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Criticisms of Palin; Praises of Obama

Author David D. Friedman isn't impressed with a lot of what gets slung around. He's also someone, thankfully, with a nuanced look at both candidates. For him, both the critics of Palin and the adoration of Obama need to be deflated.

David D. Friedman | 2 Sep 2008

Darwin Letter Friday

Daddy! I wanna go on the boat! The fateful decision is made September 1: Charles Darwin will indeed sail on the Beagle. Here’s some back-and-forth between Charles, his father, and Francis Beaufort,...

29 Aug 2008

Beatlemania in Israel

I had never heard about this incident before. The Beatles were booked for a 1965 concert in Israel, but organizers were denied permission to pay them (in foreign currency), canceling the show because “The...

28 Aug 2008

The Clinton Memos

Wow. They had a lot of issues, didn’t they? My favorite that I’ve read so far A lot of sites are chattering about the article in this month’s Atlantic on Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Joshua...

27 Aug 2008

David Friedman Interviewed on Liberty Watch

August 27, 2008 David D. Friedman has a resume that will make your head spin, but at its nexus are Law, Economics, and Technology. Liberty Watch Radio interviewed him on August 24, discussing his latest...

27 Aug 2008

Charles Bamforth Interviewed by Rick Kleffel

Rick Kleffel is an independent producer with NPR, and has interviewed a remarkable range of figures, and reviewed a massive amount of books. You can view his work here. He recently sat down with Charles...

26 Aug 2008

Hadley Arkes and the Born Alive Infant Protection Act

In an August 21 article in The New Republic [The Best Laid Traps], Damon Linker calls the Born Alive Infant Protection Act a “trap” deliberately set for Barack Obama by “theocon”...

Hadley Arkes | 26 Aug 2008

Technology and a Better World

The Times Editorial Observer featured Make Magazine’s Mister Jalopy today, who issues a simple request: Please make it easier for us to tinker with your stuff. Yes, many of us marvel at technological...

25 Aug 2008

The Final Count

A nice showing by both indeed. US came #1 by total – 110 medals in all, with China leading in Golds. Great Britain showed an impressive #4 overall, beating out the rest of Europe. The home office...

25 Aug 2008

Darwin Letter Friday

This letter comes from Evolution Charles on the American Civil War Darwin writes the great American botanist Asa Gray during a turbulent point in American history. Darwin’s feelings on slavery were...

22 Aug 2008

David Friedman on the Libertarian Party

From Flynn’s ordered-government liberalism, we turn to Future Imperfect author and hard-core libertarian David D. Friedman for his views on a very visible political party that doesn’t always...

David D. Friedman | 20 Aug 2008

James Flynn’s Top 5 Liberals

James Flynn (as in, The Flynn Effect), asks in his latest book: “Where Have all the Liberals Gone?” But what does he mean by “liberal?” Thomas Jefferson Without Jefferson, we would...

James R. Flynn | 19 Aug 2008