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By • Mar 06,2009

War on Charity?

For the past few days I’ve been reading and pondering Conor Clarke’s mild dislike of the idea that the government ought to encourage philanthropic giving. (Hell, it’s not just a...

By • Feb 12,2009

Down and Out in Washington, DC

At a Washington, D.C. happy hour thrown by the libertarian magazine, Reason, in early December, one 20-something researcher was discussing her employment situation with a young Cato Institute staffer. She...

By • May 16,2008

God Money?

John Schwenkler draws my attention to this: Capitalism the Creator The Mises Circle goes to Seattle to address contemporary issues in liberty, and the role of capitalism as the main...

By • Apr 13,2007

The Carnegie Crosstown? Part I

LOS ANGELES — In a high-profile auction conducted this past weekend, troubled media outleteer The Tribune Co. sold itself to Chicago turnaround artist Sam Zell in a highly leveraged deal...

By • Feb 16,2004

The Wodehouse Conservative

One often hears Washington, D.C., shamed for its sartorial cluelessness. The putdown holds, more or less, that a fashionable dresser would be as out of place among the capital’s armies...