A group of “leading conservative lawyers”—a phrase never confused with “U.S. Marines”—has produced an embarrassingly pompous letter denouncing Liz Cheney for demanding the names of attorneys at the Justice Department who formerly repres ... [read more]

Reading some of the articles today (like in the NatPo at left) about V.P. Joe Biden’s humiliating failure in inspiring peace talks in the middle east between Israel and its haters, just by being there (because he certainly didn’t come a ... [read more]

If you scroll down at this link, you’ll find a video of my colleague Walter Williams discussing the U.S. Census. [read more]

The Harper regime is putting forward a proposal to make it easier for police to conduct random, suspicionless searches of people's person by introducing legislation that would make it legal for police to randomly stop and compel drivers ... [read more]

You are getting fleeced, you are getting fleeced... Leaked documents from Skills Development Scotland (SDS) blamed a “lack of coordination” and claimed the problem was “prevalent” across the country. But Mr Gray said told MSPs at First ... [read more]

Work it, journalist!  Perpetuate those myths like the one that all liberals and leftists are…. why they’re brilliant!  Perhaps too intelligent, while at the same time describing all small and big-C conservatives and Republicans as dumb- ... [read more]

This just in ... OK it may have been in for a while, but I just found about it. [read more]

In a number of previous posts, I have described what I am looking for—a pocket computer/pda/internet appliance/phone. For those who share my hobby of window shopping gadgets, with at least some possibility of eventually buying one, here ... [read more]

Nunavut is set to try and ban alcohol products that originate from an EU country. This is in retaliation of the EU ban on seal products. I have a few questions about this: 1. Do they expect this to hurt... [read more]

Nunavut is set to try and ban alcohol products that originate from an EU country. This is in retaliation of the EU ban on seal products. I have a few questions about this: [read more]

Ron Paul is an openly libertarian politician who supports the concept of free trade. Yet he has been on the record as being against NAFTA. In today’s National Post they are reporting that Ron Paul is part of a movement... [read more]

Here’s the abstract of George Selgin’s excellent new article, “Central Banks as Sources of Financial Instability,” published  in The Independent Review: The present financial crisis shows how central banks can fuel the financial booms ... [read more]

I had been encouraged by the news that the government would take steps to stop the growth of the civil service, at least until the deficit was resolved. Yet it seems that my more natural pessimism would have been more... [read more]

When people feel before they think: In interviews, however, two former senior commanders in the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) told the BBC that the vast majority of the money was stolen by rebels to buy weapons for their fig ... [read more]

Here’s a letter that I sent to the Wall Street Journal: Bret Stephens interprets Iraq’s recent democratic election as proof that western modernity, with all of its marvels and freedoms, is dawning in that country (“Iraqis Embrace Democ ... [read more]