Monthly Archives: September 2010

A Misguided Distinction–or Not? Tibor R. Machan When working out what should guide public institutions and policies in our lives and human communities, those who chime in from ancient to contemporary times have advanced various proposals and they have often … Continue reading →

Rejecting Anti-Natural Rights Tibor R. Machan President Obama’s friend and former colleague Cass Sunstein, now apparently on leave from Harvard Law School, would have us believe that our rights are granted to us by government.  Sunstein and his co-author Stephen … Continue reading →

Why Rip Off The Rich? Tibor R. Machan This fracas about letting the Bush tax cut expire for those making more than the arbitrary amount of $250K per year is bizarre.  Never mind for now that the entire system of … Continue reading →

State Fundamentalism Tibor R. Machan True, the idea came to me after having read many of Paul Krugman’s missives, both his columns in The New York Times and essays in such magazines as The New York Review of Books.  In … Continue reading →

Politicians’ Criminal Minds Tibor R. Machan It may have been either Will Rogers or Mark Twain, I cannot now recall which of the two great American humorists it was, who said all politicians are criminals. But it makes no difference … Continue reading →

No Way Could I Support Republicans Tibor R. Machan Now and then I am subject to serious consternation about not being able to address concrete political issues, ones that occupy the attention of some many politicians and pundits.  Do I … Continue reading →

Property Rights and Law Tibor R. Machan Some have been demeaning the right to private property–which is very closely linked to America’s political tradition and if sufficiently discredited would also help destroy the country–because such a right is supposedly created … Continue reading →

Sharron Angle & the Right to be Armed Tibor R. Machan It is not an unfamiliar ploy–if you have no arguments, try to ridicule or just be snide, belittle your adversary.  This is what has been going on with the … Continue reading →

Tony Judt’s Last Prevarications Tibor R. Machan As a loyal though reluctant reader of The New York Review of Books–too masochistic an experience at times but in my line of work unavoidable–I have read a lot of essays by the … Continue reading →

Tea Party Strategy Anyone? Tibor R. Machan My involvement in Tea Party matters is virtually nil.  I follow the movement’s doings by reading both pro and con comments on its candidates and leaders, as well as listening to what some … Continue reading →