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Free Speech Is A Primary Liberal Value
Your right to speak doesn’t mean you have a right to an involuntary audience.
21 hrs ago • James Peron
Child Social Media Bans Have Nothing To Do With Children And Their Welfare.
A ban on children using social media is not just a ban on children. To enforce it, every user must prove who they are. That means the real target is not…
Jun 17 • Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
South Africa’s Economic Growth Doesn’t Tell The Full Picture
An economy that is not investing in its own productive capacity is not building a future; it is consuming the present.
Jun 16 • RS Guest Author
In Defence Of Democracy
The answer to bad democratic choices is not dictatorship. It is limiting what government can do.
Jun 15 • Nicholas Woode-Smith
From South Africa to Belfast: Immigration Anger Turns Violent
Join Martin van Staden, Nicholas Woode-Smith and Zakhele Mthembu as they unpack some of the most pressing issues of the week.
Jun 12 • Rational Standard Editor
Protest Is Not a Licence to Harass Jews
Protest is not a licence to harass Jews, intimidate staff, obstruct businesses, or spread unproven allegations.
Jun 12 • RS Guest Author
Entrepreneurship, Not The State, Will Save South Africa
South Africa does not suffer from a shortage of entrepreneurial or creative energy; rather, it suffers from a lack of the freedom...
Jun 11 • Zakhele Mthembu
A Salute To Small Scale Farmers
This article is a salute to small scale farmers farming throughout the world and to a future for solid land reform solutions in South Africa.
Jun 10 • RS Guest Author
The Battle Over Speech and Belief
The Case of Arthur Vamva vs. Rhodes University. Who is allowed to police speech and belief?
Jun 9 • RS Guest Author
How To Save The Police
The purpose of policing is not to create the illusion of safety. It is to uphold the rule of law.
Jun 8 • Nicholas Woode-Smith
DA Blunders, Political Opportunism, and the Henry Nowak Murder
Join Nicholas Woode-Smith, Zakhele Mthembu and guest Joe Emilio as they unpack some of the most pressing issues of the week.
Jun 5 • Rational Standard Editor
Believe Victims, Unless They’re Jewish
The world has not learned to believe victims. It has learned to believe accusations against Israel, regardless of evidence or common sense.
Jun 5 • Nicholas Woode-Smith
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