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This is in addition to an article titled “How the left was won”
We are presented with visions of big government beating down big business and helping the small businessman and laborer.  Government tells us that it will protect us by putting reins on Wall Street, requiring expensive drug testing, and regulating hedge funds.  Why then [...]

I, like many of you, have always wondered why it is that liberal economics dominate the ranks of well-educated, intelligent, financially well-off people.  Why people that would benefit from welfare and other transfers of wealth would vote democrat is self-explanatory.  However, the reasoning behind a wealthy businessman, an educated and well paid college professor, or [...]

Rise of Reason has been a bit quiet lately as I have been fairly busy with business and applying to graduate schools.  However, I’m dedicating more time to spreading the value of freedom!
I am curious to know if there is anything any of you want to see an article about.  If there is anything in [...]

When I debate my points regarding free markets and free societies I often find myself being criticized by my more left-leaning rival debater for being “heartless” and having no compassion for my fellow man.  If I may be so blunt, I find my positions to hold the highest possible moral ground.  Allow me to explain.
Many [...]

It sounds like such an ugly term, “Robber Baron.”  The phrase brings to mind thoughts of abuse and theft.  But who and what exactly did these so called Robber Barons rob?
The most famous Robber Barons were John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.  Each of these men built up remarkable wealth – each would [...]

I remember being told on sports teams that it was not winning that mattered, but having a good time. Well, damn it, I have a good time winning! Competition is bad. That’s what our nation is teaching children; it is also what the nation’s teachers’ unions are pushing on our public school [...]