Our View on Environmentalists and Global Wealth
A columnist argues that disasters reflect poverty from repressive policy and underdevelopment rather than mere misfortune. Wealthier nations resist such crises due to solid infrastructure and medical care, while environmental movements oppose growth. The piece urges embracing technology and property rights to raise living standards worldwide.
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Manila
Africa
Russia
California
Aaron Brook
Ayn Rand Institute
United States
Brook
Underlying assumptions in gun control debate
Thomas Sowell argues that public policy debates reveal deeper differences in assumptions. He cites Herbert Simon’s critique of gun control and warns that emotional, one-issue fixes can worsen other harms, noting economic analyses of minimum wage and rent control. He stresses policy must weigh trade offs and real-world consequences, not claims of perfect safety.
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Herbert Simon
Times-Leader
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Simon
Lowell
United States
Brazil
Russia
Switzerland
Israel
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Gore claims life begins after conception debate on Meet the Press
Cal Thomas argues that Al Gore shifted stance on abortion from pro life to pro choice citing Gore’s remarks on Meet the Press and a Nashville news conference. The column asserts Gore’s denial that life begins at conception and cites scientists and doctors backing conceptions start of life.
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al Gore
Gore
Tim Russert
National Abortion Rights Action League
Nashville
The
Chicago Tribune
Montreal
Senate
Hymie Sordon
Department of Genetics
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Jerome Lejeune
Social Science and Modern Society
White House
Thomas
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