Attack on Syria and Other Topics

http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/leadership/mayo-clinic-prefers-privately-insured-patients-so-what

Surprise, surprise - top notch healthcare providers prefer privately insured patients.  Duh. 

http://thefederalist.com/2017/04/10/can-rivers-granted-legal-personhood-not-human-babies/

LOL. We grant rivers the rights of personhood, but not unborn babies?

“What does personhood even mean in the context of a river?”

Good question!

http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2017/april/10/after-trump-s-syria-attack-what-comes-next/

Read the article.  We don’t “need to do something.”

“The gas attack, which took some 70 civilian lives, was horrible and must be condemned. But we must also remember that US bombs in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians. Just recently, US bombs killed 300 Iraqi civilians in one strike! Does it really make a difference if you are killed by poison gas or by a US missile?”

http://cafehayek.com/2017/04/quotation-of-the-day-2039.html

From Nathan Oman’s The Dignity of Commerce:

“Nevertheless, the doux commerce tradition was correct that markets breed virtues that support a liberal polity.  Markets require that one consider the point of view of others and alter one’s behavior to satisfy their desires.  This disposition supports three liberal virtues.  The first is deliberation, the ability to consider an opposing viewpoint.  The other two virtues are negative.  Markets weaken loyalty to tribe and family, cultivating the ability to relate to strangers according to impersonal criteria.  Finally, markets break down aristocratic habits, encouraging people to relate peaceably as equals.”