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Many issues of the day concern the concept of “rights.” Most of us are familiar with the three rights named in the Declaration of Independence – the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But now we hear of a plethora of rights – the right to a free education, the right to healthcare, the right to an abortion, the right to a living wage, the right not to be offended, and so on. To have an intelligible discussion of any of these, it is important to define what is meant by a “right” and what is the source of rights. Only then can you decide whether a …

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Student loan forgiveness is an issue of integrity Just as a bridge needs physical integrity to function properly, so you need ethical integrity to function properly. In both cases, when integrity is breached, disaster is the result. Putting aside the government’s role in creating outlandishly high college tuition through tuition subsidies, and why the government should not be in the student loan business in the first place, what is the morality of student loan forgiveness? Facts of student loans The facts are that you borrowed money from the government. That is, you borrowed money from me and the other American taxpayers, and you promised to pay it back. Regardless of …

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Once again in August 2022, Islam rears its ugly head in the attempted murder of author Salman Rushdie because he dared (over 30 years ago) to criticize Islam. And now Harry Potter author JK Rowling is receiving threats for her support of him. Evils committed in the name of Islam The continuing terrors conducted by Islamic jihadists are a major concern in both America and the rest of the world. Today, we read about increased incidents of shootings, knife attacks, cars crashing into crowds, suicide bombers, female genital mutilation, and so on, all by Muslims following the dictates of Islam. Even the tragedy of 9/11 was not something new. And …

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WHAT??? Critical Race Theory activists say that America is a white supremacist society! … White racism is inevitable! … If you deny you are a racist, then you are a racist! … America is racist! … Individualism is racist! … Meritocracy is racist! We are hearing these slogans and others like them more and more from Critical Race Theory advocates and activists. What is Critical Race Theory? Is it a benign passing fad, or is it something we should really be concerned about? First, a definition of racism, so you know what I mean by the term. Racism is judging people on their race, and more generally on things over …

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The existence of institutional racism is a major point of Critical Race Theory (CRT), but the major cause of its existence has not been identified by CRT proponents. They only identified THAT the government was the cause, but not WHY the government was able to promote racism. The institutionalization of racism The institutionalization of racism was given a major boost by Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s explicitly racist New Deal policies, passed by a Democrat-controlled Congress and administered by a Democrat administration. These are described in uncomfortable detail in The Color of Law. [1] This government-sanctioned and government-enforced racism is a severe blot on American principles, and the history of the government’s …

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America is an achievement unequalled in history. We planted the seeds of freedom, individual rights, and individualism in 1776 that had not existed in the history of mankind to the degree that we have today.[1] Our tree of freedom is not yet mature. Some major branches of the tree are the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Although America has weathered many storms such as the Civil War, it is still struggling against the onslaughts of various forms of collectivism. Whether the tree of freedom reaches full maturity is still an open question. Introduction to the context of America’s …

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