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 […]
Archive for October, 2006
A thought-provoking editorial appeared in the Washington Times today about the conflict in Iraq. I say “conflict” because we won the so-called war. Now it is a battle in the larger War on Terror, which is a very real, serious war that threatens the United States as well as every other country in the […]
Queen Elizabeth II is on a tour of the Baltic states, arriving in Lithuania, attending ceremonies in Latvia, then concluding the tour in Estonia. During her stop in Latvia, she paid tribute to the Latvian economy and unveiled a statue to an Englishman mayor of Latvia’s capital a century ago.
Virtual Worlds Safe From Gov’t—For Now…
Published by October 18th, 2006 in Economics and Policy. 2 CommentsYesterday the U.S. House Joint Economic Committee officially announced their forthcoming study of Virtual Economies and taxes. For the time being, Chairman Jim Saxton (R-NJ) states
“There is a concern that the IRS might step forward with regulations that start taxing transactions that occur within virtual economies. This, I believe, would be a mistake.”
Dan Miller, senior […]
I wish more celebrities would speak up so that we could more closely examine how deeply wrong and how distant from humanity they are. This latest from George Clooney, who, if President, would “put more value on vacation, travel, cultural diversity, and education.” I can’t even begin to deal with that statement– can you?
EU Offers Scholarships to Belarus’ Exiles
Published by October 17th, 2006 in Education and New Europe. 0 CommentsAlthough we at the UF University Economics Society generally frown upon government largesse and its re-distribution to the so-called less needy, this is one program of the European Union’s that I can get behind [article reproduced in full below because it is so impressive]:
The European Union launched a scholarship program Monday for Belarusian students kicked […]
As I have mentioned before, the Republican candidate I like the most so far is Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. I like him for many reasons, but no one can argue with this vote of confidence from a statesperson like none other.
The Legend of North Korea
Published by October 12th, 2006 in International Affairs and East Asia. 6 CommentsMany years from now, when the Communists have finally fallen in North Korea, countless moving and epic dramas will be told of life in the world’s most repressive regime. The world will weep a thousand times over as families reunite after decades of painful separation, people no longer starve for freedom and food, and the […]
Eastern Europe: The Ties That Bind, Part I
Published by October 3rd, 2006 in International Affairs and New Europe. 0 CommentsStuck between ambivalent Western neighbors like France and conniving, deceitful Eastern neighbors like Russia, Baltic states continue to draw closer together. To augment this new era of cooperation between the states, so long either conquered territories of the Soviet Union or simply unable to seek their own destinies free of the Iron Curtain, they have […]
Today at the UK Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth, US Senator John McCain praised Tory leader David Cameron. “He thinks Mr Cameron belongs to a group with Fredrick Reinfeldt, the new Swedish Prime Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, the pretender to the French presidency, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The ascendancy of these people, and of Senator […]
Cameron Saves Man from Jellyfish
Published by October 1st, 2006 in Personalities and Old Europe. 0 CommentsIn what can only be described as a herculean feat of courage and valor, the Tory leader himself, David Cameron, saved a man from a school of jellyfish that had gone stark, raving mad! Although this story has been told for years within the Tory elite, on the first day of the party conference in […]
