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"Eternal vigilance is only part of the price of freedom. The maturity to live with imperfections is another crucial part of the price of freedom."

--Thomas Sowell

The Morality of Capitalism

By Nina Camoriano

(This essay was submitted as a portion of Nina’s application to the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program.)

“I am a valuable person,

 I have dignity and worth,

 And what I do makes a difference.”

 This is the credo of the “Affective Skills” program, part of our Freshman religion class at Assumption.  The goal of this class is to learn to apply this ideal in our daily lives, learning that it is true not only for ourselves, but for every individual.  When this ideal is honored, it comes with many benefits for all, and there is only one economic system that embodies that credo for every individual: Capitalism.           (click to read more)

Home Schooling Mothers, Outlawing Supply and Demand, and Here’s The Beef       By Theresa Fritz Camoriano          Home Schooling Mothers – This Mother’s Day, I spent some time thinking about how much I appreciate my mother.  All the nights she spent taking care of me when I was sick, all the diapers she changed, the thousands of miles she drove me to swimming practice, girl scouts, and guitar lessons – wow!  My mother gave me endless support.  When things went right, and when they went wrong, she was always there believing in me and urging me forward.  She taught me important values, shared her religious faith, and taught me to treat all people with respect.  She taught me lots of old Italian sayings she learned from her mother – gems of wisdom.  She spent countless hours reading me stories.  She read some old favorites so many times that I memorized them and “read” them back to her!  When you think about it, all mothers are home school teachers, and the lessons they teach are the most valuable and important lessons we will ever learn.  If we want to improve the educational opportunities for children, maybe we should show our appreciation for the most important and most valuable teachers we have – mothers!  I definitely got lucky – mine is the best!           (click to read more)

A blossoming resistance to government control            by Henry Lamb             There is no doubt that for a generation the environmental movement has dominated domestic policy. The 1964 Wilderness Act launched a string of environmental laws and regulations that now give the federal government jurisdiction, if not total control, over every square inch of land in the United States.            (click to read more)

This Just In: John Kerry Is Dull       By Jonathan David Morris        

In the Village Voice last week, James Ridgeway suggested the Democrats should pick a new presidential candidate.

"With the air gushing out of John Kerry's balloon," he wrote, "it may be only a matter of time until political insiders in Washington face the dread reality that the junior senator from Massachusetts doesn't have what it takes to win and has got to go. As arrogant and out of it as the Democratic political establishment is, even these pols know the party's got to have someone to run against George Bush."            (click to read more)

“When your response to everything that is wrong with the world is to say, ‘there ought to be a law,’ you are saying that you hold freedom very cheap.”

– Thomas Sowell

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