The following is an index of my older editorials in Hawaii Reporter, with the oldest pieces on the top and the later ones on the bottom.
Atlas Shrugging in Hawaii Thursday, February 14, 2002 -- Valentine's Day
This is first article for Hawaii Reporter, about the state government's strangling of Hawaii's economy. It was republished on FreeRepublic.Com on February 28, 2002.
| Hawaii Reporter Version | Free Republic Version |
What Capitalism Is and Is Not Thursday, February 27, 2002
"Any time anyone violates a right to life, liberty or property, it is not an act of capitalism, but a violation of capitalism, regardless if the perpetrator is rich. A corporate executive who steals is not a capitalist but an anti-capitalist."
Respecting the Selfishness of Others Thursday, March 14, 2002
"There’s nothing inherently wrong with living for oneself, working for one’s own profit, when it does no harm to others, such as many productive entrepreneurs have done. The real problem isn’t 'pro-self-ism,' but 'anti-others-ism.'"
The Altruist Dystopia Friday, March 15, 2002
It's often assumed that an altruist society would be great, but how valid is that?
Leftist Michael Moore: Enemy of the Worker Monday, March 25, 2002 -- Tuesday, March 26, 2002
"His crusade against private enterprise won’t wreck your company today or tomorrow, but, as long as his influence continues to grow, he just might ruin you in the future if he ever gets his way."
| Part 1 | Part 2 |
For the American "Empire" Monday, April 1, 2002
"If 'American cultural imperialism' means the worldwide spread of the concepts of reason, individual rights, and free enterprise ... then let’s welcome more of it."
Philosophic Poverty from Leftist Michael Moore Tuesday, April 2, 2002
"Michael Moore, the author of the best-selling Stupid White Men, blames American free enterprise for Sept. 11's terrorist attacks."
Who Is the Unfair FAIR Trying to Fool? Wednesday, April 3, 2002
The inaccurately self-named propaganda group FAIR is vindictively trying to get ABC News reporter John Stossel fired.
Note: A link to this article appears at the nationally-recognized SupportJohnStossel.Com.
Positive Reform Through Good Philosophy Thursday, April 4, 2002
"The main problem isn’t that immoral people manage to manipulate the public into voting for them, but that the system itself encourages and rewards the passing of immoral laws."
Freedom Before Democracy Friday, April 5, 2002
America's Founding Fathers "understood that democratic voting could only work if individual rights always superseded it."
The Propriety of Property Tuesday, April 9, 2002 -- Wednesday, April 10, 2002
"A world without property is a world without rights, as all rights are property rights."
| Part 1 | Part 2 |
Ralph Nader's Ideal Economy Friday, April 12, 2002
"Ralph Nader, the Green Party’s 2000 Presidential candidate, has an unconditional grudge against corporations. Yet he maintains he’s no Marxist. ... [T]hen what sort of economic system would he most want to live under?"
Voluntary Alternatives to Taxation Tuesday, April 16, 2002 -- The Day After Tax Day
"[A]ren’t taxes required to keep society free? No. There are voluntary methods of funding government, with the state remaining able to adequately function."
More Greed, More Trees Thursday, April 18, 2002 -- Four Days Till Earth Day
"[M]arket economics give timber companies an incentive to make sure that the tree supply doesn’t dwindle. If they cut down all the trees in the entire world, for example, the complete absence of their product (trees) would drive them bankrupt."
The Contaminated Case Against Chemicals Thursday, April 18, 2002
"Certainly the risky aspects of chemicals, particularly pesticides, should be known. However, we could also keep in mind that the environmental movement has largely exaggerated the dangers of chemicals for its own ideological purposes."
| Part 1 | Part 2 |
Where "Free-Market Environmentalism" Misses the Point Thursday, April 18, 2002
"Human beings have their own natural right to exist. People have no obligation to sacrifice their own comfort just so that some swamps, jungles, and mud puddles remain untouched."
Environmentalists Against the Environment Friday, April 19, 2002 -- Three Days Till Earth Day
"Environmentalists have been justly criticized for ignoring human rights. I’ll now add another complaint: environmentalism is bad for the environment."
| Part 1 | Part 2 |
Appreciate Industrialism on Earth Day Monday, April 22, 2002 -- Earth Day, The 30th Anniversary
"In the past 30 years, the earth has already received a just amount of appreciation. It’s about time we extend this appreciation to machines, entrepreneurship and the human mind."
"Playing God" -- A Moral Necessity Tuesday, April 23, 2002 -- The Day After Earth Day
It's because of humanity's "playing God with nature" that we've survived to this day.
Contesting the Frankenstein Syndrome Tuesday, April 23, 2002
"[A]s long as individual rights are upheld, people have nothing to fear from new technologies or their creators."
Global Warming Could Be Safe Thursday, April 25, 2002 -- Friday, April 26, 2002 -- The Last Two Days of Earth Day Week
"Despite the concerted effort to incite panic in people to the point that they would willingly submit to an increase in the power of governments worldwide, citizens may have little to fear from global warming."
| Part 1 | Part 2 |
