All Posts Tagged With: "Cambodia"
A Man Who Knew the Value of Liberty
[This column was adapted from one published first by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy on its website in February 2007.] A television audience in the millions will feast on the glitz and glamor of Hollywood when the 81st Annual Academy Awards are bestowed February 22. My thoughts will be elsewhere that Sunday night—on a [...]
20Jan2009 | Lawrence W. Reed | 7 comments | ContinuedTwo Who Made a Difference
In 20 years of traveling to 67 countries I’ve come across some pretty nasty governments and some darn good people. To be fair I should acknowledge that I’ve also encountered some rotten people and a half-decent government or two. The ghastliest of all worlds is when you have rotten people running nasty governments, a combination [...]
1Dec2006 | Lawrence W. Reed | 0 comments | ContinuedDeliver Us from Evil: Peacekeepers, Warlords and a World of Endless Conflict by William Shawcross
Simon & Schuster • 2000 • 413 pages • $27.50 The end of the Cold War led many people to hope for a new world order in which the United Nations would impose peace around the globe. But that dream died in the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, and in villages across Rwanda. It died along [...]
1Jun2001 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedVisiting the Killing Fields
Phnom Penh, Cambodia—The white monument juts up 40 feet or so, dominating the surrounding fields and trees. From a distance it looks like it could commemorate most anything—a military victory, important statesman, or historical event. But this monument is different. It is filled with skulls.
1Aug2000 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedRudolph Rummel Talks About the Miracle of Liberty and Peace
Since the late nineteenth century, most intellectuals have embraced the illusion that government could somehow be tamed. They promoted a vast expansion of government power supposedly to do good. But the twentieth century turned out to be the bloodiest in human history, confirming the worst fears of classical liberals who had always warned about government [...]
1Jul1997 | FEE Admin | 1 comment | Continued-
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