Digital television is really cool. It enables HDTV programming that gives the viewer a brilliant, crystal-clear picture with CD-quality surround sound. Combine that with broadband digital services like internet, television, telephone, music, and games and the benefits of high-speed integrated telecommunications are very impressive indeed. I even know people who visit Best [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 28, 2008
Running for Intellectual Cover
Let’s say you’re a politician who really wants to make a mark on history. You know the world would be a much better place if everyone simply did what you told them to do, but your focus group research indicates that the campaign slogan “Do what I say or I’ll throw you in jail” [...]
February 24, 2008
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
On the Sunday edition of CNN International’s World News, anchor Ralitsa Vassileva led the story of Cuba’s transition from one dictator named Castro to another dictator named Castro with the following:
“And let’s begin in Havana, and a moment that’s been nearly fifty years in the making. Cuba’s National Assembly is meeting to pick a [...]
February 16, 2008
Giving Up Liberty for Security
Quite a week in Congress. Senators from both sides of the aisle used their lack of Congressional authority to let the NFL and MLB know just how unhappy they were about the way professional sports are being run in this country. Not content with lambasting Roger Clemens and Roger Goodell over the use [...]
February 11, 2008
The Essential Feature of Government
“It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. The funds that a government spends for whatever purposes are levied by taxation. And taxes are paid because the taxpayers are afraid of offering resistance to the tax gatherers. They know that any disobedience or [...]
February 11, 2008
Oil For Food
Here’s something to consider when listening to Chavez’s threats to cut off oil supplies to the United States – The Miami Herald reports that Venezuela is suffering from a shortage of food, despite all of its oil revenue. In fact, the shortages are so severe that Chavez has had to put aside his hatred [...]
February 3, 2008
Party Like It’s 1929
So it appears that John McCain will be the Republican nominee – as if I needed another reason to doubt the GOP’s commitment to free market principles. During the CNN Republican debate on January 30, 2008, McCain took several swipes at capitalism in an attempt to diminish Mitt Romney, his chief rival for the [...]
February 3, 2008
Legal Immigration – A Personal Account
“I’ve got nothing against immigration, just illegal immigration! They just need to follow the rules to come here.” Fair enough. I think that’s a reasonable statement, and one that expresses a very common sentiment amongst most Americans. However, it’s probably a good idea to understand what “following the rules” really [...]
