If you live with cats, this will not surprise you…
Cairns cat saves owners from fire. My Siamese cat woke me up, rather insistently, when there was a fire truck in front of the building sending it’s red lights into…
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A Great New Scholarly Resource
My friend Alberto Mingardi has informed me of a new resource from the Instituto Bruno Leoni: a scholarly resource on the ideas and work of the great scholar for whom…
Free the Undertakers…
The Late King of Tonga: Taufa’ahau Tupou IV This BBC story is clear evidence of progress: Having touched the late king’s body during the funeral preparations, the royal undertakers are…
Understand the Wealth of Nations! Really!
Buy this Book It’s been many years since I read the whole An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. It is full — full —…
An Interesting Dispatch from Beirut
The Clear Message of Hezbollah’s Opponents Michael Totten’s Middle East Journal has an insightful essay posted from Beirut.
Jailed for a Blog
Please Help This Young Man Today’s International Herald Tribune ran this article by my admired friends Dalia Ziada and Jesse Sage: CAIRO: In a cramped jail cell in Alexandria, Egypt,…
A Small Entry in the “Plus” Column
Saddam will finally hang from a rope. I’m against the death penalty in almost all cases, but a very few require it. Let’s hope that it helps to bring some…
A Day to Celebrate!
“Due to the situation which has evolved as a result of the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent states I hereby discontinue my activities at the post of president of…
For Political Scientists: A New Form of State
“The KGB’s post-Soviet ‘commercialization’,” by Victor Yassmann. One useful element is a partial list of assassinated Russian figures who have been around KGB circles. (Note previous post on the topic.)…
Unmistakable Signs of the Advance Into a New Century
The Queen of England’s annual Christmas message has been made available as a Podcast and the televised speech included images of British Muslims at Friday Prayers in the London Central…