Saturday, March 31, 2007

Thank Goodness We Can Ignore the Wars

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New York Times foreign-affairs columnist Thomas Friedman laments that most Americans are disengaged from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. D...
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Jeffersonianism Interred

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For historian Arthur A. Ekirch Jr., the decline of American liberalism tracked the rise of nationalism and the corporate state, the intimate...

The Bag Made It!

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My luggage arrived at Tbilisi International Airport this morning. To make sure I got it right away, I went to the airport to pick up myself....
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Friday, March 30, 2007

Richman in Tbilisi; Luggage Not

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I arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Wednesday, which is more than I can say for my luggage. Nevertheless, that is surely preferable to the oth...

The Freeman, March 2007

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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Away, Away

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I'm away for 12 days in Georgia (the country) and Armenia to lecture at FEE student seminars. I will also give a lecture Thursday night ...
Sunday, March 25, 2007

Spreading Peace and Freedom in the Arab World

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This video has been making the rounds, but in case you've missed it, you'll want to see how U.S. troops are spreading peace, freedom...
Friday, March 23, 2007

Arthur Ekirch's The Decline of American Liberalism

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I like revisiting classic, and unfortunately forgotten, works in the (classical) liberal, or libertarian, canon. This pays several dividends...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Democracy in Action

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The most interesting part of the U.S. attorneys controversy is that no one in Congress knew that the revised the USAPATRIOT Act changed how...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Patience?

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On the fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, George II pleaded for patience. Give the new offensive a chance to work, he said. Bu...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

LeftLibertarian2

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A new Yahoo group for left libertarians has been set up because of discontent over the the group known as LeftLibertarian. You can view Left...
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Monday, March 12, 2007

Barack by Popular Demand?

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When you look at the top presidential contenders -- Obama, Clinton, Edwards, McCain, Giuliani, Romney -- I have no doubt that in terms of th...
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Sunday, March 11, 2007

Spencer the Great on Patriotism

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Herbert Spencer, the English libertarian, was a great thinker, but he must be the most maligned intellectual in history. This is from his es...
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Bush versus Chavez

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George II may be a lame duck in the United States. But his political career apparently isn't over. He's seems to be running for pres...
Saturday, March 10, 2007

Exporting the Welfare State

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So George II is in Latin America bragging about how much "social justice money" the "generous" American taxpayers have ...
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Friday, March 09, 2007

Free to Migrate

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No matter what the advocates of free immigration say about the natural individual right to move without government permission, many people r...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

If Bush Didn't Exist, Hugo Chavez Would Have to Invent Him

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The New York Times reported yesterday that: President Bush arrives here [Brazil] on Thursday with an energy partnership plan to create jobs...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Conservative Hypocrisy -- What Else Is New?

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I can't stand hypocrites. I can't stand conservatives. But I repeat myself. Last night Sean Hannity, one of the the heavyweight thi...
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Why I Like Seymour Hersh

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Yesterday MSNBC host Chris Matthews asked journalist Seymour Hersh what worries him most: a U.S. war with Iran, civil war in Iraq, or the r...
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Stop Them!

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Do President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have no idea of what made the founding of this country unique? It was the people’s deeply h...