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on June 21, 2010 at 11:43 am
Why does the big government control mentality of statists like Barack Obama always create misery? Economist Steven Horowitz provides a partial answer in a thought-provoking piece in The Freeman Online.…...
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
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on June 9, 2010 at 08:18 am
Take a gander at the opening line from a New York Times story. Blacks and Latinos were nine times as likely as whites to be stopped by the police in…...
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