It is better to win debates with deniers than to imprison them.
Author: Walter Block (Walter Block)
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What Makes Campus Wokesters Evil?
It is important to pinpoint exactly what makes the actions of campus wokesters evil. It’s not their speech codes that should concern us, but their stealing of rights through fraud.
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Geographical Diversity May Be The Next Affirmative Action Trojan Horse
Affirmative action advocates aren't likely to stop trying to implement their racial politics even after the Supreme Court's decision. A "geographical diversity" law in Arkansas may be the model for the left's next move.
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The Uvalde Massacre Shows the Uselessness of Gun Control and Police Protection
Politicians are trying to use the Uvalde school shooting to introduce new gun control measures, but the horrible event actually shows how useless government is at protecting the vulnerable.
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The Koch Billionaires Jump Into the Critical Race Theory Debate
The billionaire Koch family—long a funder of conservative political causes and favorite whipping boy of the left—recently announced its opposition to government bans on teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) in schools, a fact which does not sit well with many on the right. In light of this recent announcement, we present a continuation of a debate on...
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To Ban or Not to Ban Critical Race Theory: A Debate
Not to Ban, by Walter E. Block: Extirpating Critical Race Theory (CRT) from schools is a hot-button issue for many politicians. While I do not take a position for or against CRT, I would like to assess the propriety of CRT being debated and taught at colleges and universities. Both proponents and opponents say that...
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Let Trans Athletes Have Their Own Sport Competitions
Nowadays, feminists are all up in arms about the insertion of males who declare themselves to be females into women’s sports. This is not an unreasonable concern for, if encouraged, or even allowed, transsexuals will sound the death knell of female athletic competitions. The latest episode of transgender incursions in women’s sports concerns New Zealand weightlifter...
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Why There Are So Few Female Chess Grandmasters
Only those of very hard hearts can fail to admire Beth, the heroine of Walter Tevis’s magnificent novel, and now a popular television series, The Queen’s Gambit. We love the idea of her, a girl who makes good, starting off from very modest beginnings. She overcomes alcohol and drug addictions and rises to the very top...
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Closing Basketball’s Racial Gap
There is a tremendous, unwarranted, unfair, unjust basketball gap that exists between whites and blacks, much to the disadvantage of the former. Simple elementary social justice requires that this divergence be closed as soon as possible; sooner than that if at all feasible. This is a situation that cries out to the heavens for redress....
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The COVID Vaccine Is a Product of Systemic Racism
(This op-ed is written by a politically correct analyst, who will remain anonymous, but brought to you by Walter E. Block.) I cannot in good conscience take the COVID vaccine. Why not? Because its producers are mainly toxic white males. We wokesters want a COVID vaccine created in a more inclusive manner. Yes, yes, we...
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A Flawed Impeachment for ‘Incitement’
President Donald Trump was hastily impeached by the House for a second time on Wednesday for “inciting insurrection.” Legislators accused Trump of egging on, instigating, and inciting his supporters to engage in insurrection and overthrow the U.S. government, starting with a violent attack on Congress. Uttering phrases such as, “You will never take back our...
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The Case for Laissez-Faire Capitalism
Under laissez-faire capitalism, government is limited to armies, which keep foreign bad guys from attacking us; police, to quell local criminals; and courts, to determine guilt and innocence. This is roughly the position of minimal-government libertarians, or minarchists. The foundation of law in this system is the non-aggression principle (NAP). The NAP provides that anyone...