Month: March 2009


“That’s what makes them so dangerous,” he said.

President Obama made that comment about the guns used by Mexican drug dealers. Well, yeah, I guess. But …. why is the pot and cocaine business heavily armed and violent,…

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Unterwegs nach Kiew

I’m checking email in the Frankfurt Airport on the way to Kyiv. It’s nice to hear German spoken again. I’ve got a few hours of layover (and will try to…

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Freedom to Trade Facebook Group

If you’re on Facebook, you should consider joining the “Freedom to Trade: Say No to Protectionism” group. It’s growing rapidly. And if you haven’t signed the petition for free trade,…

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Old Fashioned Morality in Public

I just got back from a late night dinner at a cafe I sometimes visit (Kramer Books on Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C.), where I was trying to have a…

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Free Trade is the Best Policy

Sign the petition to stop protectionism and economic nationalism and the economic disaster, loss of freedom, and diplomatic and military conflict it brings in its train. Hundreds of economists and…

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Cool New Holiday!!!

The Competitive Enterprise Institute has nnounced “Human Achievement Hour” to coincide with “Earth Hour”

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Happy Nourouz!

I have been privileged to celebrate Nourouz before and wish I were in Central Asia to celebrate it again.

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A Free Trade Initiative….

I am working with colleagues around the world to combat protectionism and advance freedom of trade. We will announce a major campaign soon. In the meantime, we are soliciting signatures…

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