Archive for Edmund A. Opitz
Freedom and Majority Rule
The publisher of the London Times came to this country a few years after World War I. A banquet in his honor was held in New York City, and at the appropriate time Lord Northcliffe rose to his feet to propose a toast. Prohibition was in effect, you will recall, and the beverage customarily drunk [...]
1Jun2005 | Edmund A. Opitz | 0 comments | ContinuedBusiness and Ethics
The Rev. Edmund Opitz is a contributing editor and a former member of FEE’s staff and board of trustees. This is reprinted from the December 1983 issue of The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty. Mr. X manufactures gizmos in a plant which uses the varied skills of a thousand employees. These people might cheerfully acknowledge that [...]
1Jan2004 | Edmund A. Opitz | 2 comments | ContinuedLeonard E. Read: A Portrait
The Reverend Mr. Opitz, a contributing editor of The Freeman, was a senior staff member of the Foundation for Economic Education until his retirement in 1992. He was book review editor of The Freeman for many years. Leonard started out as a farm boy in the small town of Hubbardston, Michigan. There are always chores [...]
1Sep1998 | Edmund A. Opitz | 4 comments | ContinuedThe Disadvantages of Being Educated edited by Robert M. Thornton
Hallberg Publishing Corp., Tampa, Florida 33623 • 1996 • 221 pages • $14.95 paperback The Reverend Mr. Opitz served on the senior staff of The Foundation for Economic Education for 37 years. Now retired, he continues to serve FEE as a Trustee, and as a contributing editor of The Freeman. The Disadvantages of Being Educated [...]
1Jul1997 | Edmund A. Opitz | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Literature of Liberty
The Reverend Mr. Opitz, a contributing editor of The Freeman, was a senior staff member of the Foundation for Economic Education until his retirement in 1992. He was book review editor of The Freeman for many years. In addition to editing the book review section of The Freeman, Dr. Batemarco is a [...]
1May1996 | and Edmund A. Opitz | 1 comment | ContinuedA Reviewer Remembered: John Chamberlain 1903-1995
John Chamberlain lived with the printed word most of his life. He was a reader from his earliest years and during his four years at Yale acquired a command of Western Civilization’s literary treasures. John’s fine literary sense developed early, along with a superb style. John’s first book was a history of the Progressive Era [...]
1Jun1995 | Edmund A. Opitz | 1 comment | ContinuedEthics And Business
Mr. Opitz, an associate editor of The Freeman, served as a member of the staff of The Foundation for Economic Education from 1955 until his retirement in 1992. This paper was delivered at St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas. A few years ago there was an immensely popular television series, named after Dallas. The central [...]
1Mar1993 | Edmund A. Opitz | 1 comment | ContinuedDefending Freedom And The Free Society
Mr. Opitz, an associate editor of The Freeman, served as a member of the staff of The Foundation for Economic Education from 1955 until his retirement in 1992. He is the author of the book Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies, recently republished by FEE. Countless generations of men have lived in unfree societies, but [...]
1Jan1993 | Edmund A. Opitz | 0 comments | ContinuedFreedom and Majority Rule
The Reverend Mr. Opitz is a member of the staff of The Foundation for Economic Education, a seminar lecturer, and author of the book Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay is adapted from an article that appeared in the January 1977 issue of The Freeman. Lord Northcliffe, the publisher of the London Times, [...]
1Aug1992 | Edmund A. Opitz | 1 comment | ContinuedBook Review: The Impossible H. L. Mencken: A Selection of His Best Newspaper Stories edited by Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
Doubleday, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10103 • 1991 • 707 pages • $27.50 cloth; $14.95 paper Reading Mencken cleanses the mind of cant and drivel, raises the blood pressure, and starts the adrenaline pumping. He may move us to furious dissent or cheerful agreement, but no one reads him unmoved. He may leave [...]
1Jul1992 | Edmund A. Opitz | 0 comments | ContinuedBiblical Roots of American Liberty
The Reverend Mr Opitz is a member of the staff of The Foundation for Economic Education and is the author of the book Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. The First Amendment to the Constitution forbids Congress to set up an official church; there was to be no “Church of the United States” as a [...]
1Jul1991 | Edmund A. Opitz | 0 comments | ContinuedEconomics Has the Answer: Whats the Question?
The Reverend Mr. Opitz is a member of the staff of The Foundation for Economic Education and is the author of the book Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. Adam Smith’s monumental achievement was to enlarge the individual person’s freedom of action in economic affairs, and thus in other sectors of his life as well. [...]
1Apr1989 | Edmund A. Opitz | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Liberating Arts
The Reverend Mr. Opitz (now deceased) was a member of the staff of The Foundation for Economic Education and the author of the book Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. “The Liberating Arts” was presented as a FEE Seminar lecture in Alderbrook, Washington, in 1988. The recent movie called Out of Africa has acquainted millions of Americans with the name [...]
1Dec1988 | Edmund A. Opitz | 0 comments | ContinuedPerspective: The Way of Freedom
The human spirit seeks full and free expression in every department of life: in the spoken and written word; in music, sculpture and architecture; in sport and play. And also in work. Man’s work, when people are free, takes form as the market economy; and the free economy generates the material support the human spirit [...]
1Jun1988 | Edmund A. Opitz | 0 comments | ContinuedEqual: But Not the Same
The Reverend Mr, Opitz is a member of the staff of The Foundation for Economic Education, a seminar lecturer, and author of the book, Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies, The real American revolution of two hundred years ago took place in the minds of people; it was a philosophical revolution which evolved a new [...]
1Apr1988 | Edmund A. Opitz | 0 comments | ContinuedHuman Nature and the Free Society
The Reverend Mr. Opitz is a member of the staff of The Foundation for Economic Education, a seminar lecturer, and author of the book, Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. Is there anything in the basic makeup of the men and women we know, or those we read about in the press, or encounter in [...]
1Oct1987 | Edmund A. Opitz | 0 comments | ContinuedConstitutional Restraints on Power
The Reverend Mr. Opitz is a member of the staff of The Foundation for Economic Education, a seminar lecturer, and author of the book, Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article originally appeared in the April 1978 Freeman and is reprinted here to mark the 200th anniversary of the completion of the writing of [...]
1Sep1987 | Edmund A. Opitz | 0 comments | Continued-
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