An Obscene Lawsuit Over an Obscene Practice
The Headquarters of Jenapharm in the City of Jena, Germany A group of former athletes of the German Democratic Republic is suing the pharmaceutical firm Jenapharm, the successor to the…
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A Good Sign in the Struggle Within the Islamic World
Condemned as “Outside the Parameters of Islam” Most of the murders carried out by fanatics claiming to act in the na me of Islam have been of Muslims who refused…
Campaign Finance Reform and Free speech
Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold My colleague John Samples has a piece at Reason.com on the threat to the free speech rights of bloggers posed by the McCain-Feingold law.
Cato University on Economics
Applied Economics: User-Friendly Tools to Understand Politics, Business Enterprise, and Life Cato University, of which I am the director, will have three seminars this year. The first, to be held…
$2.10? What a Cheap Jerk Ted Kennedy Is! Why not $21.00?
It’s Magic! The Senate defeated an attempt to mandate an increase in productivi…er, wages: “I believe that anyone who works 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year should not…
A Great Liberal Spokesman
Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most important literary figures on the world scene today, spoke last Thursday at the American Enterprise Institute. His speech, Confessions of a Liberal, is…
I Feel Awful…But I Want More!
I took my first Krav Maga course today. Yikes! I’m in rather good shape (yeah, yeah…for a man my age) but I was ready to throw up after the exertion…
Second Amendment Lawsuit Response
Our lawyers have filed our affirmative response to the motion to dismiss our lawsuit. It’s a very rational response to a very strange challenge. I very much want to be…
Engrish! (And Some Tattoo Tales.)
For those who haven’t seen it yet, Engrish.com is a brilliantly funny site. The March 4, 2005 Engrish of the Day is from an advertisement that shows an etching on…
Can You Say “Disgusting Coverup”?
According to the Washington Post, An Army intelligence sergeant who accused fellow soldiers in Samarra, Iraq, of abusing detainees in 2003 was in turn accused by his commander of being…