Is “Fair Trade” Really Fair?
May 25th, 2012
Free Markets work best when they’re, well, free. In the case of “Fair Trade” certified coffee, which is the rave at restaurants, coffeehouses and grocery stores, markets are manipulated to make folks feel better. As with a plethora of progressive policies, the only people that benefit from the program are those...
Our Discussion with Mick Zais
May 23rd, 2012
Throughout this legislative session, I’ve spoken regularly on the issue of educational freedom in South Carolina. That’s because I believe that putting parents back in charge of their child’s education is the most efficient, effective and ethical way to ensure that children in our state are learning. That’s...
Recovering from the President
May 23rd, 2012
This morning the Wall Street Journal’s opinion page is topped with an article titled “How the Recovery Went Wrong.” This timely piece, written by former American Express CEO Harvey Golub, explores the waste, fraud and abuse that derailed a robust recovery from one of the worst recessions in our lifetime. While...
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
May 22nd, 2012
On my recent flight to California to visit the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, I read Why We Whisper by Senator Jim DeMint and Clemson Political Science Professor Dr. David Woodard. This excellent book correctly diagnoses the problems, both economic and social, facing our country as the symptoms of secular progressivism....
Hobbes Has Held Us Back
May 14th, 2012
For most of us the title “father” is a desirable distinction. Though it implies great responsibility, it also carries great promise and purpose. Throughout history, the title has been applied not only to the biological father of children, but to great leaders the world commemorates as committed and courageous....
Unachievable Utopia
May 9th, 2012
Last evening I met with our “Doing the Right Thing” small group in Greenville, where we discussed the moral and ethical challenges facing our country. At the beginning of the meeting I asked each participant to share what they believe is the greatest threat to American freedom, and they all agreed on an answer....
Constitutionally Stealing Elections in South Carolina
May 3rd, 2012
One of the most critical and quintessential aspects of republican government is free and fair elections. If the integrity of the electoral process breaks down, so does the American system of self-government and representative democracy. That’s why, here in South Carolina, we’re now faced with one of the most fundamental...
Free Market of Ideas
May 1st, 2012
In observing human history, and our present times, it has become painfully obvious to me that the folks who most oppose freedom are those fighting for failed ideas. To the hopeless ideologue who hopes to defy the record of recorded human history, freedom is an unacceptable and existential threat to their ideology....
Is calling the Bible “bulls**t” bullying?
May 1st, 2012
Apparently not! Sex columnist Dan Savage, President Obama’s appointee to the Commission Against Bullying, decided to go on an anti-Bible rant this past weekend at the NSPA/JEA’s annual High School Journalism convention.
Speaking to 9th-12th graders, Savage not only pushed his pro-gay agenda, but also called...
We Can Build It, But Not Fly On It?
Apr 30th, 2012
Last week was an historic week here in South Carolina, with the roll out of the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner completed in our state. While this is a triumph of the free market on the one hand, as South Carolina stood up to the NLRB’s bullying of Boeing with regard to union contracts, it isn’t free market capitalism...
Oh for a Dollar Worth Something
Apr 27th, 2012
Though each of us uses American dollars to pay for products and services each and every day, we rarely take the time to think of the value of money. No, this isn’t going to be some heavy-handed metaphor wherein I try and teach a deeper life lesson using money as an example. Instead, I truly wonder what would happen...
Fighting for Federalism
Apr 27th, 2012
The greatness of America’s grand experiment in self-government is that it is based on human reality. Our nation’s founders understood the essence of human nature, which is imperfect and incomplete, and constructed our Constitution accordingly. The United States Constitution establishes a republican form of government...
All is True – or – True for All? A Study in Moral Relativism
Apr 23rd, 2012
There’s a debate raging in our country that’s greater than that of Democrat vs. Republican or Right vs. Left; it is a debate over the very foundation of freedom, and the legitimacy of law. Incessant attacks on American culture, our Constitution and the Judeo-Christian Ethic that is their foundation, has left America...
The Manifesto of a Cultural Conservative
Apr 20th, 2012
Thursday evening, Grove City College in Pennsylvania, one of our country’s foremost conservative colleges, hosted a debate over the future of freedom and the conservative movement. The event featured two folks that, for all intents and purposes, I’d have expected to be on the same side of the ledger: Matt Kibbe...
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- I'm honored to be a speaker at the June 8th Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally in G'ville. Join us! http://t.co/CP1qfK9M 7 mins ago
- Is there no nation on Earth that has a truly free market? We'll tell you today on Common Cents! Join us at 5pm on... http://t.co/hJkguKLx 3 hrs ago
- Today on Common Cents, is it too late for America? We don't think so! Tune in at 5pm on 92.9FM/660AM in Upstate SC! 1 day ago
- Enjoyed talking with my colleague on 660AM/92.9FM in Upstate SC @HughHewitt out in California! Keep up the fight for freedom! 3 days ago
- Every American Patriot would've been stirred by our call to action today on "Common Cents." Truth must prevail... http://t.co/ovhBTIIb 3 days ago
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