Zev Barnett

Campus Media Response: Jesus Would Support Obamanomics
November 15, 2009
Madam- In your article, “Would Jesus Be A Capitalist?” you describe how, upon noticing a line of scripture while walking through Goizueta Business School, you found yourself laughing with a sense of irony. Jesus, you suggest, would not have endorsed our current economic system. Yet, what specifically would Jesus not have supported?
In Defense of Liberty
June 27, 2009
More than 200 years have passed since the sons and daughters of liberty fought to cast off the yoke of British oppression. In those 200 years America has become powerful and prosperous—but also, her memory has grown dim. Whether one considers the bailouts and regulations which began under Republican office, or the massive, debt-ridden state programs now being pursued by the Democrats, the same fact is evident: America has lost her way...To have an impact, the Tea Party protests must advocate a moral revolution, not just political change.
Campus Media Response: Paternalism and the Dispute over Armed Protection
April 14, 2009
Editorial: Up in arms, April 13, 2009 The Daily Princetonian Princeton University Sir— Within your editorial, “Up in Arms”, you rightly point out that guns, as such, do not compromise the relationship between students and Public Safety officers. Yet, given the tension that many civilians experience when faced with an Officer of the Peace, it is worth considering the source of student anxiety. Government paternalism has become pervasive in American culture.
Campus Media Response: False Alternatives are not Sexy
April 14, 2009
Dawn Eden Speaks at Aquinas House, February 27, 2009 The Dartmouth Review Dartmouth University Sir— In your article “Dawn Eden Speaks at Aquinas House” the distinction is made between chastity on the one hand and having sex in pursuit of hedonistic pleasure on the other. There is no excuse for juxtaposing mindless pleasure against utter self-denial when such a comparison is obviously a false alternative.
Campus Media Response: Access to Water is not a Right
March 27, 2009
Thirsting After Sanity, March 26th, 2009 The Gauntlet The University of Calgary Sir— In your article you argue that by extension the right to life implies that humans have a right to water. This is a gross misunderstanding of what it means for an individual to have a right. The concept, properly understood, does not refer to entitlement, but to freedom from force. Having the right to liberty, for example, does not mean that you are entitled to own a personal jet.
Campus Media Response: Hugo Chávez - Democracy at work
February 13, 2009
Voting Democracy Away, February 13, 2009 The Harvard Crimson Harvard University Sir— Your vague hint at Venezuela’s “lack of durable democratic institutions” is striking considering the context. It is, after all, democracy that gave rise to the autocratic regime run by Hugo Chávez. The majority of Venezuelans were seduced by the promise of wealth supposedly being denied to them by the very rich and the very foreign. What they wanted was a thug and what they got was a thug—democracy at work.
Campus Media Response: Force may avail where a prayer fails.
February 12, 2009
New Pro-Life Group Splits Off, February 12, 2009 Columbia Spectator Columbia University Madam— Within your article, “New Pro-Life Group Splits Off,” an anti-abortion advocate rightly acknowledges that “When people think pro-life, people immediately think politics”. The reason for this is because the “pro-life” movement is not attempting to promote a personal belief. Rather, it is a commitment to compelling others to act according to the “pro-life” viewpoint.
Campus Media Response: Should America’s Alliance with Israel be Debated?
February 3, 2009
Prof questions U.S.-Israel bond, February 3, 2009 The Eagle American University Sir— When a thug demands your wallet at the point of a gun you can either give him what he wants, run, or you can fight. You don’t debate. Force is the antitheses of rational discourse. Although Stephen Walt claims to want a more “open debate” regarding America’s alliance with Israel, such a desire is impossible to fulfill.
Kohl Mobile: LOL
October 5, 2008
Did you know that the price of text messaging has increased by an astonishing 100 percent over the last three years? The four major telecommunication companies, Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, have all doubled their prices for text messages not included in a calling plan. For a population that sends 2.5 billion messages a day this is a significant increase. Perhaps you should think twice the next time you want to text hubby, 'When are you coming home for dinner?' But don't worry. Senator Herb Kohl, chairman of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, has come to the rescue.