Disgraceful and Disheartening
It’s awful to see engineers, marketers, and entrepreneurs on bended knee before a group of petty bureaucrats, who demand that producers spend their time catering to them, rather than producing…
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Which Will Prove to Be Mightier: The Pen or the Pistol?
Tribute to a Searcher for Truth My friend Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard today brought to my attention a moving tribute to the murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya: “To Kill a Journalist,” by Samuel…
A Positive Sign of Healthy Debate and Discussion in the Muslim World
“Muslims debate Pope’s speech reaction”
“Horny” Explained
Not Horny, Antlery Here’s the proof that certain instant message archives that have been in the news lately were in fact quite innocent.
Dueling Censorships
ANKARA: The Turkish court system acquitted a Turkish author (who lives and teaches in America) of the crime of “denigrating Turkish national identity,” a charge supported by some remarks about…
My New Colleague
It’s nice finally to be able to announce publicly that Andrei Illarionov, one of Russia’s most outspoken friends of liberty, has joined the Cato Institute as a senior fellow. The…
Blair and Cameron: Ch-ch-ch-changes….
Enjoy this delightful YouTube clip on the c-c-convergence of British Conservative Partly leader David Cameron’s message with the legacy of British Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair. Hat tip to AndrÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?©…
The End of Republics
Pompey the Great Robert Harris, the author of the excellent book Fatherland and of the new book (I’ve not read it, as I gave my brand new copy to Jose…
Divided Government, Here We Come….
It’s a shame that the idiotic Foley scandal may be the straw on the GOP’s back, but I’m looking forward to divided government. Both parties are responsible for the failed…
Immigration and Freedom
My friend Constantino Diaz-Duran, now enrolled at Columbia University, has a smart and insightful essay in the Columbia Daily Spectator, “Message from an Immigrant: Please Don’t Help Us, You Missed…