Independent

Independent opinion articles by individual authors with some under The Thinking Conservative moniker.

America's Wealth

5 Ways America’s Wealth Undermines Our Character

Too much of a good thing can be very bad indeed. “Middle-class society is being strained to the breaking point not, as Marx predicted, by...
3 Character Traits that Undermine Prosperity

The Poor Get Poorer: 3 Character Traits That Undermine Prosperity

Gluttonous, slothful, irresponsible and entitled: Today's "poor" are the "rich" Jesus warned us about. By Kathy Shaidle - PJ Media  . . . the way many...
Obama and Romney

Mark Steyn: Obama the Great Disabler

The other day, I passed a Republican Party county office here in my home state, its window attractively emblazoned with placards declaring "Believe in...
Oscar-Winning Producer of 'Schindler's List' Slams Obama

Oscar-Winning Producer of ‘Schindler’s List’ Slams Obama

Gerald R. Molen is an Oscar-winning film producer whose credits include "Rain Man," "Minority Report," "Twister," "Schindler's List,"  "Jurassic Park and "2016." My fellow patriots, As...

Milton Friedman Speaks – Is Capitalism Humane?

Dr. Friedman speaks on the morality of capitalism. The question is irrelevant. Capitalism per se is not humane or inhumane; neither is socialism. If...
Slavery

Defending Slavery: Abolition of Abortion

We look back one hundred and fifty years and shake our heads in wonderment and disbelief as to how a “civilized” society could have justified enslaving others in order to advance their own social and financial situation.

If I Wanted America To Fail . . . From Obama to Biden

"If I Wanted America to Fail" summaries how the policies of the Obama administration, and it's extension, the Biden administration are destroying America.

1984: Grace Commission Report under Ronald Reagan showed IRS is a fraud that collects...

"100% of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the Federal Debt … all individual income tax revenues are gone before one...

‘What if’ The Constitution No Longer Applied?

Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano aired on Fox Business from 2009 through 2012. This is the final episode "What If" which aired on February...

Richard Feynman: Cargo Cult Science

Cargo Cult Science is a 1974 Caltech commencement address given by theoretical physicist Richard Feynman discussing scientific integrity. Transcript During the Middle Ages there were all...
Statue of Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan, Champion of Freedom

Fifty-five years ago, freedom reigned for a brief moment in Communist Hungary. On October 23, 1956, student protesters marched through the streets of Budapest...

Reporter Lara Logan Breaks Her Silence on Her Sexual Assault in Egypt

In her first television interview since being sexually assaulted two months ago, the CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent and "60 Minutes" reporter Lara Logan reveals...