Category archive: Libertarianism
Libertarianism Is the Antidote for ‘Public Policy’ on Poverty
By Chuck Roger • July 27th, 2011 12:00 am
Originally at American Thinker By Chuck Rogér By exaggerating the severity of poverty in America, progressives attempt to justify higher levels of wealth redistribution. By over-classifying people as “poor,” progressive politicians further enable the dependency which got those politicians elected in the first place. Worst of all, encouraging dependency yields more dependency. A new study [...]
The libertarian heart and mind
By Chuck Roger • December 14th, 2009 2:01 am
I have been trying to articulate the points that Hoover Institution’s Michael Petrilli makes as he explains his thinking on how Republicans can expand their voting base without sacrificing core values. What’s needed is a full-fledged effort to cultivate “Whole Foods Republicans”—independent-minded voters who embrace a progressive lifestyle but not progressive politics. These highly-educated individuals [...]
Grape apes, wine, and whiners
By Chuck Roger • December 2nd, 2009 3:33 am
Sprawled on the canyon floor, Mog wakens to the sight of two jagged walls of mastodon bones cradling a big blue snake overhead. The brain-fog lifts and he beholds the mid-morning sky meandering between cliff-tops. Head pounding, Mog struggles onto all-fours, lets his head drop, and stares between his arms and legs. Noticing a purplish splotch [...]
No-Catch 22
By Chuck Roger • August 26th, 2009 3:53 am
As fewer and fewer Americans cling to the feel-good which they got from King Hopey-Changey’s ascendancy, more and more people know that we are in deep trouble. How could responsible politicians—if they exist—reverse the damage inflicted by President Obama’s corrupt machine and a suicidal Democrat Congress? Slash tax rates. People will spend more. Phase out [...]
