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Analysis and Commentary

We have a responsibility to protect the people of Burma. But how?

by Timothy Garton Ashvia Guardian (UK)
Thursday, May 22, 2008

This weekend, unless Burma's generals rediscover in their shrivelled souls some remnant of human decency, there will take place in the Irrawaddy delta one of the most grotesque events in the political history of the modern world...

In the News

Media missteps

with Victor Davis Hansonvia American Daily
Thursday, May 22, 2008

The mainstream media has been taking quite a few hits lately...

In the News

Would negative income tax work?

with Milton Friedmanvia Taipei Times
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Ahead of his inauguration, Vice President Vincent Siew (蕭萬長) asked the Ministry of Finance to prioritize the passing of a negative income tax system after he and President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) took office yesterday...

Analysis and Commentary

An Assessment of China's Deepening Ties to Latin America

by William Ratliffvia China Brief, Jamestown Foundation
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

The explosive growth of China’s links to Latin America in recent years are but the latest developments in a history that reaches back to the Spanish colonial empire in the early-16th century...

In the News

CNN Classroom Edition: Notes from North Korea

with William J. Perryvia CNN
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Record the CNN Special Investigations Unit Classroom Edition: Notes from North Korea when it airs commercial-free on Monday, May 26, 2008, from 4:00 -- 5:00 a.m. ET on CNN...

In the News

Cash, Not Goodwill, Can Solve Organ Shortage

with Gary S. Beckervia Wall Street Journal
Friday, May 16, 2008

Gavin Carney, an Australian nephrologist, has a solution for the perennial shortage of kidneys for transplant: let people sell theirs for $50,000...

Analysis and Commentary

Poland is overtaking Britain on the road to Europe - and to the euro

by Timothy Garton Ashvia Guardian (UK)
Thursday, May 15, 2008

In Krakow, Poland's Oxford, the Brits don't have a good reputation...

In the News

Adam Smith on the China tragedy

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Here is Adam Smith on the human capacity for selfishness and for something that goes beyond selfishness:...

Analysis and Commentary

So Emotional

by Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Some people think that the reason the public misunderstands so many issues is that these issues are too “complex” for most voters...

In the News

Courtesy, Curriculum, and a New Topic

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

I want to be first in line to shout "hosanna" to your call for courtesy...

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