Author Archive: SadieAnn
Free Market vs. State
“Who should have the authority to set prices, the free market or the states? Why?” The free market encourages economic growth and allows prices to fluctuate with peace. Customers are able to decide what they want to pay for something and buys are able to negotiate with the customers peacefully. However, if the state decides …
State Subsidies without State Control?
“Is it possible to have state subsidies without state control?” The state gives the us some really good subsidies or benefits. The state keeps giving us these benefits and by and by we become reliant on the state. As long as we are reliant on those benefits, the state controls the us. And so the …
Good State or Bad State?
“If the state is strong enough to do something good for you, it can also do something bad to you.” This is true. When we give the state enough power to do good, it will most definitely do the opposite. Because power corrupts. People say that the state is doing good because it uses money …
My Turning Points
I haven’t lived a very long life as of yet, but I certainly have had some turning points. The first turning point in my life would be when we moved from New York to Ohio in 2004. This was big for me because most of my life until then had been in New York. I …
Healing Wounds
Have you ever wondered how your body miraculously heals itself from cuts and scrapes? When your skin is broken open by a piece of glass or something sharp, it sets off a series of events to close and heal the wound. You usually start to bleed after your skin is damaged. Your blood clots together …
Bastiat’s Concept of Plunder
God gave all men three things: Personality, liberty, and property. From those rights come personal safety, the right of labor, and the fruits of labor. The state is supposed to protect these blessings of safety. Instead, the state is now annihilating the justice of men by the influence of these two causes: naked greed and …
My Favorite Story
The story “No Brakes Betsy” in Jim Lehrer’s autobiography really stood out to me. In this story, Lehrer describes he and his brother driving Betsy, a bus full of passengers, to their destinations. The striking thing about this story is that Betsy had no brakes. This story stood out to me because Lehrer was in …
Online Teaching vs Classroom Teaching
“Online education is bad for society because it puts classroom teachers out of work.” This statement is indeed true. When parents decide to start online education for their child, it does put classroom teachers out of work. The classroom teachers then find themselves without a job and everyone thinks that it’s terrible and it won’t ever get …
Lehrer’s Heart Attack
Jim Lehrer had a heart attack on December 11th, 1983. Heart attacks are certainly terrible things, but in Lehrer’s case, some good came out of it. After Jim survived his heart attack, he realized what a mess his personal life had been. He decided right there in his hospital bed that he would change his …
Energy of the Sun
”The sun provides a tremendous amount of energy to the earth every day, far more than is currently used. Given this fact, why is the acquisition of energy a constant task for organisms? Why do so many creatures starve?” Every creature/organism needs energy to survive. Plants need energy to produce food for animals, and animals …
Sight of the Sun 
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