Recent Articles and op-eds from the Independent Institute http://www.independent.org/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1) unlicensed version; http://www.FeedForAll.com/ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:07:23 -0800 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:07:10 -0800 http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2537 http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2537 By Alvaro Vargas Llosa; WASHINGTON--Anytime a bunch of soldiers break into a presidential palace, pick up the president and put him on a flight to exile, as happened in Honduras last Sunday, you have a ldqu... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2536 http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2536 By Alvaro Vargas Llosa; WASHINGTON--The midterm elections in Argentina have dealt a devastating blow to President Cristina Kirchner and her husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, who is the power behind ... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2531 http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2531 By Ivan Eland; Barack Obama's reaction to the mass protests and violence in Iran shows he is following through on his pledge to be more like George H.W. Bush rather than his son, George W. Bush. Ob... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2530 http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2530 By Alvaro Vargas Llosa; WASHINGTON--It has been painful to see so many political leaders in the United States devalue the Iranian uprising--potentially the most important event since the fall of the Berl... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2529 http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2529 By William Ratliff; Some pundits have taken to calling the violent military repression of post-election protesters in Iran a "Tehran Tiananmen." Clearly "a Tiananmen" has come to mean a ... Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2528 http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2528 By Ivan Eland; When massive turmoil occurs in an important country, U.S. policymakers struggle to make heads or tails of it and arrive at an appropriate reaction. Kibitzers and pundits, however, have n... Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2518 http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2518 By Alvaro Vargas Llosa; WASHINGTON--Two years ago, the life of Manuel Mendez del Rio, general director and head of global risk management at the Spanish bank BBVA, took an unexpected turn. His fellow direc... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2516 http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2516 By Ivan Eland; One election in Iran will not significantly change U.S.-Iran relations--only a change in U.S. thinking and policy will do so. Historically, the U.S. government, under both ... Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2515 http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2515 By Anthony Gregory; On Wednesday, according to news reports, James W. Von Brunn, a longtime belligerent racist and anti-Semite, walked into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and opened fire, murdering a sec... Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:20:02 GMT http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2517 http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2517 By William F. Shughart II; Before he retires at the end of June, Jackson City Council President Leslie Burl McLemore plans to make one last-ditch effort to push through an ordinance requiring city contractors to pa... Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:20:02 GMT