American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
Charitable action is often mutually beneficial in that not only does the recipient benefit, but also the giver benefits from satisfying an altruistic desire to help those in need. Conversely,…
Alex Nester reports for the Washington Free Beacon on one of the latest unlikely targets for cancel culture. The San Francisco Unified School District has decided to rename an elementary…
Must an entrepreneur be a horse’s behind to succeed? Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard questions that theory. “BUSINESS WAS ORIGINATED to produce happiness, not pile up millions.” So wrote FORBES founder…
Rich Karlgaard‘s latest column for Forbes probes the president’s recent statements about American success stories. Winning a lottery doesn’t make a person worthy of respect. A lottery winner wins despite…
After reminding his readers that neither team in the recent Super Bowl had a five-star recruit in its starting lineup, Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard devotes the rest of his latest…
Kevin Williamson explains for National Review Online readers why he’s wary of politicians who promise to preserve a program or benefit for “generations to come.” [O]rdinarily, things in politics move…
John Stossel explains in his latest column why a free-enterprise system that allows for failure ends up opening the door to great success. In the USA, it’s OK to fail…
Deroy Murdock explains in his latest column why no American should be excited about chanting “We’re No. 12! We’re No. 12!” The latest milestone in America’s decline is especially demoralizing:…
Is there any better sign of government overreach than a law banning the light bulb? Robert Bryce devotes a National Review Online column to changes slated to take effect Jan.…
The Supreme Court recently taught us that the federal government can tax us for not buying private health insurance. Now Deroy Murdock tells us the Environmental Protection Agency wants to…
Commenting on last weekend’s column by Peggy Noonan: Peggy Noonan is powerful when writing about the president and Democratic leadership singing in unison: “Raise taxes on millionaires” and “I kept…
Washington wants to trash the traditional light bulb. Deroy Murdock explores the silliness of it all in his latest column. What the Wizard of Menlo Park, N.J., required 10,000 experiments…