Columns -- July 1996
- Week of July 7, 1996
- Support For Property Rights Grows
- "Property is power. If the government owned or controlled all the property, it would possess all the power."
- Plan Your Own Life, Why Don't You!
- Some people think you don't know how to spend your own time and money!
- Experience Worth More Than Wages
- The experience a person gains on the job is often worth far more than the wages he receives.
- Week of July 14, 1996
- States Reassert Their Sovereignty
- Don't be frustrated by the slow pace of political reform in our nation's capital. Take heart in the rapid progress being made by our sovereign states.
- Class Consciousness Self-Defeating
- "Americans have always thought of themselves as equals. Even today, almost every American other than the extremely poor or rich considers himself or herself to be part of the broad middle class."
- Gambling Breeds Crime, Destruction
- "Roughly three-quarters of all Americans now gamble -- and they have an abundance of venues from which to try their luck. Presently 48 of the 50 states allow one or more forms of legalized gambling."
- Week of July 21, 1996
- America's Future Is Fifty Years Old!
- America's future depends on Americans who believe in America. That's why America's Future was founded fifty years ago!
- Flynn Deplored Creeping Socialism
- The former managing editor of the New York Globe, John T. Flynn was a frequent contributor to America's most prestigious magazines, the bestselling author of several books, and the originator of our Behind The Headlines commentaries.
- Big Government Is Freedom's Enemy
- R.K. Scott served as president of America's Future from 1958 until 1989. For most of those three decades, he was also the author, and voice, of our Behind The Headlines radio commentaries..
- Week of July 28, 1996
- Concealed Weapons Increase Safety
- "In recent years, the debate over gun policy has been dominated by two federal initiatives: the Brady bill's waiting period for the purchase of handguns and the ban on so-called assault weapons. [Meanwhile], a quiet revolution in gun policy has spread throughout the states."
- Pesticides Are Good For Our Health
- As usual, the mass media have gotten the story completely backwards. Far from threatening our health, the pesticides that control bugs, rodents, and plant disease have proven to be a boon to mankind.
- The Countless Benefits Of Business
- "The revolutionary ways in which corporations have improved the everyday lives of Americans over the past half-century are rarely recognized."