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. . . Paved With Good Intentions

Modern Liberals Are Blind to the Practical Consequences of Their Policy Prescriptions

FEBRUARY 01, 1996 by ROBERT JAMES BIDINOTTO

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From Liberalism to Tribalism

The Disenfranchisement of the Individual Means the Empowerment of Gangs

JANUARY 01, 1996 by ROBERT JAMES BIDINOTTO

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Conspiracy or Consensus?

A Powerful Force Is Dragging Society Down

NOVEMBER 01, 1995 by ROBERT JAMES BIDINOTTO

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Marketing Individualism

No One Need Sacrifice His Integrity in Pursuit of Popularity

OCTOBER 01, 1995 by ROBERT JAMES BIDINOTTO

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Persuasion or Popularity?

Some Misconceive the Purpose of a Column in a Magazine of Ideas

SEPTEMBER 01, 1995 by ROBERT JAMES BIDINOTTO

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Justice or Utility

Society Should Punish Criminals in Proportion to Their Crimes

AUGUST 01, 1995 by ROBERT JAMES BIDINOTTO

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Beyond the Pale

A Purely Negative, Anti-Governmental Focus Is Bankrupt

JULY 01, 1995 by ROBERT JAMES BIDINOTTO

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The "Root Causes" of Crime

We Must Address the Moral Abdication Occurring in Our Homes, Communities, and Institutions

JUNE 01, 1995 by ROBERT JAMES BIDINOTTO

Since 1960, per capita crime rates have more than tripled, while violent crime rates have nearly quintupled. By any measure, we live in a nation much less safe than that in which our parents grew up.This simply cries out for an explanation. What in our modern society could possibly account for the sudden and explosive growth in force, fraud, and coercion?

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In Praise of Pain

The Compassion Lobby's Claim to Moral Concern Is Fraudulent

MAY 01, 1995 by ROBERT JAMES BIDINOTTO

Babies will starve, modern Chicken Littles warn, because teenage mothers will be deprived of "their" food stamps. Little children in schools will go hungry, because the new Scrooges on Capitol Hill will rob them of "their" school lunches. The elderly will lose "their" Medicare and Social Security. Opera enthusiasts will lose taxsubsidized encounters with Wagner and Puccini, and pre-schoolers the daily inspiration of Barney the Dinosaur, all because of plans to close down "their" local public broadcasting stations.