HIGHLAND, UT | 30 April 2008| Life on planet Earth is fraught with danger. All things and all people living upon the face thereof are mortal and therefore susceptible to death. There are many things that can kill a human being. But until John Bonifield of CNN.com reported on the disease of “lack...

HIGHLAND, UT | 28 April 2008 |  Thinking of refusing to pay your taxes or break any other law of the land? Perhaps you would reconsider. Action movie star Wesley Snipes has recently learned first hand that law is force and the government will impose its will. Travis Reed of the Associated Press reported last...

First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was...

HIGHLAND, UT | 23 APRIL 2008 | In 1964, Ayn Rand wrote about the chaos that was previously the radio industry. She explained that capitalism was the perceived blame for this chaos but countered that the lack of ownership of the airwaves, rather than a rational system of ownership of them, was the actual...

HIGHLAND, UT | 21 April 2008 | Productivity and prosperity can often come in the most obscure and unexpected places. Many people have talents and strengths that lie hidden from themselves but are apparent to others. Many call these strengths and talents unique abilities. Everyone has at least one unique...

MAPLETON, UT | 17 April 2008 | In the kibbutzim of Israel, as in communal societies around the world, an entire generation attempted to live by the ideology of collectivism. Years later, all such social experiments have ended with one choice: adopt capitalist principles or cease to exist. The consequences...

HIGHLAND, UT | 17 April 2008 | Does a person’s right to keep and bear arms stop at the border of the state he lives in? Or is the 2nd Amendment valid for the entire nation? Current firearms laws vary from state to state. Some states have reciprocity agreements with other states while others refuse...

HIGHLAND, UT | 15 April 2008 | Fiver hundred years ago, Sir Thomas More wrote of a society of peace and tranquility. He called it Utopia. It is hailed by some as an ideal communism and the term has become fallen into use to mean an impractical scheme. Perhaps the State of Utah did not fully understand...

HIGHLAND, UT | 14 April 2008 | The Senate last week approved S. 2636, the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008. This is the first in a series of government interventions that attempt to salvage the current housing market crisis. This bill must now pass the House of Representatives before it can go to the...

HIGHLAND, UT | 10 April 2008 | It is a scene straight out of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. People standing around waiting to get home. Government officials demanding action. Regulators inspecting shoddy work from ambivalent workers. Chaos everywhere. And no one willing to take responsibility. Only...