Yes, there is beauty in philosophy, art, and science, and we must appreciate that beauty. I would even argue we should be in awe of the achievements of past thinkers. But philosophy, art, and science don’t progress in a simple linear fashion from darkness to light. We also don’t simply repeat ourselves in an endless cycling through ideas, concepts and depictions. There are enduring themes of truth and beauty, but our statements about them are subject to continual refinement.
December 6, 2019 Medicare and Medicaid Destroyed Healthcare
In a December 1 Washington Post article entitled “Yes, Americans are Feeling the Squeeze. It’s Coming from Health Care,” Post columnist Robert Samuelson points out, “In the early 1960s, before Medicare and Medicaid, which were enacted in 1965, health spending was about 2 percent of federal outlays. Now it is nearly one-third, at $1.3 trillion.” Samuelson goes on ...
Socialism and the Green New Deal are Economically Impossible
by Richard Ebeling
The Spanish philosopher, George Santayana (1863-1952) is usually credited with the phrase, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Nowhere ...
Should There Be a Federal Cap on Interest Rates?
by Laurence M. Vance
Although every state has laws that limit the rate of interest that can be charged on loans, there exist broad exemptions, exceptions, and loopholes ...
The Libertarian Angle: Socialism in America, Part 3
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
A majority of millennials approve of socialism, and progressives are gaining more influence with every election. What ...
The Destruction of American Liberty
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, were a watershed event for the United States, not ...
Habits of the Heart and Character of Mind
by Richard M. Ebeling
In American election cycles all of the possible candidates for government office of both major political parties assure those who may vote for them ...
