My copy of The Road to Serfdom contains four different introductions. While reading introduction number two, I came across a section that really made me think, and I wanted to explore that today with the Red State community. In the section entitled, Forward to the 1956 American Paperback edition, Hayek spends some time discussing the terms liberal and conservative. In explaining his intention of how | Read More »
This is my final entry for The Law by Frederick Bastait. As I said last time, I have really enjoyed this book. It was a very quick read, and really made me think. Is there anything more one could ask from a book? There are two points I want to focus on this week from the reading. Law and Charity are not the same. “The | Read More »
This week’s reading in Frederick Bastiat’s The Law, can be divided into two parts: what do socialists believe, and what is liberty? I think Mr. Bastiat does a good job of explaining both. What Do Socialists Believe? Citing a number of contemporary author’s, Mr. Bastiat explains the socialist view in their own words. He cites Bossuet, Fenelon, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Raynal. Each of them discuss | Read More »
This is my first entry for the new Red State Booknotes version 3.0. It’s hard to pick a point in the first twenty pages of The Law to discuss for this post. I am so amazed at this book that I would like to just reprint the twenty pages and be done with it. However, if I must pick, there is one point towards the | Read More »
I would like to re-re-start the book notes project. I really enjoyed it both times we’ve tried to do it. I also found that I really learned a lot from the books. This isn’t sanctioned by Erick (that I know of), but I am going forward with it. Erick had originally wanted to do Frederic Bastait’s The Law. I humbly suggest we read it and | Read More »
This is my last entry for The Road to Prosperity, and this is a difficult one. The last three chapters of the book were very good and it’s tough for me to pick one topic to write about. I am very passionate about school choice, and the chapter on school choice contains a wealth of information in it. Mr. Toomey didn’t touch on the uphill | Read More »
For this weeks entry into the Book Notes project, I have chosen Social Security . I think this is an important topic for us to look at for two reasons. First, Social Security is running out of money quicker than the government is telling us. Secondly, how the government handles Social Security is directly related to how it will administer Obamacare. Mr. Toomey points out | Read More »
With the final (??) health care bill vote today, it may seem pointless to discuss anything else. However, tomorrow morning will bring more debates, and more battles to be won. This is true whether the Democrats in Congress destroy our health care today or not. We must continue to fight on all fronts. The Book Notes project was started to remind us of what we | Read More »
I have to admit that I was a little skeptical of reading a campaign book as part of the Book Notes project. I was wrong. The Road to Prosperity has really been a page turner for me. I have read a number of sections aloud to my wife (I’m sure she’s pleased by that). In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day coming up, I wanted to | Read More »
I called my representative David Scott (D-GA) a few hours ago to discuss his vote on health care reform. I called the Washington Office because I thought that was the quickest way to get information to the Congressmen. The person in his office that answered the phone stated that there was no upcoming health care vote. He said that a health care bill had already | Read More »
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