If democracy is so fundamental, shouldn’t we all have a vote in every place we set foot, from Sunbury, Alaska, to Monaco? Original Article: “ How I Survived Travel to a “Democracy” Where I Had No Vote “. This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.
“ It is not from the ‘rich’ that the sums called for could be obtained, it is not indeed from the rich that the vast social expenditures to date have been obtained.” — Bertrand de Jouvenel, The Ethics of Redistribution A persistent virus is beginning to spread, threatening to sweep the country as the next great epidemic. What is the ill? The
Bill Steigerwald, associate editor, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, puts the horrible Virginia Tech shooting in its almost-forgotten historical context . On March 18, 1927, Andrew Kehoe, board member of Bath Consolidated Schools, Bath Township, Michigan, carried out a massacre that killed 45, including 38 grade-school children. Though, unlike Cho
OK, melting ice and potential oil in the Arctic have brought out the worst in neighboring governments. ( U.S. expedition mapping the Arctic ) But, I have to ask, “What’s in it for me?” There are three possible outcomes: ownership of the oil-rich land is given to me (highly unlikely); it’s given to another individual, or group of individuals, who
We landed at the Anchorage airport, deplaned, and hurriedly hustled through the concourse. Our rapid movement was both an expression of our excitement to see our daughters, who recently moved there, as well as an acknowledgement that a battle awaited. No, not a family squabble. Instead, we were advancing in double time toward a pending pitched
Aterrizamos en el aeropuerto de Anchorage, desembarcamos y nos precipitamos por la explanada. Nuestro rápido movimiento fue tanto una expresión de nuestra emoción por ver a nuestras hijas, que recientemente se mudaron allí, como un reconocimiento de que una batalla nos esperaba. No, no una disputa familiar. En cambio, avanzábamos en doble tiempo
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