You often hear--even from supposed defenders of capitalism--statements like "capitalism isn't so good, but at least its better than socialism." The neoconservative intellectual Irving Kristol famously gave only "two cheers for capitalism." So many people on the right seem to adopt the leftist bromide that capitalism is somehow exploitative or inhumane; its just less so than the alternatives
On Tuesday, the Furman University Conservative Students for a Better Tomorrow (CSBT) brought Chip Saltsman, a former National Campaign Manager to Mike Huckabee and contender for RNC Chair to give the lecture "Huckaboom! The Inside Story." CSBT described the event thusly:
Yesterday, we highlighted the University of Arizona's attempts to stop a screening of Not Evil Just Wrong. Today, you'll find out what happens when a student e-mails classmates and invites them to watch the documentary that dares to question Al Gore.
What happens when a documentary is released that dares to question academia's current darling--the "crisis" of global warming? Will universities allow campus to be a "marketplace of ideas" and present two sides to this controversial science?
I was back at Temple University yesterday where several liberals came out to debate me on the issues. First we debated Glenn Beck, Fox News, Taxes, Abortion, and then Israel vs Palestine.
Matriarch of modern conservatism Phyllis Schlafly had a few words to say about socialized healthcare. It turns out the public option is really a public mandate.
What happens when several hundred copies of your conservative newspaper are stolen and six months later copies of that issue show up in pictures on Facebook?
