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The Reasons for Russia’s Invasion of Georgia
The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Zalmay Khalilzad, told the Security Council that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Saakashvili “must go.”…
Let Cooler Heads Prevail
Russian forces battle Georgians Let us hope that this does not turn into general war, but will be contained. The situation is very, very frightening and very, very dangerous.
A Little Talk on Rights
An impromptu discussion of rights, following the IES-Europe/Cato seminar in Germany. (More detailed discussions can be found in “Saving Rights Theory from Its Friends” [Individual Rights Reconsidered, edited by Tibor…
Seminar Over….. On the Road
The seminar here in Leuven was quite a success. The students were sharp, the discussions exciting, and the passion for a freer world was in the air. I’m off to…
Rights in China
I frequently run into cases in which people attack China for its human rights abuses, but are unaware that, overall, things are much, much, much better than in the past….
Ancient Technology
2,100-year-old gadget tracked Olympics Hat Tip: Cyril Morong
Libertarianism in Burkina Faso
A new libertarian think tank has been organized in Burkina Faso, the Centre des Affaires Humaines. It advertises itself as “Un Think Tank pour la Prosperité.”
Scholarly Standards
Bat Guano* I’m in Germany and missed a staged demonstration by a couple dozen kooky anti-free-trade protesters outside the Cato Institute’s offices. But the “scholar Thomas DiLorenzo” did not. As…