Current Events Archive
The Real Iraq: A Moment of Truth
May 28, 2008 · Category: Current Events, Politics
"To most of us, Iraq is an abstraction that, at best, vaguely resembles reality on the ground. A new book by Michael Yon, however, reveals the real Iraq -- and why we face a moment ...
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A soldier’s perspective on why they’re in Iraq
This is a guest post by reader Russ Corwin.
I’ve enjoyed reading this thread (“On appreciating military service, even in Iraq”) as it has developed and before I comment I want to say that I consider ...
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Who is John Yoo?
In the article "Is John Yoo a Monster?" Esquire magazine provides a lovely, intimate look at the man who played the single biggest role in shaping the Bush administration's policies on torture.
One thing I like ...
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Reason.tv: Mississippi Drug War Blues
May 8, 2008 · Category: Current Events, Politics
Wow, Reason.tv is doing some excellent work, here.
I couldn't take my eyes off it.
(h/t Instapundit)
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Best Buy leading the world in workday flexibility
I am fascinated by what Best Buy has done:
[W]hen Hance participates in a morning teleconference with his co-workers or in-house clients, he sometimes is calling in via cell phone from his fishing boat on a ...
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Michael Strong: Give charter schools a chance
I've been talking some lately with Flow CEO Michael Strong, who (together with Whole Foods CEO John Mackey) is doing some excellent work with explaining free market principles to folks with liberal-ish ideals.
Today ...
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Why can’t two-income families afford a home?
April 28, 2008 · Category: Current Events, Politics
Question: "Why could families easily meet their financial obligations in the 1950s and 1960s, when only one parent worked outside the home, yet have great difficulty today, when two-income families are the norm?"
Answer: Primarily because ...
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Monster lawyers take it in the nose
April 16, 2008 · Category: Current Events, Politics
I know many Objectivists and free market advocates have mixed feelings about patent law and how it is used. If you're one of them, don't miss this letter to the lawyers representing Monster Cable. ...
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Note to the Media: Fathers Are a Good Thing
April 14, 2008 · Category: Current Events, Intellectual
One of the most incisive things I ever heard from a professor during my years in grad school in clinical psychology was this: "The scarcest resource in the world is a good father."
Good fathers not ...
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Hapless Robbers Target Biker Meeting ... Hilarity Ensues
March 4, 2008 · Category: Current Events, Humor
Whoever had the job of writing this highlights for this story must've had a ball:
Story Highlights
· Two masked, machete-wielding robbers burst into club and empty cash registers
· 50 bikers meeting in adjacent room hear commotion ...
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