A Little Good News
“Economics in many lessons: A better brew for Rwanda,” by Karol and Don Boudreaux Zimbabwe notoriously excepted, the trend in much of Africa is positive. They’ve tried virtually everything else…..it’s…
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Freedom as an Option for Pakistan
“A Charter of Liberty,” from the Alternate Solutions Institute. I’m a fan of the work done by the ASI, which is one of the few in the region to reject…
Let Us Hope Wider War Is Avoided, but the Turks Did Provide a Lesson in Constitutionalism, If Nothing Else
The likelihood of military action between Iraq and Turkey is quite frightening. I hope that cooler heads prevail and that the Iraqi Kurdish leadership makes it clear that they do…
Andrew Mwenda on Foreign Aid
The Ugandan journalist Andrew Mwenda tells it like it is: “Andrew Mwenda: Let’s take a new look at African aid.” I met Andrew in Nairobi earlier this year; he’s a…
Straight Talk on Iran
Evil? Sure. Reason for War? No way. Fareed Zakaria offers some rational thought on relations with Iran: “Stalin, Mao And â?¦ Ahmadinejad? Conservatives have become surprisingly charitable about two of…
Poles at the Polls!
I have Polish friends who see politics in their country differently, and I understand why, but….I am really pleased by the defeat of Kaczynski’s Law and Justice Party and the…
Neatly Skewered
The soi disant deep thinker Naomi Klein has her deep thoughts brought up for a little sunlight by Tyler Cowen, “Shock Jock.” (I read her book No Logo years ago….
A Positive Step in Turkey
Turkey could rethink insult law: Turkish President Abdullah Gul has called for changes to a law that has allowed writers to face trial for insulting Turkish identity. I know one…
Belgium in Crisis!!!
Pieter Cleppe explains it all*: “Belgium on the edge of splitting up? Letâ??s hope so. Freedom thrives with decentralisation.” *Well, not really all. What happens to the small German-speaking region…
Evidence of Bizarre New Forms of Nationalism …. with an Old Odor
A young scientist has been charged with “smuggling” for buying at a Russian flea market and then trying to leave Russia with some old bank notes, coins, and medals: Three…