The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.

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Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function...

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be...

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be...

Too much of what is called education is little more than an expensive isolation from...

Too much of what is called education is little more than an expensive isolation from...

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about...

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about...

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why...

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who...

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The real minimum wage is zero.

The real minimum wage is zero.

If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone...

If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone...

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could...

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could...

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price...

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price...

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and...

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and...

The most basic function of government is to provide a framework of law and order,...

The most basic function of government is to provide a framework of law and order,...

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of...

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of...

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends...

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends...

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the...

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the...