Winners cheat, nobody should lose, and the State will make everything fair

By: John Hayward  |  March 21st at 03:57 PM  | 

Forward-thinking principle David Fabrizio of Ipswich Middle School finds himself in hot water for taking the “progressive” ethos to its absurd extremes: he canceled Honors Night because it makes the kids who didn’t earn honors feel bad. “The Honors Night, which can be a great sense of pride for the recipients’ families, can also be devastating to a child who has worked extremely hard in | Read More »

The Marketplace Fairness Act – Redefining “Fairness” to Favor Large Retailers

By: shinglejim (Diary)  |  August 3rd at 08:00 PM  | 

[promoted from the diaries as part of the Ambitious Writer's Program] In recent weeks, there’s been a flurry of articles written on the proposed Marketplace Fairness Act. The Marketplace Fairness Act is a “bipartisan” proposal that would require out-of-state retailers to collect taxes on items sold in states where they have no physical presence. It’s supposed to level the playing field for all involved. Actually, | Read More »

On Fairness & Moral Cases

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 14th at 09:23 AM  | 

Another day, another socialist takes to the New York Times to denounce capitalism. With his criticism — he is a professional critic, which is a job no socialist society would really see value in except as an agenda of propaganda, but he thrives in the capitalist society he condemns — he premises it on some sort of morality. He mocks Christians for embracing capitalism with | Read More »