All Entries Tagged With: "scholarship"
The Greatest Libertarian Books
by N. Stephan Kinsella Austrian libertarians, more than most, should be acutely aware of the impossibility of coming up with a truly objective “top ten” list. Smith’s most valued book may be far down on Jones’s subjective rankings. Nonetheless, we forge ahead because such lists can be provocative, illuminating, and interesting. So in response to “The [...]
The NFL Draft and the Division of Labor
Tonight, the second-most-popular televised football broadcast of the year takes place from New York’s Radio City Music Hall. ESPN will broadcast round one of the NFL Draft, with the remaining rounds to be broadcast on Friday and Saturday. An estimated 40 million people will watch the draft, an event that even for the most interested [...]
Why the Republican Party Elected Lincoln
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo It is occasionally possible to see through the fog of mysticism, superstition, lies, and the romantic, happy-faced, floating butterfly vision of Abraham Lincoln that has been created by American court historians over the past century. One place to begin is the gem of a book by Pulitzer prize-winning Lincoln biographer David Donald [...]
George Bernard Shaw – On the body and soul
Too bad Shaw was an ardent socialist and a member of the Fabian Society. He had some pretty good insights. But I suppose that’s true for many socialist. Often times their hearts are in the right place, but they don’t seem to understand the difference between Free-Market Capitalism and Crony Capitalism. Also, many socialist seem [...]
Iran – Is This The Face of Evil? Decide for yourself…
By David Terry It’s amazing to me how many people inside our government try to portray other countries as the epitome of evil. Don’t get me wrong, there are bad people in charge of some countries, many would argue that ours is one of them, but bad leaders do not not equate to bad populations. Most people are [...]
The Agora Telegraph Library
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