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  • Mar 10, 2004

    Such Ironies!

    by Liberty and Power

    The ironies of the Martha Stewart prosecution and conviction abound. The first that comes to mind is that the Food and Drug Administration reversed its rejection of ImClone Systems' anticancer drug, Erbitux. It was the imminent rejection of the drug in 2001 that prompted ImClone CEO Samuel Waksal to try to sell his shares, word of which was passed to Stewart, perhaps prompting her to sell her shares.

    Second is that although no one was victimized by Stewart's sale of the stock shares, ther

  • Mar 10, 2004

    Bush/Cheney '04 Bumper Stickers

    by Liberty and Power

    These gems come from Tom Blaskovics, via Jim Giltmier:

    Time to be thinking about getting out bumper stickers for the Bush/Cheney"re-election" ---

    Bush/Cheney '04 -- Compassionate Colonialism

    Bush/Cheney '04 -- Deja-voodoo All Over Again!

    Bush/Cheney '04 -- Four More Wars

    Bush/Cheney '04 -- Leave no Billionaire Behind

    Bush/Cheney '04 -- Making the World a Bitter Place, One Country at a Time

    Bush/Cheney '04 -- Over a Billion Whoppers Served

    Bu

  • Mar 10, 2004

    L'Affaire Stewart

    by Liberty and Power

    Sheldon Richman and others have offered some interesting insights into the Martha Stewart case. The WSJ has been especially good on this during the last many months, especially of late discussing the poor legal advice she received. The whole case is perhaps best summarized by a letter today, and, like the writer, I would emphasize his Point 4:

    ”To the Editor, WSJ:

    You indicate that there is one lesson to take away from this case,"Keep quiet when the feds call." In li

  • Mar 10, 2004

    Fuhgeddaboudit!

    by Liberty and Power

    The Brooklyn borough president, Marty Markowitz, is a bit of a comedian. Since he took office, signs have been springing up all over my hometown. When you come off a city bridge, say, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge linking Brooklyn to Staten Island, you are greeted with"Welcome to Brooklyn" signs that feature classic"Brooklyn" expressions, like"How Sweet It Is

  • Mar 10, 2004

    Left and Right

    by Liberty and Power

    Concerning the notion of left and right with respect to libertarianism, such cooperations go way back at least to Murray Rothbard and William Appleman Williams co-editing a book of essays during the Vietnam protest years.

    Cato has for years dealt with developing dialogues with government so that a conference in Putin’s Moscow should surprise no one. More surprising was the supposedly hard-core Mises Institute’s conference of two years ago. About six months before the events of 9/11, it

  • Mar 10, 2004

    Follow the $$$!

    by Liberty and Power

    For anyone who doubts the Corporatist nature of the American Imperial System, check out this Mar. 4th report from The Center for Responsive Politics. The big donors give to both Bush and Kerry -- some partisan politics!

  • Mar 9, 2004

    Cogito ERGO Sum

    by Liberty and Power

    I was glad to see Robert Campbell’s reference to writing for the"feeble forces of Ergo, an approximately weekly Randian newspaper that came out of MIT" back in the early 1970s. I too wrote for Ergo during my college days at Harvard (early 1980s in my case). I'd be curious to know when the newspaper finally closed down (I remember hearing that it moved from MIT to Harvard at some point after I left) or to hear which Ergoite
  • Mar 9, 2004

    Libertarian Purity

    by Liberty and Power

    I got a 117, but I was reading the questions in the most critical way I could. It was just too easy to check"yes" to everything.
  • Mar 9, 2004

    Test Your Purity

    by Liberty and Power

    Bryan Caplan's Libertarian Purity Test is making its way around the blogosphere again. I get anywhere from 105 to 111, depending on how I interpret the questions, which I bet is a pretty wimpy score in this crowd. But to add fuel to the Left-or-Right debates, here are some scores from NRO.
  • Mar 9, 2004

    Yet More on USM

    by Liberty and Power

    Shelby Thames the president of the University of Southern Mississippi, can be reached here for those you who want to express your views: Shelby.F.Thames@usm.edu
  • Mar 8, 2004

    Rush (Non-Limbaugh) and Juan (Non-Volokh)

    by Liberty and Power

    As Chris noted when he introduced me to this wonderful corner of the blogosphere, among my interests is an almost fanatical devotion to the rock band Rush. It's not just that they are without question the most libertarian rock band of all time, but they are also one of the most supremely talented, both musically and lyrically. They have also largely avoided the rock cliches of sex, drugs, and bad boy behavior - they play rock with the ment

  • Mar 8, 2004

    Gross Violations of Academic Freedom

    by Liberty and Power

    The situation at the University of Southern Mississippi is alarming, since it involves the sudden termination of two tenured professors. Apparently, the administration acted against them for exposing the fact that the Vice-President had falsified her employment history when she applied for the job. Both professors are members of the AAUP, and one is, or was, the organization's president.

    It is sad, but true, that we professors rarely act in concert, even when it is a matter of our own de

  • Mar 8, 2004

    “The Arab World's Scientific Desert” Article is Available to Anyone On-line

    by Liberty and Power

    The article mentioned earlier by CHRIS MATTHEW SCIABARRA, Daniel Del Castillo’s,"The Arab World's Scientific Desert," is available to anyone, not just subscribers to The Chronicle for Higher Education. You need to go to the following web site, and scroll down in the extreme right column,"Essays & Opinions," listing some essays, Click Here, where you will find it.

  • Mar 8, 2004

    More on USM

    by Liberty and Power

    Adapted from SCSU Scholars. Let me add some background information I found on David's story immediately below. There was a suspended no-confidence vote a year ago, after USM President Thames apparently made some moves that the Faculty Senate felt were autocratic. And the local AAUP group helped d
  • Mar 8, 2004

    Martha Stewart Going Down a One Way Street

    by Liberty and Power

    So, Martha Stewart will have to spend time in prison for lying to the government. Why doesn’t anyone in government ever have to go to jail for lying to her and me?