Fatos Tarifa, the ambassador of Albania to the United States, writes in The Washington Times:
Unlike people in other countries in Europe and elsewhere, the Albanian people have not forgotten what it is like to live under tyranny and repression. The Albanians for more than 40 years were held in thrall by the repressive forces of […]
George F. Will writes about replacing all other taxes with a flat sales tax:
The power to tax involves, as Chief Justice John Marshall said, the power to destroy. So does the power of tax reform, which is one reason why Rep. John Linder, a Georgia Republican, has a 133-page bill to replace 55,000 pages of […]
This San Francisco Chronicle Op-Ed about psychiatric medication for children and teens and it’s connection with issues like suicide and school violence is very interesting reading.
I have long been concerned with the amount of psychiatric medication being prescribed, especially for younger people. I don’t think we know enough about the effects of such treatments.
Washington Post:
The hardest challenge in the state capital these days is to locate anyone who will defend the way California has drawn its legislative and congressional district lines in the past decade.
In this the largest and most influential of the 50 states, there are 173 major political subdivisions: 80 seats in the state Assembly, 40 […]
Miami Herald:
Few people know with certainty whether Terri Schiavo would have wanted to die or to prolong her life. But finally, at least for her, the question is moot.
The nation and the world tracked Schiavo as her life ebbed after the fiercely disputed removal of her lifeline: a feeding tube. It nourished her for 15 […]
If your read nothing else today, read this normblog: For Zimbabwe
It cannot be excerpted.
(via Instapundit)
Gib has also had quite a few good posts on Zimbabwe recently.
Niall Ferguson has written a sobering Foreign Affairs article that is well worth reading.
It parallelscurrent events with events preceding WWI. I am going to have to think more about this, how signifigant the parallels are and what differences there are as well. It is also unclear what we should do if the situations […]
This Op-Ed by Senator Lamar Alexander, Much as I Hate It, We Need a National ID, is a must read for anyone who is interested in this issue. His final paragraph as a teaser:
I still detest the idea of a government ID card. South Africa’s experience is a grim reminder of how such documents […]
Sci-Tech Today:
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) predicts an increased risk of abrupt collapses in nature that could spur disease, deforestation or “dead zones” in the seas. Sudden changes in water quality, the collapse of fisheries and shifts in regional climate are other likely features of our over-use of resources, it warns.
It doesn’t take a […]
