It has become fashionable among critics – and enemies – of the Bush administration to assert that the goal of democratization in the Mid-East is at best quixotic and at worst delusional. For example, in Democracy & its Discontents, Leon Hadar of the Cato Institute argues that the U.S. policy of promoting democracy in [...]
I’m a long time sponsor of the libertarian think tank, The Cato Institute. I probably agree with Cato 98% of the time. Most of the 2% we disagree on deals with the war against Islamofascism as Cato is generally representative of the isolationist strain of libertarianism and has resolutely opposed any action other [...]
In Changes in information world present challenges, an opinion piece that appeared in the 30 Jan 2006 issue of the Bloomington Herald-Times (paid subscription required), Bob Zaltsberg discussed his participation in a panel discussion on transformations in the news business. Quoting from the editorial:
The transformation going on in the news business was the primary [...]