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Prognosis on Democracy.

Friends often send e-mails with an interesting story line or conspiracy theory etc. Many of them are just good stories, but I always check to see if Snopes.com has a listing for them. I did the same with a recent e-mail from a friend titled "the prognosis on Democracy", and... Read more →

OSWALD BROWN WRITES: PLP refuses to accept defeat in recent Bahamas elections

Originally published as a column for the Freeport News and the Nassau Guardian, Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Reprinted here with the kind permission of Mr. Brown. PLP refuses to accept defeat It has been slightly more than six months since the Bahamian people decided that they could no longer tolerate... Read more →

Cuba at the Crossroads

Mr. Carlos Gutierrez, Commerce Secretary in the US Cabinet, recently spoke at a Heritage Foundation series entitled Cuba at the Crossroads. Like many others, I beleive Castro would have fallen from power many years ago if the US had dropped their embargo, but Mr. Gutierrez, a Cuban by birth, makes... Read more →

Kinks - Song of the week - November 19, 2007

Ah the Kinks. So many great songs over so many years. Brothers Ray and Dave Davies have left their mark on the world of music for sure. One of my favourite songs by them is Celluloid Heroes from their 1972 LP, Everybody's in Show-Biz. Hope you enjoy it. If you... Read more →

Through My Lens - Follow the leader

While on holiday recently I was lucky enough to take this photo of three iguanas and they appear to be playing 'follow the leader'. Hope you enjoy it. Click on image to enlarge. Read more →

Ayn Rand's interview with Phil Donahue

Hope you enjoy the five parts of this interview with a very interesting woman - Ayn Rand. Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Read more →

FEE - Foundation for Economic Education & Leonard Read

Leonard Read is the founder of the Foundation for Economic Education, and they have one of the best sites on the Internet that is concerned about individual freedom in my not so humble opinion. Click here... to take a look. While searching their site recently I stumpled across the following... Read more →

Cows save lives in Mexico

Now this is one intriguing story! Nervous cows are heroes after 'mini-tsunami' strikes A landslide in Mexico would have devastated an entire village if not for some jittery cows. BY EDUARDO VERDUGO Associated Press OSTUACAN, Mexico -- When a mountain of mud and a wall of water buried a Mexican... Read more →

PERKING UP THE ECONOMY: Coffee in Rwanda

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University recently released a very interesting policy paper on the coffee industry in Rwanda. The paper was written by Karol Boudreaux and Daniel Sacks of Enterprise Africa and is worth the time to read. I know, like me, the only thing you knew about... Read more →

Think tanks in Africa

Check out these impressive think tanks in Africa. Inter Region Economic Network (IREN) in Kenya is headed by James Shikwati. See their African Executive On-Line Magazine here... Imani in Ghana headed by Franklin Cudjoe. See Mr. Cudjoe's weblog, Franklin's Blog Spot here... Read more →