Archive for Category: "Law"
Obama’s Contraception Coverage
The primary impact from this perspective is, of course, the fact that the decision, with an almost experimental deliberateness, pits the loyalty of Catholics to the Church against their loyalty to the state. It is the pitting of two institutions, both of which claim obedience and loyalty, against each other.
Registered Trademark and Then You Die
Kevin O’Brien explores registered trademarks during the happiest season of all: Christmas.
Immigration
It is a compounded tragedy that within the United States, a country founded upon the notion of liberty for all, we are creating a slave class, a sector of human beings who, because they are not citizens, have no legal rights. Faceless, nameless, penniless illegal immigrants are prey for wolves.
Capitalist Monopolies vs Distributist Guilds
Capitalists claim that the power of the guild over local business will lower quality, raise prices, and generally be bad for everyone. Considering that this is precisely what has happened under capitalist monopolies, let’s consider how well those claims stand up.
Will the Real Capitalism Please Stand Up?
Capitalists wonder why we distributists would oppose capitalism. It would be easy to answer this if there were a true, consistently held definition of capitalism. What do you mean when you say “capitalism?” The definition I hear most often from various capitalist pundits is the equally vague term, “free market,” but what does that really mean?
Protecting the Plutocracy: Intellectual Property
Ostensibly designed to protect intellectual property, the DMCA provides for civil and criminal penalties for the violation of the intellectual property rights of others.
Let Freedom Ring
You better not even discuss the potential economic impact of buying locally because your action may influence someone’s purchasing decisions; thereby having a potential impact on interstate commerce and government schemes to regulate prices and the economy in general. Don’t even think about it, because that may influence your own decisions.
Free Cars for the Poor?
The poor need to get jobs in order to improve themselves. But before they can get a job, they need to have a car; but before they can get a car, they need to have a job to pay for that car.