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GLOBALIZAREA ESTE MINUNATÃ?Â??’!!!: Globalization is Grrrreat!

Thanks to the good offices of Iulia Borca, whom I first met at an IES-Europe seminar at the Theodor Heuss Akademie in Gummersbach, one of my essays on globalization (“Globalization…

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GLOBALIZAREA ESTE MINUNATÃ?Â??’!!!: Globalization is Grrrreat!

Thanks to the good offices of Iulia Borca, whom I first met at an IES-Europe seminar at the Theodor Heuss Akademie in Gummersbach, one of my essays on globalization (“Globalization…

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No More Blank Check?

Bravo for the U.S. Senate for rejecting a blanket reauthorization of the “United and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorists” Act. What next? Will…

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Ð?иÑ?Ñ? об индивидÑ?ализме: “Myths of Individualism”

Some years ago I wrote an essay on “Myths of Individualism” to rebut various bizarre claims about what individualism means and what those who embrace individualism believe. It’s now available…

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Ð?иÑ?Ñ? об индивидÑ?ализме: “Myths of Individualism”

Some years ago I wrote an essay on “Myths of Individualism” to rebut various bizarre claims about what individualism means and what those who embrace individualism believe. It’s now available…

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Watching the Iraqi Elections

My simple prediction: a significant increase in the share of the vote for the secular parties, notably Ayad Allawi’s Iraqi National List. Coverage from on the ground will be available…

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Torture and the Law

I met a really impressive law professor (Amos Guiora, a professor of law at Case Western Reserve and Director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy who was…

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Rummaging in the Family Attic

July 4, 1965: Michael Palmer (Brother), Martha Palmer (Mother), James Palmer (Brother), and me After a talk on “The Art of Persuasion” in Denver, I’m visiting my brother and sister-in-law…

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Gene McCarthy, R.I.P

Another fine man, Gene McCarthy, has died today. He will be rightly remembered for his courage in opposing the odious Lyndon Johnson and for his courage in opposing restrictions on…

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Bill Bradford, R.I.P.

I’m sad to report that I’ve been informed of the death of R. W. “Bill” Bradford, the publisher of Liberty magazine. Bill was an entrepreneur and a friend of liberty…

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