Justice Abandoned
In a Washington Post article about a potential candidate for the Supreme Court (“Supreme Court Prospect Has Unlikely Ally:Friendship With Thomas May Complicate Chances for Left-Leaning Georgia Judge“; registration may…
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Get Ready for It! Crises Breed Statism, War, and Oppression…and More Crises
Rahm Emmanuel: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do…
A Belated Happy Darwin Day!
Here’s to a great thinker!
While Zimbabwe Is Dying
Mrs Mugabe assaults our photographer outside her luxury Hong Kong hotel Kleptocracy in Action. Grace Mugabe, 43, known as the First Shopper of Zimbabwe, flew into a rage when she…
A Man One Wishes One Had Met
I had read about the murder of the courageous Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickramatunga, whose paper (according to BBC reporter Alastair Lawson) was closed down because it mockingly avoided censorship…
Progress of Science, Capitalism, and Health
My older cat, Wolly, has been ill for two years with kidney problems, which are common for cats. She’s been in hospital a few times with crises (and is alive…
A Great Lady Leaves the Stage….
Helen Suzman, a champion of justice, 1917-2009. (Here’s short BBC film clip about her.)
Kennedies, Bushes, and Clintons: Welcome to the Decline of a Republic amid Dynastic Struggles
Senate seat for Caroline Kennedy would extend legacy “Remember, [Clinton’s] seat in the Senate was once held by Robert Kennedy,” CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider said Saturday. “Her other…
Beth Hoffman, Sorely Missed
It was a terrible shock to hear of the death of Beth Hoffman. I had known Beth for years before becoming a trustee of FEE (for nine years). I had…
On the Move
I’m meeting with my colleague Diogo Costa, Editor of OrdemLivre.org, who just returned from a very successful trip through his native Brazil, where the Portuguese edition of Economic Freedom of…