Monthly Archives: December 2010

Lessons in Freedom: Law & Our Democracy

Posted on December 17, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Tibor R. Machan One clear thing about the WikiLeaks affair is that outfits like The New York Times are showing their hypocrisy by failing to vigorously defend WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange’s actions.  Wasn’t it The Times that published Daniel Ellsberg’s stolen … Continue reading →

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Two links of Interest: Foreign Aid and ObamaCare

Posted on December 16, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Hat tip to Dr. Boudreaux over at Cafe Hayek for these articles. Enjoy. Foreign aid Donald J. Boudreaux in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "Suppose Toyota sells a $20,000 car to an American and then immediately uses that $20,000 to buy software … Continue reading →

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Can the Government force you to buy health insurance?

Posted on December 16, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe If you have an interest in the so called ObamaCare debate in the United States you might be aware that a Virginia Court recently overturned the "individual mandate" or right to force people to buy health insurance stating … Continue reading →

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How Perception of Time Relates to Decision-Making

Posted on December 15, 2010 by weblogbahamas

From Live Leak “Professor Philip Zimbardo conveys how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. Time influences who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world.” Hat tip … Continue reading →

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BTC between a rock and a hard place

Posted on December 15, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Edward Hutcheson First published in The Tribune, Tuesday, December 14, 2010 and posted here with the kind permission of the author. The public dialogue for BTC is long overdue, but the fact that it is taking place in a climate … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: A Stupid Analogy

Posted on December 15, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Tibor R. Machan Now that Judge Henry E. Hudson of the Virginia district court ruled that the Obama health care measure violates the U. S. Constitution by forcing people to make purchases they may not want to make, there are … Continue reading →

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“Empires, indeed governments generally, tend to be good things at first and bad at things the longer they last…”

Posted on December 14, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe I know I've posted stuff about Matt Ridley's fabulous book The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves, here… and here… but here's another gem from him, from The triumph of cities chapter, that I feel compelled to share: "Empires, … Continue reading →

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A false lesson on climate change

Posted on December 13, 2010 by weblogbahamas

David Frum – The Week The conduct of climate scientists at the U.K.'s Climate Research Institute was scandalous. But what does that tell us about the validity of climate change? On their way to discovering the double helix structure of … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: Disgusting Rich Bashing

Posted on December 13, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Tibor R. Machan There are many welcome developments in America in our time, mainly in the media.  Certainly Judge Andrew Napolitano’s and John Stossel’s Fox Business Network TV programs are quite unprecedented in their principled libertarian commentaries. The way Reason … Continue reading →

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Family – Song of the week – December 13, 2010 – Processions

Posted on December 13, 2010 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe I heard a Family tune on the radio this past weekend and it reminded me that I had a double CD of theirs. I can’t locate a web site for them, but if you come across any of … Continue reading →

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