Archive for Ridgway K. Foley Jr.

Stewards of the Candle, Keepers of the Flame

Mr. Foley, a partner in Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, practices law in Portland, Oregon. He is a Trustee of The Foundation for Economic Education. Tier incessant attrition of the Remnant, coupled with an obvious and concomitant decay of civilization, calls forth general thoughts of the consequences of morbidity and mortality, and particular concern [...]

1Aug1984 | | 0 comments | Continued

In the Name of Protection

Mr. Foley, a partner in Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, practices law in Portland, Oregon. Liberty falters by reason of the cumulative effect of myriad little follies, each in itself relatively insignificant but in concert producing a resounding crescendo of slavery. Tiny assaults on voluntary action tend to lull us to sleep or at [...]

1Jul1984 | | 0 comments | Continued

Our Fair Share

Mr. Foley, a partner in Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, practices law in Portland, Oregon. A constant cry peals across the land: “give us our fair share.” A variety of results is expected by these claimants. For example, advocates may seek “a fair share” of manufacturing profits or insured employment for the workers, a [...]

1Mar1984 | | 0 comments | Continued

The Irony of Eternal Vigilance

Mr. Foley, a partner in Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, practices law in Portland, Oregon. Common political folklore advises citizens mulcted by the persistent mirror evils of entitlement and regulation to “become involved in the governmental process in order to hold your own” and thus maintain their lives, liberties, and properties against the ravages [...]

1Dec1983 | | 0 comments | Continued

The Myth of Self-Regulation

Mr. Foley, a partner in Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, practices law in Portland, Oregon. Myth shrouds the concept of industrial and professional self-regulation like a thick coastal fog, obscuring fundamental truth and casting light and shadows of chimera and deception. Analysis should disperse the fog and dispel the myth, revealing to the world [...]

1Oct1983 | | 0 comments | Continued

The Fine Art of Cheating

Mr. Foley, a partner in Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, practices law in Portland, Oregon. Periodic revelations of academic scandal enliven collegiate communities and titillate followers of current events. Every few years, the popular press reveals a consortium between university ballplayers and professional gamblers designed to predetermine the outcome of school athletic contests to [...]

1Nov1982 | | 0 comments | Continued

The Social Role of Business

Mr. Foley, a partner in Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, practices law in Portland, Oregon. The current fashion is to pontificate, sometimes to excess, concerning the social role of modern business and the social responsibility of trade entities in late twentieth-century society. Given this tendency, the nature and appropriate role of business in any [...]

1Oct1982 | | 0 comments | Continued

The Elements of a Fair System of Taxation

Mr. Foley, a partner in Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, practices law in Portland, Oregon. The current mania for tax limitation, tax reform or tax protest provokes the more intense inquiry into the rationale and justification for any system of taxation and the proper structure of a fair conceptual framework for exercise of this [...]

1Sep1982 | | 0 comments | Continued

The Source of Sovereignty

Mr. Foley, a partner in Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, practices law in Portland, Oregon. I. Perspective The concept of sovereignty—the monopoly of coercive power wielded by the state—lies at the root of almost all statist dreams and schemes. It provides the jurisprudential underpinning to the thrust of political power. It seems to war [...]

1Mar1982 | | 1 comment | Continued

Prior Restraint

Mr. Foley, a partner in Schwebe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, practices law in Portland Oregon. “Ideas have consequences” observed that eminent historian, Richard Weaver,[1] and so they do. But ideas do not only produce, occasion or effect consequences; they are also results of earlier ideas, principles and concepts which, in turn, proceed, true or [...]

1Oct1981 | | 0 comments | Continued

Why Right Does Not Triumph

Mr. Foley, a partner in Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, practices law in Portland, Ponder a question which perplexes most of those persons professing allegiance to the political, economic, social and moral principles characterizing the right side of the political spectrum: Why does the position fail to gain adherents and reach ascendancy? Why do [...]

1Aug1981 | | 1 comment | Continued

On Recapturing Liberty

Let man’s coercive nature give way to the creativity of individual choice.

1May1979 | | 0 comments | Continued

"Affected with a Public Interest"

The law has made a distinction that lacks economic and moral justification.

1Sep1978 | | 0 comments | Continued

The Problem with Power

The urge to force improvement of others often precludes their voluntary cooperation.

1Mar1978 | | 1 comment | Continued

The Texture of Society

The nature and uses of government and of market transactions as means to the free society.

1Aug1977 | | 0 comments | Continued

Commitment

For silent devotion to principle and open demonstration of purpose.

1Mar1977 | | 0 comments | Continued

You Can’t Sell Freedom to a Starving Man

But the truth is that for untold centuries before the discovery of freedom, men starved.

1Dec1976 | | 0 comments | Continued
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