A Brilliant Victory for the Institute for Justice!
Stomp Out Protectionism and Privilege! The heroes at the Institute for Justice have done it again, with a victory for freedom of trade in the Supreme Court. Here’s IJ’s web…
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On Strike Against Solidarity!
The French government, responding to the fact that two years ago French people let approximately 15,000 mainly elderly people die in their homes of heat exhaustion (many because they didn’t…
Saudi Dissidents Jailed
Various news sources (Al Jazeera, Arabic News, CBS News, Index on Censorship) report that Matrouk al-Faleh, Abdullah al-Hamid, and Ali al-Domeini, on whom I have relayed reports earlier (1, 2),…
A New Light on the Soviet Contribution to VE Day
Molotov Signing the Pact Between the Third Reich and the USSR A new collection of letters (“I Saw It“) from Russians about their experiences during the war has come out…
What Do the Insurgents Want?
The New York Times (requires simple registration) has a good piece (“The Mystery of the Insurgency,” by James Bennett) on the nature and the motives of the terrorist campaign to…
Libertarian Nuptials
I’m heading back to D.C. after a quick trip to Minneapolis for the wedding of two good friends, whom I introduced through the romantic medium of email. Guy and Bretigne…
Some Parallels Between Anti-Semitism and Anti-Americanism
Davids Medienkritik has a helpful followup to the story noted below. I had an extensive interview with a German reporter today on the topic of “capitalism.” It was occasioned by…
The History and Philosophy of Liberty and Power
Madison and his iPod Places are still available at the upcoming Cato University seminar June 2 – 5. The faculty will include: Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, author of Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving…
Federalism, Anyone?
David Boaz has a chilling column on Foxnews for Friday the 13th: “No Federalism on the Right.”
Brain Chemistry
I take coffee in the morning to start my day (and without it I’m pretty miserable, not that I’m “addicted,” or anything, since I could quit anytime….I just haven’t chosen…