Benjamin Franklin is regarded by many to be one of the most influential of the founding fathers and a sort of “renaissance man”; an individual who delved into all aspects of knowledge and science. He is believed to have been the originator of such things as the lightning rod and wrote extensively on the moral arguments in favor of liberty.
Being a University of Florida Sophomore, the Rolling murders strike very close to me. Yesterday evening the state of Florida put to death the notorious murder Danny Rolling. Though there is little evidence that Rolling didn’t murder the students, there is still much debate with respect to capital punishment. Capital punishment is by no means the
With the Dr. Cantor seminar up and running, various individuals have asked me to forward one of my articles to the Mises blog. Dr. Cantor will be speaking shortly on Friday’s lecture concerning video games and how they are quickly becoming a new form of art. That said, last week my article “The Economics of ‘World of Warcraft’” was published on
This story is a little older but it shows the path down which Chicago is going. It is quite saddening to see our cities becoming increasingly regulatory and Fascistic. In this article , Fran Spielman writes about the incredible drive one alderman has to ban fatty foods from the streets of Chicago. This comes after a report listing Chicago as the
Fidel Castro, the ruthless dictator of Cuba, was recently ill with severe internal bleeding, bringing the media’s spotlight on the island. Castro’s physicians managed to bring the him back to good health but doubts have arisen as to how much longer the dictator will be in power. Raul Castro, Fidel’s brother and successor to the “presidency,” has
The Caribbean island of Cuba has recently been experiencing a strange outbreak of dengue. This may have resulted in hundreds of deaths throughout the island, something the Castro regime has done little to acknowledge the outbreak. Doctors at hospitals have also been dying from this disease leaving fewer individuals to properly treat patients. José
Doug Sohn, owner of Hot Doug’s, was busted on the morning of Feburary 17th for disobeying Chicago city law by continuing to offer foie gras-laced hot dogs at his restaurant. Dough Sohn had been defying the city’s anti-foie gras ruling since it passed last year on August 22nd and has disregarded a number of warnings by city health inspectors. Mr.
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