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The Orange Grove: Don't deny the humanity in excellence: By TIBOR R. MACHAN; Tibor Machan is an adviser to Freedom Communications on libertarian issues. He was smuggled out of Hungary in 1953 at age 14. He moved to the United States in 1956. He is a professor at the Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University, where he holds the R.C. Hoiles Chair in Business Ethics and Free Enterprise. He is also a Hoover Institution research fellow. He's written numerous essays and books on libertarianism.; "My role at Freedom is to advise, discuss, debate, explore and otherwise consider the basis and implications of the libertarian position in politics."


Chapman University: Tibor Machan is a professor of business ethics at Chapman University.... Full Story»


Freedom Communications: Libertarian Advisor to Freedom Communications... Full Story»


International Lecturer: Tibor lecturing at the University of Heidelberg... Full Story»


Yuma 2006: Tibor lectures on political philosophy, specifically natural rights theory.... Full Story»


Tibor on Firing Line: Tibor on WFBuckley Jr.'s Firing Line April 1982... Full Story»

Tibor Machan

The Orange Grove: Why did North Korea release the two journalists?: The entire episode may not be what it seems on the surface; By TIBOR R. MACHAN; I have questions about the release of two of Al Gore's employees by the North Koreans and about the three persons still in custody in Iran. First, what were these ladies doing so near to North Korea that they could be captured? Was this... Full story

The Orange Grove: Paying for your health care right: Backing Obamacare requires rejecting private property rights; TIBOR R. MACHAN; Anyone who grasps the political big picture must have figured out that President Barack Obama and his team of so called liberal – but really, social – democrats are collectivists of the first order. For them society is a large beehive or... Full story

Firefighter case pivotal for Sotomayor: Judge’s support for invalidating a promotional exam that only white candidates passed raises questions about her fairness.; By TIBOR MACHAN; During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about whether Judge Sonia Sotomayor should be nominated to the U. S. Supreme Court, a nomination which if approved by the committee's majority would then go to the full Senate for a vote (that the Judge... Full story

Declarations of independence: Positive vs. negative rights: People have the right to be individuals and associate with whom they choose, but not to the coerced support of others; TIBOR R. MACHAN; After so many years of Americans aspiring to live up to the principles of the Declaration of Independence, with much success, critics of America have changed their tune. It used to be that this country failed to be true to those principles but as... Full story

Orange Grove: Difference between legislation, law: True laws are designed to protect our rights, not order us about.; Classical liberals and libertarians, especially those who admire the works of the famous legal theorists and economist F.A. Hayek, are fond of pointing out that a free society requires the rule of law. Others, critical of this p olitical... Full story

Classical case for limited government: Plato’s ‘Republic,’ properly interpreted, stresses individual reason.; By TIBOR R. MACHAN; It began with Socrates and his pupil Plato, who, in that world-famous dialogue, "Republic," set out to discuss human excellence. In the process, Socrates used an analogy, the perfect or ideal society. It was easier to study than the individual human... Full story

Acknowledging bias isn't acting biased: Reaction to Sotomayor's gender/ethnicity comments is overwrought.; By TIBOR R. MACHAN; Just after President Barack Obama nominated her to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, statements came to light that seemed to call into question Judge Sonia Sotomayor's loyalty to judicial impartiality. As reported all over the... Full story

Pragmatism is a capricious guide: President Obama’s lack of principle makes political u-turns easy; President Obama has made it clear on several occasions that he is no ideologue but a pragmatist; therefore, it could be useful to consider what these terms mean. What makes someone an ideologue or a pragmatist? Ideologues approach problem-solving... Full story

The Obama couple: American royalty: As a European emigrant, I'm puzzled why Americans gush so much over royalty.; By TIBOR R. MACHAN; With my regular exercise going full force, mostly so as to manage my pretty awful sciatica, I get to watch the news for about an hour each day while on my treadmill. During the half our or 45 minutes, I pick and choose from a variety of news... Full story

Putting our troubles in perspective: Returning to the land I fled in 1953 makes the current economic woes seem less terrible.; By TIBOR R. MACHAN; Budapest, Hungary As one who tasted both a bit of Nazism and communism, today's economic fiasco strikes me as relatively mild as human disasters go. For starters, many in America remember the Great Depression and the Second World War, both of which... Full story