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FCC Deregulation and the Church Page
No sooner had the Federal Communications Commission relaxed its limits on the ownership of broadcast properties than some members of the Senate Commerce Committee — Republicans and Democrats alike — issued dire warnings about the threat of an impending stranglehold on democratic society by Big Media. A possible legislative override of the decision was hinted at. Sen. Olympia Snowe, Republican of Maine, described the FCC’s June 2 decision as “a victory for free enterprise but it is not a victory for free speech.”Enron is still with us
What do Enron and the New York Times have in common? “Enronizing” the truth, fudging the facts, and turning blind eyes to the facts, for the sake of a "greater good."Tax cuts and the Triple Crown
Economic geldings cannot conceive of an economy that is fruitful, so their view of justice requires redistribution of wealth.The cost of confronting Fidel
As the world waited for the war with Iraq to begin, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was up to his old tricks. In early April, 75 Cuban dissidents—journalists, opposition party leaders, human rights advocates and pro-democracy activists were arrested, tried and convicted for treason as part of a crackdown that began on March 18. Since this crackdown began, three have already been executed and others placed in prison.Philosopher on the factory floor: The sacramental entrepreneurship of François Michelin
Over the course of And Why Not? the journalists Ivan Levai and Yves Messarovitch assail Michelin with one statist platitude after another, only to have the gentle philosopher-industrialist patiently expose errors of conventional thinking.The rise of the black entrepreneur: A new force for economic and moral leadership
As such, the strategies and rhetoric of past eras need to be cast aside in favor of the new era of leadership offered by black entrepreneurs.The sugar cane cutters of Bermejo: A lesson in self-reliance
In March, I was one of 12 college students in partnership with Worldwide Christian Schools and COCREF, Colegios Cristianos Reformados (Christian Reformed Schools) who spent their spring break helping in the expansion of Apocalipsis Christian, an elementary school with 255 children in grades K-4Guatemala at the crossroads: The future of free market reforms
The next president must take the long view of political and economic reform, focusing on those reforms necessary to obtaining the long-term benefits of a free market system, set within the appropriate moral framework.Gephardt, Big Labor, and the undermining of the World Trade Organization
Richard Gephardt's plan to use the World Trade Organization (WTO) to impose minimum labor standards on member nations should be rejected.Ethics and layoffs
The relationship between employee and employer is not one of exploitation, as Marx would have it, but of mutual benefit.Teachers Need to be Taught, Too!
The Book of Proverbs provides much insight into the living of a virtuous life and its truths are as valid today as they were nearly three thousand years ago. In the verse above, the author of Proverbs warns us that the person who hates being corrected is a person who is not wise and not likely ever to become so. No one enjoys being criticized, but most recognize that criticism and correction are essential for learning and living a virtuous life.In defense of the minimal
To properly appreciate government, we must recognize its inherent limits.