German and English Libertarian Website
Professor Rauchdobler Demonstrating Something or Other My friend Julian Rauchdobler of the University of Innsbruck just let me know about a new libertarian website, Liberty.li (“li” for Liberty Ideas; the…
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Friedman Blog
Great Explanations of How and Why Stuff Works (or Doesn’t) The always provocative David Friedman has a new blog, where he shares with us his often jarring insights into the…
The Future Is Arriving
The “House of the Future,” circa 1965 Whoa! I just had to take the opportunity to do some “sky blogging,” as I’m on a Scandinavian Airlines flight that offers in-flight…
The Body Snatchers
The American Face of British Broadcasting At first I thought that the bones of the late (and much missed) Alistair Cooke that were reported stolen were taken by some kind…
A Brief Layover
I’ve got a few minutes to check email and delete spam while waiting for a connecting flight in the Zürich International Airport. Very clean. Very tidy. Very expensive. Very Swiss….
Scholarships and Internships — Run, Don’t Walk, to IHS
Students and friends of students should check out the excellent scholarships and internships from the Institute for Humane Studies. The deadlines are fast approaching (December 31 for the Humane Studies…
Scholarships and Internships — Run, Don’t Walk, to IHS
Students and friends of students should check out the excellent scholarships and internships from the Institute for Humane Studies. The deadlines are fast approaching (December 31 for the Humane Studies…
Dare We Hope?
The European Union has offered to end farm export subsidies by 2013 – a major obstacle to talks in Hong Kong on a new global trade agreement. I mentioned in…
Chickens, Eggs, and Scrambled Institutions
Which Comes First?* I had a meeting today with a colleague and an Iraqi friend who is going back soon to run her business in Iraq. Among the topics of…
What Small Minded, Mean Little People
Voluntary (for now), but ugly, very ugly The self-styled American Family Association has decided to boycott Ford Motors for …. trying to sell its products to consumers by advertising them…