Tag Archive 'political freedom'

What Cost is Freedom Worth?

Maybe, just maybe, guns do serve the purpose of holding back the tyrants boot heel.
The data show that (although exceptions can be found) the nations with the highest rates of gun ownerhsip tend to have greater political and civil freedom, greater economic freedom and prosperity, and much less corruption than other nations. The relationship only [...]

“We are tired of leaders who rather than asking what we can do for our country, ask nothing of us at all.”

That’s part of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ response to the SOTU last night.
Jim Hoft’s reaction: “Huh?” and drawing the obvious comparison to another famous redistributionist.
My first thought was: “Ask? Well I’d be much happier if they’d ‘ask’; that implies I can say no. Instead they all seem to pretty much insist [...]