Absorbing Immigrants
Roots of American Success My friend Don Boudreaux has a great column on the issue of immigration, “Absorption Nation.” He addresses one narrow claim, viz. that the United States cannot…
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Somehow This Seems a Bit Contrived…
I was interested to read the very breathless article from CNN titled ” U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says.” (Note that “modern world” means…
Chomsky Demonstrates His Own Theory
I admit that I had a somewhat disappointing day today. I had a good meeting with a professor of Arabic literature to discuss the Arabic publishing scene, from whom I…
Two Years in the Joint for Selling One Joint
The Drug Policy Foundation has a short video on a young man who has been caught up in the drug hysteria in the U.S. How many lives will the drug…
Institutions as the Basis of Economic and Social Development
Hammurabi Receiving the Rod and Ring of Authority from Shamash, Supreme Judge and Sun God, as Tools to Build Social Order I’ll be giving a lecture tomorrow in Beirut at…
Beirut Blogging
I’ve been on the road, stressed out, and away from the internet for too long. But I found a restaurant in Beirut with wi-fi (a weak signal, but enough to…
Arabic Libertarianism Presented, Preparation for Middle East Trip
I’ve been swamped with projects and will be off to the Middle East on Saturday (after a meeting of the Foundation for Economic Education board of trustees) to meet with…
The Bush Record
My colleagues Tim Lynch and Gene Healy do a remarkable job of bringing to light and criticizing the Bush administration’s grab for unlimited power in their paper, “Power Surge: The…
The Future of Iraq
I have an essay in the latest issue of Reason magazine on the future of Iraq, along with Michael Young and Leon Hadar.
Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution Now Available in Arabic
I’m pleased to say that my colleagues and I will be releasing to the public an elegant bi-lingual (with Arabic and English on facing pages) pocket edition of the American…