On June 7, 1776, the Virginian Richard Henry Lee introduced the following resolution on the floor of the Second Continental Congress:
That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that...
George H Smith author of the recent "System of Liberty" has some videos on the subject:
A HISTORY OF LIBERTARIAN IDEAS, Part 1, George H. Smith - YouTube
History of Libertarian Ideas, 2: Liberty of Conscience - YouTube
RUSH: Earth Day. Forty-three years ago, Earth Day, 1970. I have here from our friends at FreedomWorks, they went back and did the research: "13 Worst Predictions Made on Earth Day, 1970." Now, this is important, folks. These are the environmentalist wackos who are alive and thriving today...
“The Fascist Bargain” from the book an article by Jonah Goldberg:
Many liberals are correct when they bemoan the collusion of government
and corporations. They even have a point when they decry special
deals for Halliburton or Archer Daniels Midland as proof of
creeping fascism. What they...
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"Epistemology is a science devoted to the discovery of the proper methods of acquiring and validating knowledge."
"Since man is not omniscient or infallible, you have to discover what you can claim as knowledge and how to prove the validity of your conclusions. Does man...
First post - just learning the ropes. This is a post from the Ayn Rand Lexicon 'Daily Quotes' and if this continues, there will be more of these and quotes from other sources as well. We'll see. Suggestions encouraged... and this is for rational discussion.
Americans have known how to erect a...
A sense of life is a pre-conceptual equivalent of metaphysics, an emotional, subconsciously integrated appraisal of man and of existence. It sets the nature of a man’s emotional responses and the essence of his character.
Long before he is old enough to grasp such a concept as metaphysics, man...