Wall Street Journal

Is Ayn Rand Bad for the Market?

Published in the Wall Street Journal, December 4, 2009

Say what you will about Ayn Rand, but one thing is certain: She had no use for common niceties. A grimly precocious, friendless Rand declared her atheism… Read the rest…


Anything Goes:
The Presbyterian Church gets into the 9/11 conspiracy business

Published in The Wall Street Journal, September 8, 2006

Presbyterians in America aren’t known for preaching fire and brimstone. “No frenzy, no fanaticism, no skirmishing,” Mark Twain wrote of his mild-mannered denomination in 1866. “You never see any of… Read the rest…


Strange Bedfellows:
Evangelicals learn to love big government

Published in The Wall Street Journal, May 28, 2006

When Al Gore’s film on global warming, “An Inconvenient Truth,” arrived in theaters on Wednesday, it had the usual endorsements from Hollywood stars, left-leaning politicians and radical professors.… Read the rest…







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