Not from me, of course. I give you: * Jennifer Grossman at the Atlas Society’s site: “Date the Atlas, not the shrug.” * Sarah Skwire at the Fraser Institute blog: “You can love a man for who he is, while also acknowledging the pleasure you take in the things that he has.”
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Let me share with you the most impressive number of our generation: 600 million. That is how many people have been lifted out of extreme poverty in the last 25 years. Never before in history have so many raised themselves to a minimum level of comfort. The poverty line is a matter of controversy, as
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You may have noticed that things in the art world are a little, well, off these days. The artists we hear most about are those like vomit girl, also known as Millie Brown, who drinks colored milk and then makes herself throw up on the canvas. Or Jeff Koons, who gets millions for intentionally-banal objects,
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Bryan Caplan says No: I’m a hard-core libertarian who defines libertarianism broadly. If you think voluntarism is seriously underrated and government is seriously overrated, you’re a libertarian in my book.” But, “when libertarians start describing Danish ‘flexicurity’ with deep admiration, however, I don’t just doubt their libertarian commitment. More importantly, I wonder why they changed
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An old specter is again haunting Europe — neo-fascist and neo-Nazi movements and political parties are returning to prominence. This feature in Britain’s The Guardian notes an increase in attacks on Jews in France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Further east and south Nazi-like parties are surging in the polls in countries like Hungary and Greece,
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Here is a common scenario: A successful person makes a donation to a worthy cause but downplays any praise by saying “I’m only giving back.” Like many others, I am troubled by the “giving back” phrase when I hear it. The usual gentle rejoinder is to point out that the phrase assumes that the giver
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Here’s the line-up of our seven speakers for the day — Monday, March 14 at Rockford University. Click on the image to enlarge. And here’s a PDF version too.
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Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Hicks: I am Stephen Hicks, executive director of CEE, and with us today is Dr. William Kline, who is Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies at the University of Illinois in Springfield. Professor Kline is a Philosophy professor, primarily
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