What good is economic freedom (as measured by the Mercatus Center)?
Recently the Mercatus Center at George Mason University released its latest “Freedom in the 50 States” index ranking U.S. states by their overall levels of p...
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Weekend reading: Wealth and politics
Here’s another in an intermittent series of posts on articles I found interesting; this one focuses on issues related to wealth, politics, and how they inter...
Thoughts on market democracy, part 1: Capitalistic economic freedoms as vital aspects of liberty
This is part 1 of a projected four-part series, of which the only other part I’ve completed is the first half of part 2.
Should Amazon control the .book domain, or Google .blog?
Everyone who uses the Internet knows about “.com”: google.com, disney.com, even frankhecker.com. It’s one of the well-known suffixes for Internet domain name...
Martin O’Malley has his eyes on the prize and off the ball
I don’t usually comment on Maryland politics beyond Howard County, but this Washington Post story on Martin O’Malley’s approval rating reinforces an opinion ...