The Story of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 Retold
(Budapest, 1956: Note the hole in the flag) I saw the movie Freedom’s Fury, about the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, this evening in the enormous Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C. at…
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The Loss of a Great Champion of Freedom
Click for the Statement of the Friedman Foundation My Blackberry started buzzing early this morning with very sad news, which continued to come in throughout the day. It is hard…
“I am an Ignoramus, Hear Me Roar!,” Declares Lou Dobbs
One of the least insightful people on television today (and that’s saying a lot), is Lou Dobbs, who has just issued his manifesto: And, yes, I’m an ardent and fervent…
A Little Sign of Progress
One of the signs of a capitalist economy, based on concern for the interests of others, is the emergence of concern for pets, and from there of concern for other…
A Quick Trip to California
I got back today from Guatemala, but have to leave tomorrow verrryyy early for some meetings in California, including talks at Chapman University. I’ll be back in Washington Wednesday night,…
The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law
I’m enjoying Wael B. Hallaq’s very enlightening book The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law, which is an excellent complement to Harold Berman’s Law and Revolution: The Formation of the…
AdiÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?³s, Guatemala….
I’m leaving Guatemala for the U.S. and am happy to say that not only were many of the papers at the Mont Pelerin Society meeting very stimulating and the new…
Now Comes the Bad News
It seems that the bulk of the Democrats newly elected to the Congress are, um, rather of the worst sort: conservative and intolerant on social policy, anti-immigrant, economically ignorant, and…
I am sooooo pleased….
It looks like a certainty that the House will go Democrat. Divided government, here we go! I am very pleased at this repudiation of the GOP’s policies of big-government conservatism,…
Press Attention to Abdelkareem’s Case
Egypt’s English-language paper The Daily Star has covered Abdelkareem’s case, as has Reuter’s (in Arabic).