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Shockingly Disproportionate Responses and Peaceful Alternatives

“Olmert: Gaza operation may ‘continue for some time‘,” CNN Maybe it’s time for the Israeli government to think about freeing trading relations, so goods and services could cross the borders,…

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We Have Our Work Cut Out for Us….

“Stalin’s new status in Russia,” BBC: “…there is a much broader campaign to rehabilitate Stalin and it seems to be coming from the highest levels of government. The primary evidence…

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Christmas 2008

With my great-nephews, Samuel (5) and Silas (18 months) Samuel marveling at the Märklin model trains and Weihnachtspyramide Samuel with his Granddad learning how to manage model trains Samuel, Camryn,…

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OMON troops flown from Moscow to Vladivostok to Beat Up Free Trade Rally

Riot police break up Russia auto protest (AFP) Another protester, Timur Safarov, said the government was taking away people’s basic freedoms by telling them to buy locally-made cars. “First, we…

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Back, but – Luggage….

Besides being rather ill when in Germany, I had a good, albeit very short visit. My luggage is still in Germany, however. Errr…… So much of interest has happened in…

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Wieder in der Heimat

Just a few days in Germany before returning to the US and A. (I brought an empty suit case so I can visit the Weihnachtsmarkt and bring back traditional German…

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Liberty as the Remedy to Poverty: Socialism as a Cause

My talk before the Oxford Libertarian Society on “Liberty as the Remedy to Poverty: Socialism as a Cause” is available in video form. (Unfortunately, my writing on the flip chart…

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Bankruptcy and the Bailout

Bankruptcy Doesn’t Equal Death: The auto industry could use the process to get competitive, Don Boudreaux, Wall Street Journal, 11 December, 2008

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The Awareness Test

Hat Tip to Diogo Costa

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Not a Topic I Know Much About, But Brilliantly Done…

Advice for Straight Guys: Beware of the DogHouse

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