Michael Giberson On Sunday, the Washington Post published a short piece by S.R. Sidarth, the political volunteer who was the object of George Allen’s “macaca” mocking. Allen’s remarks probably would have passed unnoticed, relatively speaking, but for Sidarth’s capturing them on video and the video later showing up on Youtube. That moment, more than any …
Lynne Kiesling The radio silence from yours truly has been due to the concatenation (one of my favorite words) of two events: a project deadline today and my participation as a faculty member in the Institute for Humane Studies seminar Freedom, Tolerance, and Civil Society (note the serial comma, so there, Tom!). I gave three …
Michael Giberson The Independent Institute has released it’s Open Letter on Immigration. The press release explains: As the House and Senate struggle toward compromise on an immigration bill, tensions and rhetoric are rising. The signers of the Open Letter on Immigration believe that this emotional debate taking place in Washington, D.C. and around the country …
Lynne Kiesling I had been aware of the Seattle Public School District’s recent attempt to define “institutional racism” because of Eugene Volokh’s post a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t broach the subject here because I didn’t have anything to add other than to observe that it’s disturbing to have some institutional imposition of …
Michael Giberson Via Virginia Postrel, I see Daniel Drezner is upset with the Bono-voiced World Cup ads running on ESPN. Drezner apparently believes, contrary to implications of the ad, that soccer can’t in fact stop war. I appreciate his sentiment, especially the point urged in his title: Will Bono Please Be Quiet, Please? (As a …
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Michael Giberson Alex Tabarrok is circulating an open letter to the President and Members of Congress reflecting the consensus opinion of economists on the costs and overall net benefits of immigration. In conjunction with the Independent Institute, Alex is seeking as many signatures as possible from economists and other social scientists. For me, immigration has …
Michael Giberson Catallarchy is hosting May Day 2006: A Day of Remembrance, to which Randall McElroy offers a commemoratory on the Berlin Wall. He quotes John F. Kennedy?s speech in Berlin: Freedom has many difficulties, and democracy is not perfect. But we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in?to …
Michael Giberson Google?s relationship with China is much in the news and all over blogs. Applying the ?a picture is worth a thousand words? school of rhetoric, Little Green Footballs offers ?Two Versions of Google?: tiananmen – Google Image Search. tiananmen – Google Image Search in China Found via Liberty Belles ?Nothing Much Happened There? …
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Lynne Kiesling At the new Austrian Economists blog, Pete Boettke has a very nice post on autonomy and how freedom and responsibility affect economic models. His discussion gives some insights into the ideas underpinning James Buchanan’s work, as Pete learned it and teaches it in his courses. He reminds us of the extent to which …
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Lynne Kiesling I spent last weekend attending a Liberty Fund conference on themes of liberty and responsibility in the writings of Charles Darwin. We read selections from The Origin of Species, The Descent of Man, The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals, and Darwin’s autobiography. It was a fascinating opportunity to learn about Darwin’s …
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