Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back, One to the Right, One to the Left
Italy: Immobilized and Waiting for a Meltdown? The BBC has a nice wrap up on the confusions of Italian politics. A sclerotic system of regulations and restrictions on work and…
Politics
Maybe He’s Telling the Truth…. Maybe.
Gerhard SchrÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?¶der became Vladimir Putin’s best buddy when he was in office and then Putin’s employee after the German voters fired him. Now we learn that his government offered financing…
Maybe He’s Telling the Truth…. Maybe.
Gerhard SchrÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?¶der became Vladimir Putin’s best buddy when he was in office and then Putin’s employee after the German voters fired him. Now we learn that his government offered financing…
Radicals For Stagnation! Stagnation Now!
France’s De-Oxygenated Future? The French riots occasioned by a minor liberalization of that country’s labor laws are not a good sign for la Grande Nation. The BBC offers an interesting…
Lobbying: A Remarkable Rate of Return
According to reporter Jeffrey H. Birnbaum in the Washington Post (February 14, 2006, “Clients’ Rewards Keep K Street Lobbyists Thriving“), Annual fees paid to registered lobbyists reached $2.1 billion in…
Some Interesting Comments on Polish Politics
I’m staying in Poland: Y’all Come on Over BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell has some interesting remarks about Polish politics. The first comment reminds me of the brilliant Polish response…
Imperial Address
The Imperial Attitude* I found the imperial address, with all of its Big Government Conservatism, hard to bear. The phony and cheap theatricality of it is … boring. So I…
Budget Cuts, Anyone?
Every time I hear pundits or politicians going on about “budget cuts,” I getÃ?Â?Ã?¢Ã?¢?Ã?¬Ã?Â?Ã?¦well, really annoyed. Because I know that almost none of the “cuts” are cuts at all. The…
Inspiring Friends of Freedom
Yesterday and today I’ve had the privilege of meeting with pro-liberty activists from Georgia, Syria, Mauritania, and Iraq. Yesterday my colleagues and I met with Paata Sheshelidze and Gia Jandieri…
Vanderbilt Libertarian BrownOut
Can’t They Handle the Possibility of a Perception? I was recently interviewed in the Vanderbilt alternative paper, The Torch, and I found a copy waiting for me after getting back…