From Where I Stand by Eric Jurado
Separate economics from state!
"Crony capitalism is a threat to future innovation." Award-winning news correspondent John Stossel recently reported about Facebook founder Mark...
The socialist fantasy
"It's epic mismanagement." Award-winning news correspondent John Stossel recently reported that Venezuela is a disaster. He had this...
After April Fools’ Day
"‘For a full 24 hours, I had to think critically,’ one woman said." With April Fools’ Day behind...
Environmentalism’s danger
"We need to return to a philosophy of reason and individualism, a philosophy that makes life on earth possible." ...
Earth Hour’s false message
"This blindness to the vital importance of energy is precisely what Earth Hour exploits." On Saturday, March 30, cities...
Capitalists: The endangered species
"What’s necessary is that the Philippines becomes more humane, progressive, and liberal." It’s good that the mainstream international media...
The evil ICC
"Opposing the ICC was and is the right thing to do." The country’s withdrawal from the UN’s International Criminal...
Income inequality is fair
"Where is a society headed that holds its most productive members up to ridicule and scorn and makes mascots out...
Land conversion, privacy rights
"It’s pro-growth, pro-poor, and pro-Filipino." Together with the Foundation for Economic Freedom and other organizations, I strongly support...
Growing government dangers
"This is the time for freedom lovers to sound the alarm on the dangers of giving government more power over...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.