For the last couple of years, I’ve been unhappy with the ”short term missions” model that many churches use. It seems to involve a lot of good feelings about going somewhere else to experience ”true poverty”, working there for 1-3 weeks, coming home, showing lots of pictures of really poor people, and talking about the …
I talked earlier this week about capitalism and its blessings, in regard to cleanliness. Consider this, about the blessings of capitalism in regard to food.
What’s so tragic about this is that we know from experience how to fix the problem. Wherever the rural poor have gained access to improved roads, modern seeds, less …
Back on Earth Day, Don Boudreaux wrote a nice letter to USA Today.
On this Earth Day, Bjorn Lomborg scrubs with facts the noxious notions and emotions that pollute public discourse about the environment (”Earth Day: Smile, don’t shudder,” April 21). Especially useful is his point that the world’s number one environmental killer …
I finished listening to an old EconTalk podcast, during my commute this morning. Russ Roberts was talking to Karol Boudreaux about her fieldwork on property rights and economic reforms in Rwanda and South Africa. They spent the first half of the conversation talking about Rwandan reforms and the second half talking about South African reforms. …
Who should you fear more, rich people or your local government bureaucrats? That’s an easy question. You should fear the nice lady down at Village Hall. She has far more control over your life than any member of the upper class.
Walter Williams states it beautifully.
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, with about $60 billion …
It seems that some people get annoyed when used book sellers visit library book sales.
Book dealers armed with handheld ISBN scanners are threatening to take over the used book sales run by volunteer fundraising groups for the Madison Public Library system, Morris said.
The scanners tell them how many copies …
Here’s another symbol of how rich our country is: the Aston Martin DB6 Couch:
This couch is an exact replica of an Aston Martin DB6 rear end. It’s painted in a classic Aston Martin color, Silver Birch. The red leather is finished off with a Y-stitch on each cushion. Polished to perfection, this …
Ever wondered how private roads might work? Drew Carey explains — and it really would be better than you think.
See?
Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus – New York Times
In 1988, the surgeon general, C. Everett Koop, proclaimed ice cream to a be public-health menace right up there with cigarettes. Alluding to his office’s famous 1964 report on the perils of smoking, Dr. Koop announced that the American diet was …