About Mark Da Cunha

Mr. Da Cunha writes for Capitalism Magazine.


Articles by Mark Da Cunha

Objectivism, the Journal, and the Future: An Interview with Craig Biddle (May 1, 2008)
An Interview with Craig Biddle, Editor and Publisher of The Objective Standard, on Objectivism, the Journal, and the Future

Olympic Gold All Around Gymnast Paul Hamm: Only Human (August 19, 2004)
Thank you Paul Hamm for proudly demonstrating the actuality of the human potential in all of us.

Dictator Howard Dean's Fascist Agenda (January 3, 2004)
The only "rules" capitalism requires in principle are those that protect individual rights. In practice this means freedom from the initiation of physical force--which in this particular case means freedom from Howard Dean's fascist fist.

A Leftist "Indictment" of Communist Cuba (April 24, 2003)
Castro's most powerful tool is not the U.S. embargo as the Left insinuates.

Saddam Hussein's Real Ministers of Disinformation Come Out of the Closet (April 14, 2003)
CNN, and the other news agencies--BBC, Associated Press, Reuters--which had permanent offices in Iraq while it was occupied by the Hussein Regime, have no moral right to call themselves news agencies. They are merely "useful idiots" running a PR agency for the thugs and savages of the world.

The SEC's "Insider Trading" Witch Hunt Against ImClone's Sam Waksal: Scapegoat for the Sins of the FDA (November 11, 2002)
Observe the injustice involved here. The FDA obstructed the launch of a product; then the SEC forced the termination of that product's primary creator. Yet it's not any regulator but the creator -- Sam Waksal -- who faces jail time for helping his family mitigate regulatory destructiveness.

New State Regulations During "Deregulation" are the Cause of California's Energy Crisis (June 10, 2001)
California's Energy Crisis is not a result of deregulation, but of re-regulation.

Isn't the U.S. embargo of Cuba the cause of Cuba's economic woes? (February 7, 2000)
It is Cuba's absolute socialist system--the hallmark of totalitarianism--that should be condemned--not the U.S. embargo.

Who should have legal custody of Elián Gonzales? (January 18, 2000)
To force Elián to live in an oppressive dictatorship is a violation of Elián's right to life. This is the claim Elián's father is making. It is a claim that labels the father unfit to have custody of his child.

The Life of Six Year Old Elián Gonzales is in Bill Clinton's hands (January 13, 2000)
The fundamental issue is not about "Florida's large and politically powerful anti-Castro Cuban community" versus the "bond between parent and child" as one commentator insinuated (USA Today 7 Jan 2000). There is something far more important than the "parental bond" between Elián's father and "the dignity of the Cuban people" as Elián's father referred to his son in a Castro sponsored rally (observe that even Elián's father admits that his son is first and foremost a political tool). That something is Elián's inalienable right to his own life -- in Cuba that inalienable right does not legally exist.

Gold and The Economy: An Interview with Richard Salsman (December 1, 1999)
If the economy doesn't do well in the coming years it won't be because the gold price is falling and we have deflation. It will be because the Fed raises interest rates, on the bogus theory that an economy that "grows too fast" and "lowers the unemployment rate too far" accelerates inflation.

The Department of Justice's Assault on Microsoft: Who is the Predator and Who is the Victim? (November 6, 1999)
Is Microsoft a "monopoly"? Not in the proper, derogatory, traditional sense of the term. Unlike the old AT&T Bell monopoly, or today's U.S Post Office monopoly, Microsoft did not gain its market share by having the government outlaw its competitors: Microsoft earned its position in the free-market.

'Consumer Rights': Who decides What Goes into Windows? (February 5, 1999)
Q: Don't consumers have a right to Microsoft Windows without Internet Explorer? Does not Microsoft's bundling of their products into one package disrupt a person's right to only have to pay for products he wishes to buy?

A Petition To Stop The Persecution of Microsoft (January 27, 1998)
We hold that Microsoft has a right to its own property; that it has the authority, therefore, to bundle its properties -- including Windows 95 and Internet Explorer -- in whatever combination it chooses, not by anyone's permission, but by absolute right.