by Michelle J. Benton | Mar 7, 2012 | Economic Education
The boy raised his hand, eager to answer the question. “What would you know about it?” exclaimed the teacher dismissively. “You’re not our race.” This was not dialogue from a Hollywood movie. According to a woman named Melissa Coon, it was what a teacher at East High...
by Michelle J. Benton | Jan 29, 2012 | Natural Law
Natural law theory is one of the most important theories in the philosophy of Classical Realism. It is also widely misunderstood by many who have either not taken the time to study it or have heard of it and dismissed it as a “medieval” relic. What I want to do here...
by Michelle J. Benton | Dec 6, 2011 | Liberty Alerts
CFACT – the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow – is at COP17 in Durban, South Africa, as the main negotiating team that is representing those like you who challenge the UN’s claims of man-made global warming cataclysms … and the ruinously expensive (and wholly...
by Michelle J. Benton | Nov 29, 2011 | Liberty Alerts
Judge Robert Wiggins dealt a major setbackto New York Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg in the lawsuit brought by Liberty Counsel against the same-sex marriage law (“Act”). In response to the flagrant violations of the New York state constitutional and legal...
by Michelle J. Benton | Nov 26, 2011 | Liberty Alerts
This week, my colleagues at the American Center for Law and Justice and the European Centre for Law and Justice sent a comprehensive legal brief to all 15 members of U.N. Security Council, the U.S. secretary of state, the speaker of the House, the president pro tem of...
by Michelle J. Benton | Nov 4, 2011 | Liberty Alerts
Currently there are nine different bills introduced in Congress, three in the House and six in the Senate, that would extend the provisions of the Patriot Act for one to three years. Four of the Senate bills are already out of committee and scheduled for a vote on the...
by Michelle J. Benton | Sep 1, 2011 | Economic Education
Free Enterprise Zone, The Freeman, Lawrence Reed From its founding in 1946 until 2010, the Foundation for Economic Education had one office: its headquarters near the Hudson River in Irvington, New York, less than one hour from New York City. Now, I am proud to...
by Michelle J. Benton | Aug 30, 2011 | American Minute
The ancient Roman rhetoricians developed rules for their oratory. They began with “the exordium,” an emotional or ethical appeal to put the audience in a receptive mood. The “narratio” followed, a narrative of the events leading to the situation to be discussed and an...
by Michelle J. Benton | Jul 5, 2011 | American Minute
A decade prior to the Civil War there were two major political parties in the United States: Democrats, favoring freedom of choice to own slaves; and Whigs, wanting a big tent party. In Ripon, Wisconsin, anti-slavery activists met for the first time on February 28,...
by Michelle J. Benton | May 9, 2011 | Environment
Last month, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) announced that the water temperature in the main crater of Taal volcano in the Philippines had risen from 86.9 degrees Fahrenheit to 88.7 degrees Fahrenheit (30.5C to 31.5C), a sign that the...
