Harrison Searles thinks that a truly equal society would lead us to lead empty and meaningless lives.
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Gambling with healthcare is betting one’s life
Harrison Searles thinks that those who choose not to purchase insurance should not complain when they need medical care.
Tags: Debate, health care, Republicans, Ron Paul, Tea Party
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | 8 Comments »
A fatal attraction to inefficiency
Columnist Harrison Searles thinks that President Obama is mistaken in believing that there are easy solutions to the country’s current problems.
Tags: economy, F.A. Hayek, High-speed rail, infrastructure, President Obama
Posted in Opinion/Editorial | 1 Comment »
Time to end American empire, lower defense spending
Collegian columnist Harrison Searles argues that in order to cut the budget, the government has got to reduce defense spending.
Tags: Federal Funding, military, Military Presense, Spending, united states
Posted in Columns | No Comments »
Time to end American empire
Collegian columnist Harrison Searles argues that in order to cut the budget, the government has got to reduce defense spending.
Tags: foreign policy, united states
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | 1 Comment »
Earth Hour not worth the power
Columnist Harrison Searles thinks that Earth Hour is an empty symbol with grave implications for civilization.
Tags: Earth Hour
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Send the space-bureaucrats to Mars
In this week’s point-counterpoint, Collegian columnist Harrison Searles tells us why the government should get out of the space-exploration business.
Tags: discovery, NASA, space exploration
Posted in Point-Counterpoint | 9 Comments »
Austerity an inevitable aspect of life
Many seek to protect entitlement spending and have instead suggested cutting funding for programs like the war on terror and pork-barrel spending, but this is simply not enough.
Tags: Austerity, budget cuts
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | 1 Comment »
Democracy isn’t everything
Collegian columnist Harrison Searles argues that while it’s great for the Egyptians to be developing a democracy, but without limits on it to safeguard fundamental human rights, it’s kind of useless.
Tags: Civil Liberties, Democracy, Egypt
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | No Comments »
