All Posts Tagged With: "right to bear arms"
Do We Really Want a Right to Health Care?
Do you have a right to health care? People want a right to health care because they think it will guarantee them the services they need. But might obtaining health care as a political right rather than a market commodity have a downside? The government cannot produce or purchase an infinite amount of health care. [...]
20Apr2010 | Theodore Levy | 4 comments | ContinuedBook Reviews – April 2008
- Globalization by Donald J. Boudreaux Reviewed by Richard M. Ebeling
- Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement by Brian Doherty Reviewed by Bettina Bien Greaves
- Armed America: The Remarkable Story of How and Why Guns Became as American as Apple Pie by Clayton E. Cramer Reviewed by George C. Leef
- The European Economy Since 1945: Coordinated Capitalism and Beyond by Barry Eichengreen Reviewed by Waldemar Ingdahl
A Year at the Movies
It’s been decades since Hollywood regularly produced films celebrating such notions as liberty, individualism, and hard work. However, a few exceptions periodically make it to local movie theaters. Indeed, 2000 turned out to be a relatively good year for watching individuals take risks and fight tyranny on the silver screen. In Gladiator, for example, Russell [...]
1Dec2000 | Raymond J. Keating | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Second Amendment in the Light of American Republicanism
The “transforming” ideology of America’s revolutionary period saw the chief conflict in society as one between liberty and power. That ideology synthesized themes from several sources.[1] Given the differing origins and jumping-off points of classical liberalism and classical republicanism (the two most important elements), the American “synthesis” might be expected to undergo some unraveling when up against the harder problems of political life.
1Jun1999 | Joseph R. Stromberg | 4 comments | ContinuedReading the Second Amendment
“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” —Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Is this sentence so hard to understand? Apparently so. Even some of its defenders don’t like how it is worded because it [...]
1Feb1998 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | Continued-
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