Off to Snorri Sturluson’s Home
I’m going to drive this afternoon from Bifröst to Reykjolt, home of Snorri Sturluson, one of the greatest figures of European literature. I’m very pleased at the prospect, as I’m…
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Libertarianism: USA, Iceland, and Ghana
After speaking at the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellows seminar and then meeting a number of colleagues in D.C., I headed off to Iceland for the 2008 Sumarháskólinn: Frelsi og…
The Economics of Liberty, with Walter Williams
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Pre-Enlightenment Life
I read a lot of disturbing stories in the press, but this from the New York Times is among the worst: “Albinos, Long Shunned, Face Threat in Tanzania.” Discrimination against…
Beetle Dating Service
BBC: Giant beetle’s long haul trip
What Manuel Ayau and His Colleagues Have Wrought
Leftist thinking left off the syllabus “Francisco Marroquin University is a bastion of libertarianism, drawing potshots from both sides of the political spectrum,” says the Los Angeles Times. (Actually, there…
An Old Practice Revisited….
It Isn’t Magic: Putin’s Opponents Vanish from TV MOSCOW: On a talk show last autumn, a prominent political analyst named Mikhail Delyagin offered some tart words about Vladimir Putin. When…
Back from Hong Kong
After a loooonnnnggg series of flights, I got back to the U S and A from Hong Kong, where I was involved in a Tiandaocn.org conference and a Pacific Rim…
Here are two friends, at the end of one life…
Writer Jan Morris remarries wife she wed as a man This little story is nearly as charming as Jan Morris’s books. It reminds us of several things, including that “gender…
Levy on Oppressive Executive Power
Dark Chapter of WWII Clouds Our Own Time President Bush has been more than willing to wield the “loaded weapon” of wartime power based on “urgent need.” He has claimed…