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Lord Acton has received empirical verification. Power does corrupt, according to a very interesting article from The Economist. (HT: Stephanie) I wonder if people who call for government intervention in our lives will take anything away from these experiments. Too often, people who want government intervention (in particular, liberals) claim that markets don’t always produce the [...] …one in which politicians think that they are (and often are) above the law, and one in which others have to play by basic moral rules, or at least they should have to. Next week will feature the release of a book by Andrew Young, a former staffer for John Edwards, former senator from North Carolina [...] For those who don’t know, there is speculation that Democrats might try to delay the seating of Republic Scott Brown, who just won the senatorial election in Massachusetts, so that he cannot vote against healthcare legislation beng discussed in Washington, which he has promised to do. For those so inclined, you may sign a petition [...] I just read a post entitled “Relief For Haiti: How Student Liberty Organizations Can Help“, on the Students for Liberty blog. While I agree that private charity is generally preferable to government aid and that this is an opportunity for libertarian organizations to emphasize how private charity can be and is a formidable force, I can’t [...] A couple of months ago, I wrote about David Goldhill’s excellent article in the Atlantic Monthly regarding healthcare. He emphasizes a consumer-centric system, one built around personal responibility for non-catastrophic healthcare costs. It is perhaps the best article I have read on the topic, although I don’t agree with all of Mr. Goldhill’s arguments. If [...] From the Wall Street Journal, evidence that the struggle to win over people’s hearts and minds in favor of liberty may be never-ending: Near a Lutheran church that was at the center of the 1989 protests, campaign supporters recently rallied for the Left. One particularly loud theme: The excesses that triggered today’s financial crisis wouldn’t have [...] |
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