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While Freedom Flourishes in New Hampshire, the Rest of New England Is a Different Story

Most of New England has some work to do to keep up with New Hampshire’s status as the nation’s freest state. In the latest edition of the Cato Institute’s Freedom in the 50 States report, while New Hampshire finishes first in overall freedom (an index of personal and economic freedom), the other five New England states each …

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Christianity Ended Slavery

Remember this about slavery and racism: As of 300 years ago, slavery had been a normal practice nearly worldwide throughout human history. In the U.S., free Blacks, as well as whites, owned slaves (e.g., in 1830, about 3,770 blacks owned slaves).

Freedom, Protectionism, and Selling The Rope By Which Anti-Capitalists Will Hang Themselves

Economic Freedom: “[E]conomic prosperity comes and goes as adherence to the principles of economic freedom comes and goes.”  – John Taylor (First Principles)   And this is because we elect those that promise much that Government will do for them while never saying that the tradoff is the reduction in Freedom for how you can …

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On Commenting and GroupThought

Long-time readers know that I used to confront the Eco-Socialists over at Treehugger by 1) bringing a Freedom/Liberty viewpoint to them (which wasn’t all that well received most of the time) and 2) trying to hold up a mirror to their “inclusive” mantra to show their groupthink wasn’t inclusive nor “diverse.”

Notable Quote – “…A Battle Between Freedom and Subjugation”

Emphasis mine: Condemning capitalism is nothing new in this country. We’ve heard the angry criticisms all of our lives, and they weren’t novel when we were young. It’s tragic, really, that so many in the West see the tension between “capitalists” and their ideological opponents as merely a conflict between ideas about which economic system …

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