Monthly Archives: April 2011

Lessons In Freedom: You Know He’s Desperate Now

Posted on April 25, 2011 by weblogbahamas

Tibor R. Machan So President Obama will create a task force to investigate if there might be crimes committed that lead to high gas prices. The operate term is “might.”  That is what one says when one has zero evidence … Continue reading →

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On poverty in The Bahamas

Posted on April 24, 2011 by weblogbahamas

A somewhat different view than Tough Call over at BahamaPundit Rick Lowe Larry Smith over at Bahama Pundit has attempted to deconstruct the presentation made recently by Professor Steven Horwitz for The Nassau Institute in his weekly column for The … Continue reading →

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Quote on taxes and debt

Posted on April 23, 2011 by weblogbahamas

Now here's one worth considering… "Governments are necessarily continuing concerns. They have to keep going in good times and in bad. They therefore need a wide margin of safety. If taxes and debt are made all the people can bear … Continue reading →

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Public Choice Theory in 2 minutes and 20 seconds

Posted on April 23, 2011 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe Hat tip to Professor at Cafe Hayek for the link to this great video. “Why did politicians cut a trivial amount of money in the recent budget agreement? Prof. Ben Powell, Suffolk University economist (and GMU PhD), explains … Continue reading →

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The idiocy of politics in The Bahamas and internationally

Posted on April 22, 2011 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe You might remember this post… from a couple days ago. Well Professor Boudreaux has out done me at this post… over at Cafe Hayek on an article by Jonah Goldberg about Donald Trump titled Duck, it's the Donald! … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: Republicans are Disarmed

Posted on April 22, 2011 by weblogbahamas

Tibor R. Machan In the current Democrat-Republican fracas Democrats want to ignore fiscal prudence and claim they are doing it for the poor and needy. Republicans, in turn, claim they don’t want higher and more taxes because of their speculative contention … Continue reading →

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The New Road to Serfdom: A Letter of warning to America – good advice for The Bahamas too

Posted on April 21, 2011 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe My dear friend and fellow blogger, Dr. Sidney Sweeting just gave me a copy of Mr. Daniel Hannan’s new book, The New Road to Serfdom. I’m about half way through and so far it’s a page turner. Of … Continue reading →

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Buzz words in the Bahamian political lexicon

Posted on April 20, 2011 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe Every few years political buzz words and phrases start making the rounds again in the political lexicon. Words like accountability, and empowerment reappear, along with phrases like The Bahamas for Bahamians and encouragement for Bahamian's to own more … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: On Demeaning A Straw Man

Posted on April 20, 2011 by weblogbahamas

Tibor R. Machan http://tiborrmachan.blogspot.com/ A. C. Grayling, an normally sensible English academic–just check out his book, Liberty in the Age of Terror (Bloomsbury, 2009)–wrote recently in The New York Review of Books: “Of course, people who hold extreme political positions … Continue reading →

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Abaco, Bahamas and the Digital Library of the Caribbean

Posted on April 19, 2011 by weblogbahamas

Rick Lowe A friend sent along some information recently about the history of the Marsh Harbour Volunteer Fire Department and it was most interesting. If you're interested you can read bout the start of the Marsh Harbour Volunteer Fire Department … Continue reading →

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