Robert Nozick as a Deep Philosopher and Libertarian
I was on the bike at the gym Friday night (re-reading Hobbes’ Leviathan) and a smart young libertarian lawyer came by to say hi and to introduce me to a…
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Croatia on the Wrong Road
My friends at the Croatia-based Adriatic Institute for Public Policy sent me the following disturbing update: Croatia’s Security and Counter-Intelligence Agency (SOA) Augment “Security Checks” on NGOs Rather than strengthening…
Reasoned Comment on the Lebanese Crisis
Michael Young of Beirut’s Daily Star offers a helpful guide to the Lebanese crisis at Reason.com, “Can Anyone Fix Lebanon?: International aid can’t change the climate around Beirut.” Young doesn’t…
More Americans Should Stand By Maher Arar, Too
CNN: “‘The struggle to clear my name has been long and hard; my kids have suffered silently and I feel that I owe them a lot,’ said Arar, who also…
When Did Justin Raimondo and Lew Rockwell Start Doing CNN Weather Forecasts?
UPDATE: It seems that they’ve been replaced as weather forecasters, since the page has been corrected. UPDATE: An otherwise clever and observant friend didn’t quite get the point of the…
Kareem Goes on Trial January 26 — Please Help Him
Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman faces 9 years in prison for the “crime” of writing his opinions on his blog. Please sign the online petition. It’s easy. And if you have a…
Cartoon Collectivism
How ridiculous notions are passed on to the unsuspecting young: cartoons with political messages. Hat Tip: Juan Carlos Hidalgo
Ugly Nationalism Hangs On
The Serbian Radical Party, which plunged Yugoslavia into war and genocide and inflicted immense misery on the Serbian people, seems to have polled 28.5% of the vote in the Serbian…
The Surge “Strategy”
The January 11, 2006 Cato Podcast by Patrick Basham on President Bush’s “Surge ‘Strategy’” was quite insightful. (Click here and scroll down to January 11.) The situation is spiraling ever…