How Could We Explain It to Thomas Jefferson?
Men [...] like Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin were united in their strong support for the right of the individual to live free from unwarranted government coercion.
‘No One Is Forced to Join the Rotary Club, Yet Rotarians Still Go About Their Business Peaceably’
National Review Editor Rich Lowry skeptically examines some of the excuses forced-unionism advocates are making for this month’s spate of Big Labor threats and violence against Right to Work supporters in Michigan:
State representative Douglas Geiss achieved his 15 minutes of notoriety by taking to the floor of the Michigan Legislature to warn “there will be blood” in response to the right-to-work law. He couched his prediction in terms of past corporate–union conflicts. But why would Michigan companies want to beat anyone up over a right-to-work law? Come to think of it, why would anyone consider a law allowing people hired at a unionized shop to decide freely whether or not to join a union an incitement to violence? No one is forced to join the Rotary Club, yet Rotarians still go about their business peaceably.
