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Save Energy, Get Punished
Government chiefs claim they want to reduce environmental damage and promote energy conservation, but in practice, they punish people for doing this
May 1, 2008
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Should Hate Speech be Banned?
Speech is a danger if it directly incites people to physically attack the targeted group. But if speech only offends a targeted group, this is not considered a crime.
April 1, 2008
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
A New Catholic Sin: being obscenely wealthy
The Vatican has revised the traditional Catholic “Seven Deadly Sins” with new ones, including “being obscenely wealthy.”
April 1, 2008
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Tiny Democracy for Michigan and Florida
How can the Democratic Party chiefs claim they can govern better, when they cannot even manage an orderly primary election process?
March 1, 2008
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Judges Impose Education Monopoly
California judges have ruled that parents are legally forbidden to home-school their children unless they have obtained a teaching credential from the state.
March 1, 2008
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
William F. Buckley the Georgist
Few people know that William F. Buckley was a Georgist, an adherent of the policies espoused by the American economist and social reformer, Henry George.
February 1, 2008
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Spray! BAM! Thank you, Uncle Sam!
The Federal government forces California to spray to eradicate a moth and causes health and environmental problems
February 1, 2008
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
A Confederation of Palestine and Israel
A Palestinian state is inevitable, and it is also impossible for it to exist without an association with Israel.
February 1, 2008
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
The Government Declares War on Buttocks
The FCC seeks to inflict a $1.4 million fine against 52 ABC television stations because they showed naked buttocks in a “NYPD Blue” show in 2003
January 1, 2008
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
The Origins of Evil
Philosophers have pondered the problem of evil for thousands of years, and yet very strangely, they have not even arrived at a consensus about what evil is.
December 1, 2007
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Legal Tender and Illegal Toughness
Government heavies enforce money monopoly
November 1, 2007
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Pandemonium in Pakistan
With nukes at stake, Pakistan must take steps to stabilize democracy
November 1, 2007
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
America drifts closer to fascism
Having been criticized for its previous mishandling of the Katrina disaster in New Orleans, the FEMA chiefs placed their own fake reporters in a phony news conference
October 1, 2007
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
The Burma Slaves
Little jingles capture the pathos of the oppressed
October 1, 2007
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Indigenous Rights
While the U.N. declares land rights to indigenous people, Anglo conquerors are afraid they may have to forfeit land
October 1, 2007
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Abolish All Copyright!
Lawyers turn rights into wrongs
September 1, 2007
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Henry Plottre and the Democratic Candidates' Search for Magic
A magical story of the War in Iraq - Part II
August 1, 2007
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Independence for Kosovo
Do the Kosovars have a natural right to independence?
July 1, 2007
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Russia's North-Pole Land Grab
Russia is trying to claim what once was owned by nobody and used only by indigenous hunters. Might there be a better way to satisfy everyone's interests?
June 1, 2007
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Mass Democracy Fails in Gaza
The civil war between the Fatah and Hamas parties in Gaza and the victory by Hamas militants is yet another example of the dismal failure of mass democracy
June 1, 2007
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
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