Buy a Present of Georgian Wine
If you’re thinking about a great present for someone special, consider a gift of Georgian wine. Today’s New York Times has two great essays on the improvements in the Georgian…
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Anderson Cooper, Intellectually Lazy or Just Not Analytically Gifted?
I’ve got the TV on in the background and CNN’s Anderson Cooper is reporting on the terrible state of affairs in Africa. He’s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Arabs and the Holocausts: Not Just Villains, but also Heroes
Robert Satloff has an interesting essay in today’s Washington Post on “The Holocaust’s Arab Heroes.” It’s starts with the usual litany of Holocaust denial from some Arab leaders, but goes…
Rock Against Intolerance
The Washington Post has an inspiring article on “Rock Star Rattles Radical Islam,” about Ahmad Dhani and the Indonesian popular music group Dewa. Their “Warriors for Love” is an anthem…
“Hastert and Boehner need to get on the same page or Republican troubles will continue to mount.”
….from the October 5 editorial in The Hill, The Newspaper for and about the U.S. Congress. Hat tip to Rick Sincere, who noted, “You can’t make this kind of thing…
Andrew Sullivan at His Best
I’ve heard Andrew Sullivan give roughly the same talk — on the rise of “Christianism,” on the related growth of a politics without doubt, and on the bankruptcy of modern…
Fred Ex on Globalization and Business
I had the pleasure last year of hearing Fred Smith, founder and CEO of FedEx, talk about his company, about globalization, and about his commitment to freedom at a Cato…
No Sympathy
His Own Petard Much could be said — and God knows, much will be said — about the sleazy behavior of Rep. Mark Foley of Florida toward Capitol Hill pages….
Pause for Thought
The hard-line advocates of the Bush administration’s often extreme (and unlawful) approaches to terrorism should read the findings of the Canadian Arar Commission, which examined the conditions under which Maher…
Emigration Worries
Inspection for Infectious Diseases: About the Only Coherent Argument for Immigration Controls** Most people who worry about such things worry about immigration, not emigration. They worry about all those hard-working…