A Thoughtful Defense of Apple and Freedom of Contract
Thomas Hazlett in FT.com and MSNBC, “How the ‘walled garden’ promotes innovation.” Apple could have offered its device as an “open” platform, but instead chose (as with iTunes, iPods and…
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Cato University Home Study Course Now Available
* All 12 modules of the Cato University Home Study Course are now available in mp3 format. They can be purchased on CDs at the moment (and either played from…
Is the Welfare State Justified?
I had the pleasure of interviewing Daniel Shapiro, an old friend and author of a very important new book, at an Institute for Humane Studies function on Friday. The book…
The Rule of Law and Justice
Dr. Khalil Ahmad of the Alternate Solutions Institute in Pakistan, has a very good piece in today’s Pakistan Post, “Rule of lawâ??s minor domains.”
A Little Partisan Politics
A straight talking interview with Ron Paul. You may not agree with it all, but he is refreshing. (His introductory remarks on pollution were, it seemed, a bit garbled, but…
Belgium in Crisis!!!
Pieter Cleppe explains it all*: “Belgium on the edge of splitting up? Letâ??s hope so. Freedom thrives with decentralisation.” *Well, not really all. What happens to the small German-speaking region…
Evidence of Bizarre New Forms of Nationalism …. with an Old Odor
A young scientist has been charged with “smuggling” for buying at a Russian flea market and then trying to leave Russia with some old bank notes, coins, and medals: Three…
Presidency or Dictatorship?
George Will poses some excellent “Questions for Mukasey.” The first is especially good: The Bush administration says “the long war” — the war on terrorism — is a perpetual emergency…
Back in DC and Busy, Busy, Busy
I’m back in DC, where I’ve been love-bombed by my two feline friends (after a bit of lecturing for being away so long) and busy with meetings galore.
The Delightful Lev Rubinstein
Lev Rubinstein at the Cato.ru Seminar At one of the dinners during the Cato.ru Summer School, poet Lev Rubinstein read from his essays (in Russian). It was utterly delightful. (My…