Brad DeLong’s “economist’s view” of Liberalism and Libertarianism starts like this (emphasis added): Let me give you what I take to be an American card-carrying modern liberal economist’s take on classical liberalism–which I think is broadly an updated version of … Continue reading
Azarmehr reports on an anti-Israeli demonstration in Iran: In this clip, the mob leader with the tannoy shouting the slogans, warms up the flock with the usual ‘Death to Israel’ and ‘Death to America’ to begin with but then his … Continue reading
The government has responded to an online petition that read as follows: “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop Islamic Sharia Law being used in Great Britain.” Details of Petition: “The most senior judge in England and Wales … Continue reading
Graffiti on a wall at a Jewish cemetery in north London: But fruit extracts are still unacceptable. UPDATE: Whoops, credit missed. Nicked from the Anorak.
This seems a sensible suggestion: Henry Porter, one of the few journalists to “get it” has an excellent article today about how people are being lifted by the police for photographing things – cycle paths, derelict buildings, railway stations and … Continue reading
Fox Business News reports: Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis and “Hustler” magazine publisher Larry Flynt have said they will petition Congress for financial aid along the lines of what the Big Three auto makers are getting. And why not? … Continue reading
Lisa Goldman writes from an anti-war Israeli perspective. Daniel Finkelstein explains why Ruth wasn’t supposed to have a notebook. Snoopy translates a piece that argues a ceasefire now would simply be a promise that the killing of Jews would start … Continue reading
For the last forty years and more, the British people have been systematically lied to and mislead as to the basis on which the country’s laws and policies relating to the recreational use of drugs have been been formulated and … Continue reading
A tree ring record stretching back 7500 years.
My post here about Old Holborn had a point I didn’t make. I was more preoccupied with demonstrating that I have some kind of basis on which to speak about the problem with anonymity. But here’s the point. I’m saying: … Continue reading