In 1986 the United Kingdom government enacted the Public Order Act [see here]. For many this legislation has stifled not only insulting speech but most speech. Here’s the thing: if something that you say (that is speech) can wind you up in prison, why would you take a chance and say anything remotely controversial? Why…
An updated look at the classic Leonard E. Read essay on the complex, self-ordering chaos that is the free-market system. [Competitive Enterprise Institute]
I took a look at the basic questions that were not put to ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice here. Now, although basic questions have not been asked of either Rice of President Obama, it seems Congress is still unable to unlock such basic inquiries as “Mr. Morrell, you say Ms. Rice was speaking from an…
What would it be like to live in a society where a minority of citizens, this minority based upon their skin tone let’s say, could make sweeping accusations about the majority of this same society, this majority again being based on their skin tone? And what would it be like if this minority could enlist…
Israel’s relations with its Islamic and Arab neighbours has declined massively over the last four years. This has been evidenced by vitriolic statements made by Islamic leaders such as Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi, as well as incursions and rocket fire into Israeli lands. The so-called Arab Spring has resulted in a de facto isolationist stance by…
The Benghazi 9/11 Affair has not been highlighted by the old media. In fact the background General Petraeus story has allowed even less focus on the true sequence of events. President Obama has been allowed by the non-free press to avoid such basic questions as 1) Where were you before, during and after the attack?,…
To think of the power that Connie Hedegaard, European Union commissioner for climate, has. With one swipe of her mighty pen she can hold back the tides on global warming. But don’t be so perturbed: she is only performing this noble deed in order to bribe the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) into submission. The…
In the UK, an un-free society, you are really restricted in having a negative opinion about things like religious observance. And you are really restricted in expressing a negative opinion on religion. And you are really, really restricted in expressing hatred toward a religion. Abu Qatadar (AQ) really, really despises the West. He really, really…
It sounds like a good word. A great word even: EQUAL. It’s nice. Only two syllables; plenty of speaking time for other words. Here’s the problem. The concept of equality of outcomes (when everyone must become equal) is a communist or utopian concept. No one is inherently equal. We are born that way, but each…
I took a brief look this morning through some of the main media presence. Here in Canada, google.ca came through with a poppy motif, as did the CBC main news page surprisingly. The UK had a mixed message with the BBC main news site focusing on Obama’s win of Florida, but google.co.uk did have the…
Life, liberty & the non-pursuit of socialism 