Showing posts with label political freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political freedom. Show all posts
Saturday, July 13, 2013

Edward Snowden statement: "It was the right thing to do and I have no regrets"

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In Moscow, whisteblower Edward Snowden lashes back at the US government. From the Guardian (hat tip lewrockwell.com ) Full transcri...
Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Quote of the Day: To Achieve Liberty, Envy and Intolerance have to be Overcome

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To achieve liberty and peace, two powerful human emotions have to be overcome. Number one is "envy" which leads to hate and clas...
Friday, November 02, 2012

How Despotism Promoted Ignorance in Myanmar

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Many people nurture the mystical impression that noble intentions drive actions of governments pertinent to social welfare concerns. We...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Quote of the Day: The Right of the Individual’s Happiness

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Now let me point out to you that we have not arrived simply at an abstract result, but that this question of liberty as against force will...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Graphic of the Day: Voting Doesn’t Make You Free

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While this graphic is targeted to American audience, amidst the coming US presidential elections, this message is relevant to all. (so...
Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Gary North on How to Gum Up Any Institutions

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Well if governments can make a mess of society through immoral  statutes and regulations, people can reciprocate by goofing up the system t...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Video: Should the Government Track Your Political Activity?

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Thanks to Learn Liberty's Tim Hedberg for the video
Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Quote of the Day: Preservation of Political Freedom through the Free Markets

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What the market does is to reduce greatly the range of issues that must be decided through political means, and thereby to minimize the e...
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Quote of the Day: Terrorism Cannot Take Away Our Freedoms

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The goal of terrorism is not to crash planes, or even to kill people; the goal of terrorism is to cause terror. Liquid bombs, PETN, plane...
Friday, February 17, 2012

EUROASIAN Union: Regionalizing Cronyism or Despotism?

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Russia’s Vladimir Putin has a grand design, he intends to integrate ex-Soviet Union states. From the Businessinsider.com , It's l...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

World Press Freedom Rankings: Philippines 140th

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Reporters without borders recently released the Press Freedom index. The press release goes … This year’s index sees many changes in ...
Saturday, September 03, 2011

Does Rising Global Middle Class Presage Growing Demand for Classical Liberalism?

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Globalization seems to have brought about a significant surge in the number of middle class. Chart from the Economist As a political f...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Economic Freedom Is Key To Prosperity

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Great stuff from Professor Walter Williams , (bold highlights mine) Poverty in Egypt, or anywhere else, is not very difficult to explai...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

The Revivalism of Friedrich Hayek's Ideas

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Great stuff by Professor Russ Roberts at the Wall Street Journal on "Why Friedrich Hayek Is Making a Comeback" (all bold highlight...
Thursday, April 15, 2010

The Importance of Choice

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This is great stuff from marketing guru Seth Godin , With so many options in media, interaction and venues, you now get to choose what you...
Friday, January 15, 2010

Global Political Freedom Backslides, Asia Improves

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Speaking of freedom. It has generally been a bad news for global political freedom. The Economist recently observed that recent trends revea...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

Power Of Social Networking: President Obama Responds To A Freedom Advocate Blogger

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We have written alot about how web based technology have been democratizing information. Its apparent impact appears to be vastly broadening...
Sunday, April 12, 2009

Somalia’s Growing Pirate Industry, Understanding Pirates’ Historical Role

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Happy Easter! Pirates are in the news again. No, this isn’t about Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow and the Pirates of the Caribbean in searc...