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Howard’s tautology: review of Everyday Freedom, part 1 of 4
Although Philip K. Howard’s new book, Everyday Freedom: Designing the Framework for a Flourishing Society, is a slim work (for the record, it is just 84 pages long, not including the endnotes and acknowledgments, so it is even shorter than … Continue reading
Cuba libre?
Our Cuba was an imperial Spanish colony until 1898 and a prosperous quasi-colony of the United States until 1959. Now, it’s an impoverished military dictatorship. When will our Cuba be free? (Image of the “Cuba Libre board game” below courtesy of … Continue reading
“Let’s make a (marijuana) deal …”
Check out this Bloomberg Business video “Why Peter Thiel’s fund is investing in marijuana” and Andrew Ross Sorkin’s thoughtful essay in The New York Times exploring the ethics of investing in the marijuana industry. Sorkin reports that “legal marijuana businesses raised $104 million in … Continue reading
When will Cuba be free?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJlwB-B9aU Yesterday, 1 January 2014, General Raul Castro (i.e. Cuba’s Pinochet) delivered yet another tedious and long-winded speech to commemorate the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. (Why are most revolutionaries, generally speaking, so much better at giving rousing speeches than … Continue reading
About 1 in 157 Americans are in prison
According to Google search, China’s population in 2012 was four times larger than the USA’s 2012 populuation: 1.315 billion to 314 million, and yet, according to this damning report by the Pew Center on the States, One in 100: Behind … Continue reading
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