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Mark Brady
Go here to read Professor Rizzo's original letter to the Wall Street Journal and the abridged version they chose to publish in Tuesday's issue. Good job, Mario, who joins Sheldon Richman on my rollcall of honor.

Thursday, August 2, 2007 - 16:42


David T. Beito
Randy Barnett take note. Over at National Review Online, Todd Seavey underscores the practical electoral advantages of nominating Ron Paul as a conservative/libertarian"fusion" candidate:

Continuing conservative support for the Iraq war is certainly an issue (note that Paul voted for the Afghan war, so he’s not a complete pacifist), but surely it’s not the be-all and end-all of conservatism. As popular support for the war fades, and if we do not meet with the successes forecast by the architects of the “surge,” might not even the most pro-war conservatives be willing to budge a bit on that possibly doomed and politically damning issue? Hawks may be reluctant to shift, but for many conservatives it may well be worth it to have a president with true conservative values.


Wednesday, August 1, 2007 - 12:28


Mark Brady
Go here to read about the drunken antics of British tourists abroad.

Of course, the British sometimes behaved worse when Britain ruled the waves and a large chunk of the planet, except they spoke with more refined accents and asserted themselves more forcefully.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007 - 22:34