Have These People Nothing Better to Do With Their Time?
Oh, no! An escort service may have been a…..prostitution service! Quelle surprise! But thanks to the hard work of the San Antonio Police Department, they’re busted. I feel safer now….
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Reason on a Roll
I dropped by the Reason.tv launch party at Reason’s D.C. office (a very cool pad, by the way) and I’m pleased to say that Reason has a lot of new…
Free Kareem Day…November 9
I hope that everyone who’s interested in individual rights (and who reads this) will try to attend a protest on November 9 for Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman, in prison in Egypt…
Andrew Mwenda on Foreign Aid
The Ugandan journalist Andrew Mwenda tells it like it is: “Andrew Mwenda: Let’s take a new look at African aid.” I met Andrew in Nairobi earlier this year; he’s a…
Straight Talk on Iran
Evil? Sure. Reason for War? No way. Fareed Zakaria offers some rational thought on relations with Iran: “Stalin, Mao And â?¦ Ahmadinejad? Conservatives have become surprisingly charitable about two of…
Poles at the Polls!
I have Polish friends who see politics in their country differently, and I understand why, but….I am really pleased by the defeat of Kaczynski’s Law and Justice Party and the…
Google Books Rocks!
I’m working on a lecture to deliver in Hamburg on “Freedom Properly Understood,” so I’ve been reading up on various theories of “positive freedom,” including Amartya Sen’s Development as Freedom…
Free Paul Jacob
For the offense of petitioning government for a redress of grievances, the state of Oklahoma is bringing felony charges against an old friend, Paul Jacob, who has already shown his…
David Boaz on the Ron Paul Campaign
With CNN’s Glenn Beck. The leadup of issues is a mixed bag, including some libertarian themes and some odd views on “securing our borders” [read: controlling the movement of people]…
It’s Gonna Knock Your Socks Off
When the new Chinese libertarian website my colleagues are developing goes live (we’re shooting for December 1), it’ll be simply beautiful. If all goes according to plan, it will be…