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Happy Easter (2014)

     The News of the Week will be late due to various obligations, and won’t be up until late Monday/early Tuesday.      In the meantime, here is a bunny kickin’-back & taking a relaxing bath.

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Hayek on Social Justice

     From Firing Line, William F Buckley Jr hosts a discussion on social justice with George Roche III (Hillsdale College) and Noble Laureate economist F. A. Hayek.

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Capitalism and a Free Society

     Margaret Thatcher chats with William F. Buckley about economic incentives, minimum wage and redistribution of wealth:

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Conservative Diversity

     “Just a bunch of rich old White men”?      Riiiiight…      Via Mitch Behna (@MitchBehna).

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World Down Syndrome Day

     Today, March 21st, is World Down Syndrome Day      …got a speck of dust in my eye is all…

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Free to Choose Friday (Part 10)

     Each Friday for the past few months, an episode of Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose has been posted.      The tenth (and final) episode: How to Stay Free

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Ye Therefore Who Come After

     Are we still a free people?  MEP Daniel Hannan takes on that question at Australia’s “Centre for Independent Studies”

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The Ides of March (2014)

Caesar: Who is it in the press that calls on me? I hear a tongue shriller than all the music Cry “Caesar!” Speak, Caesar is turn’d to hear. Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March. Caesar: What man is that? Brutus: … Continue reading

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The last episode of “Free to Choose” will be shown next week. In the meantime, Happy π day!

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Six Californias: An Analysis of Splitting California Into Six States

     A Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Tim Draper, is circulating an initiative measure to split California into six states.  Here we present a quick look at what that would mean politically.      First let us look how the state would be broken … Continue reading

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