Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in media on Jul 13th, 2010
The Columbia University President shares these freedom-fighting (against) comments in tomorrow’s WSJ: Meanwhile, the broadcast news industry was deliberately designed to have private owners operating within an elaborate system of public regulation, including requirements that stations cover public issues and expand the range of voices that could be heard. The Supreme Court unanimously upheld this […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 13th, 2010
Cities or merchants sometimes want to remove vending boxes to de-clutter the sidewalk, but newspaper boxes are protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and must be accommodated. That from a Streetwiki piece on curb extensions. Will newspaper boxes continue to be “protected” long after most of them have gone out of business? […]
Posted in Government Gone Wild on Jul 13th, 2010
To the tune of $188,000 per year.
Posted in Institutions on Jul 13th, 2010
If one took all of the foreign aid that has been given to Zambia since 1960 and invested it in the broad stock and bond market rather than flushing it down the corrupt and bureaucratic foreign aid toilet, Zambians would now enjoy an income per capita of $20,000 from the investment alone … instead of […]
