Archive for Miller Upton

Perspective: Individual Rights

The term “human rights” is the semantic monstrosity of the day. There are no human rights, only individual rights. Clearly, humanity has no rights. The ultimate reality of existence imposes on everyone obligations to one’s self and to those with whom one shares the existence. Individual members of the human species therefore enjoy rights in [...]

1Jun1990 | | 0 comments | Continued

A Page on Freedom: Number 16

“I’m for the Achiever” I have just about reached the end of my tolerance for the way our society now seems to have sympathetic concern only for the misfit, the pervert, the drug addict, the drifter, the chronic criminal, the under-achiever. It seems to me we have lost touch with reality and become warped in [...]

1Feb1985 | | 0 comments | Continued

A Year That Will Live in Infamy

Dr. Upton is formerly the President of Beloit College and long a Trustee of The Foundation for Economic Education.       In our futile attempts to provide psychological freedom (freedom from fear, want, hunger, poverty, etc.) we have sacrificed our constitutional liberty (freedom from government). Because of the nature of the human condition, we [...]

1Dec1984 | | 0 comments | Continued

Political Freedom Is Not Enough

We need liberty as well as democracy!

1Sep1974 | | 0 comments | Continued

"I’m for the Achiever!"

Let’s encourage individual excellence.

1Mar1973 | | 0 comments | Continued

The Relativity of Relativity

Despite the appeal of relativity, there are certain absolutes and standards to be observed in the search for truth, believes the president of Beloit College.

1Jan1966 | | 0 comments | Continued

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