I rarely agree with Lou Dobbs but am gladdened to find out that he has adopted a radical Ron Paulian stand on foreign policy. He is promoting a petition to bring home all U.S. troops from overseas. This is a hopeful sign that some elements on the right are beginning to question Obama’s wars....
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Dear Anonymous Donor: Thank you for your contribution of a 2008 1,000,000,000,000 Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD) note, received by mail today. We note that the Zimbabwean government redenominated the ZWD again on February 2, 2009, at a rate of 1,000,000,000,000 old ZWD to 1 new ZWD, and as I write this your donation is currently...
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Anthony: I agree that the Gates incident is being misinterpreted by conservatives: one indeed has the right to security in one’s home, and should not be subject to arrest or harassment therein. However, liberals are similarly misinterpreting the incident, and are just as culpable in attempting to use it for their ends to perpetuate...
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In the following video, “Human Rights Group Campaigns to End Use of Child Politicians in Africa,” the Onion News Network brilliantly satirizes the hypocrisy and shallowness of politics, compulsory education, government-mandated childhood community service, child abuse, and the view that children should be groomed to seek political office. Human Rights Group Campaigns To End...
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The U.S. Navy, it appears, will be directed to take more vigorous action against pirates off the coast of Somalia. “We are resolved to halt the rise of piracy in that region,” Emperor Obama said. Moral philosophers must busy themselves in answering the question: Is this action just? For classical authors, justice consisted of “giving to each man what is...
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The International Herald Tribune reports that a protest group comprised of 60,000 church women, led by Jenni Williams, may be Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s ultimate downfall. Williams leads these “seamstresses, maids, vegetable sellers and hair dressers onto the streets ... [to] sing gospel songs, carry brooms to sweep the government clean (a figurative gesture,...
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As a result of dictator Robert Mugabe’s policies, the people of Zimbabwe now face starvation. Having destroyed agricultural production in the country by ending private ownership of land and farm-product markets, creating enormous hyperinflation to fund his military/police state (see here, here and here), torturing and killing opposition critics, and banning humanitarian aid (until...
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Prohibited from using U.S. dollars or other currencies in the midst of hyperinflation, the people of Zimbabwe have now turned to using gasoline coupons for money—anything but the Zimbabwean dollar. The result is that people transact in liters of gasoline, with the coupons as the currency. Zimbabweans face acute shortages of local currency. Already...
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To follow up on my recent posting regarding the funding of oppression in Zimbabwe through hyperinflation, Zimbabwean Central Bank Governor Gideon Gono has announced that after issuing $100 billion notes (not yet enough to buy even a loaf of bread), the government is devaluing its currency by dropping 10 zeroes, converting 10 billion dollars...
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