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Welcome to the New Bohemia
[Editor's note: I first came across this article while living in Santa Cruz. It was in one of those trashy "arts and events" weeklys that you find littering every city in America. I have tried to...
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Here’s a great piece on the arts and government funding: How Commerce Expands Culture One of the boldest quotes from the piece reads, “Not only is the market better for creative culture than most...
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“Europe’s Job Seekers Flock to Germany”
That’s the title of a recent piece on immigration in Europe, as told through a Greek family settling down in Germany, by the Wall Street Journal. Among the gems: Despite the enmity often directed at...
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Hope y’all like the new layout of the blog. Take a few minutes to get comfortable. Take off your coat, your shoes and your troubles. Now have a glass of red wine and a look around. IRS specifically...
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The Triumph of Liberalism Over Socialism
The Economist has a great piece on France’s current socialist government and the scandal of wealth that has recently erupted there. From the report: Now the Socialist president’s new disclosure rules...
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Un petit baiser pour le cinéma Français
Au cours des longues annéees de ma vie américaine, j’ai eu l’occasion de dire des tas de choses désagréables sur la pauvreté du cinéma français pourtant surnourri de subsides publics. J’aimême publié...
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Genocidio(s) y modernidades múltiples
La tipificación del delito de genocidio por el derecho internacional -occidental y dominante- en Guatemala es un delito que comprende los actos de “quien con el propósito de destruir total o...
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The IRS Crimes: a Gift from Providence to Libertarians
[Cross-posted at Facts Matter] Anyone who has libertarian sentiments, in the Libertarian Party or outside of it, in the Republican Party, or elsewhere; anyone who sees himself as supporting the...
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Danny Huizinga riffs off of Dr Gibson’s article on mathematical models in economics Longtime reader –Rick shares some eye candy of another kind Shang Jun and Wu Xia, advocates for free trade in China,...
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Markets Strengthen Moral Values
[Cross-posted at the Progress Report] Pure markets enhance people’s moral values. In a pure market economy, all activity is voluntary for everyone, and involuntary acts, those which coercively harm...
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La mauvaise foi
[Cross-posted at Facts Matter] Le mensonge adulte me fascine depuis longtemps. Le mensonge collectif m’intrigue particulièrement. La mauvaise foi de tout un groupe, toute une caste ne cesse de...
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A Possible Explanation for Greece’s Economic Woes
And one that does not have to do with Athens’ infamous bookkeeping practices. From the New York Times: But property ownership in Greece is often less than clear cut. So Mr. Hamodrakas put a padlock on...
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Liberalization in India, and NOT Just in Markets
Shikha Dalmia, of Reason, has a new piece up in the Wall Street Journal on India’s harassment problem: I’ve never met an Indian woman—rich or poor, upper or lower caste, pretty or homely, young or...
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Breton Religion
[Excerpt from Jacques Delacroix's book of memoirs: “I Used to Be French: An Immature Autobiography.” Delacroix is looking for an agent, a publisher, or some sort of non-venal help.] The church, the...
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Around the web: class, work, and a call for the totalitarian oppression of...
In the course of a recent internet search for “lazy millennials,” “entitled millennials,” “milliennial brats,” and the like (call it an effort at self-diagnosis, if you wish), I came across one of the...
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Maryland v. King: Scalia’s Noble Dissent
I’m definitely not Antonin Scalia’s biggest fan, but – as the Cato Institute’s Walter Olson writes – “if there’s ever a time when Antonin Scalia really rises to the occasion, it’s when he serves as the...
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I’m Done
Whew. Finals are over. Expect a lot more from me over the next little while. Nothing tonight, of course (I’m gonna sleeeep), but more is coming. Thanks for all of your thoughtful comments and...
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Libertarian Countries and Libertarian Societies
by Fred Foldvary Michael Lind in the 4 June 2012 salon.com in his article “The question libertarians just can’t answer,” asked, “Why are there no libertarian countries?” One answer is simply that...
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Around the Web: Rumpy Pumpy
Just one link tonight, since I have to be onsite at a vineyard in less than five hours for work tomorrow. Here it is, in all its sharp English glory. What does Mark Steyn find so compelling about an...
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From the Comments: Open Borders, Immigration and the Sociology of Gradualism
Dr Delacroix takes issue with my woefully inadequate summary of his work on open borders in the Independent Review. He writes: Small yet somewhat important correction: In our piece in the Independent...
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