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Elecciones y democracia

La cultura del déficit en Estados Unidos

We’ve heard for years that the government’s deficit was too big. They said it of Reagan’s deficit and George W. Bush’s. But no government...

Dec 1, 2010
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9 minutos
Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts

The first great post-election policy decision facing the lame-duck, Democrat-dominated Congress is whether or not to allow taxes to

Nov 23, 2010
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Edward Hudgins
5 minutos
Diferencias ideológicas y evolución política

Enero de 2001 -- Con ambos candidatos presidenciales abogando por planes de educación, planes de atención sanitaria y planes de recorte de impuestos, y haciendo alarde de su relig

21 de octubre de 2010
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David Kelley Ph.D
9 minutos
La corrupción de la democracia

Los reformistas políticos llevan mucho tiempo soñando con expulsar el dinero del templo de la democracia. Sostienen que las contribuciones a las campañas de individuos ricos y grupos de interés compran influencia -subvenciones gubernamentales, exenciones de regulaciones onerosas y enmiendas de intereses especiales a la legislación-, violando el principio de "un hombre, un voto". El dinero también paga los abrasivos "anuncios temáticos" durante la temporada electoral, envenenando la atmósfera de debate racional de las reuniones municipales con la que sueñan los idealistas democráticos.

12 de octubre de 2010
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David Kelley Ph.D
11 minutos
Las condiciones conceptuales de la libertad

Cuando George W. Bush era Presidente y los republicanos controlaban ambas cámaras del Congreso, algunos liberales desesperados se volvieron hacia George...

2 de octubre de 2010
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David Kelley Ph.D
7 minutos
Tea Party Candidates and the "Crane Rule"

In the wake of the victory of Christine O’Donnell, backed by Tea Party members, over establishment Republican Mike Castle in Delaware’s

28 de septiembre de 2010
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Edward Hudgins
6 minutos
¿Salsa para el productor es salsa para el vividor?

Todd Henderson, of the group blog “Truth on the Market,” had a suggestion last Thursday : Subject politicians to the same good-governance

Sep 13, 2010
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3 minutos
The Lightweight: Meghan McCain

Just as you thought American pop-politics could go no lower, a woman with real curb appeal appears on the political scene. Meghan McCain

Sep 3, 2010
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Ilana Mercer
4 minutos
¿Cuál es el punto de vista objetivista sobre la democracia?

A system of government with elected representatives is a good thing, but more fundamental than the form by which the government is chosen...

29 de junio de 2010
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D. Moskovitz
6 minutos
El hombre con el toque Midas inverso

“I’m really looking forward to hearing a speech by someone who is involved in innovation, knows America’s place in the world market and has

26 de junio de 2010
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4 minutos
Obama al G-20: Imprima más dinero, no lo fabrique

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is not returning U.S. President Barack Obama's calls. I'm being theatrical. Obama is demanding that Germany

26 de junio de 2010
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Ilana Mercer
4 minutos
El club de la lucha: cómo la mala política convierte a los buenos vecinos en rivales

Front, my side (call us the “Alliance for Choice”) was recently crushed by the Egalitarian Axis in the Battle of the Universal Pre-K Lottery

26 de junio de 2010
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10 minutos
Producers vs. Expropriators: America's Coming Civil War?

This is not mere rhetoric. It describes a crack in the American community that since Barack Obama’s election as president has widened into..

21 de junio de 2010
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Edward Hudgins
4 minutos
Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan

February 6, 2004 -- Today is the birthday of a great man who, tragically, doesn’t know it. Ronald Reagan is 93 years old, but Alzheimer’s...

4 de abril de 2010
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Edward Hudgins
2 minutos
Example of Our First President

George Washington unfortunately has become a cliché. For an older generation, he was too often treated as such a mythic figure that it was..

Mar 18, 2010
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Edward Hudgins
4 minutos
Are Americans Really Free & Equal?

we celebrate the creation of the United States of America. Our birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence, reads, "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal.

Mar 16, 2010
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Edward Hudgins
5 minutos
Victoria provida de Scott Brown

Republican Scott Brown has been elected to fill the U.S. Senate seat for Massachusetts that arch-Liberal Ted Kennedy had filled...

Feb 27, 2010
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William Thomas
3 minutos
Obama Chicks in Bondage

Winston Churchill famously observed that, “socialism is the equal sharing of misery.” In the same spirit, Democratic presidential candidate

Oct 24, 2008
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Edward Hudgins
7 minutos
Obama and McCain: The Selfless-Driven Interviews

The first 2008 presidential election event involving the presumptive nominees, Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Obama and Arizona Republic

Aug 19, 2008
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Edward Hudgins
5 minutos
Salir del conservadurismo

There is no commonly-acknowledged conservative position today, and any claim to the contrary is easy to make sport of...

Mar 1, 2007
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Robert James Bidinotto
12 minutos

Promovemos el Objetivismo abierto: la filosofía de la razón, el logro, el individualismo y la libertad.