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Exploiting JFK Jr.’s Death

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Advocates of activist, overbearing government claim to be against exploitation. But they did not hesitate to exploit John F. Kennedy Jr. in death. Do you believe for a moment that the death of the son or daughter of any other ex-president (or even an ex-president himself!) would have set off the shameful media frenzy we witnessed after the airplane accident involving Kennedy, his wife, and sister-in-law? Would pundits, TV historians, and former courtiers have poured out the sort of embarrassing blather that became routine for a solid week? Would Dan Rather have cried on the air? It wasn't JFK Jr.'s fault, and my comments are in no way critical of his life. In fact most of the reaction to the plane crash had little to do with his life. It was about something else entirely. The chain of association is this: JFK Jr. was the son of President John ...

A Libertarian Visits Cuba, Part 1

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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Last March, I spent a week in Cuba, which turned out to be one of my most fascinating experiences. I had applied for a license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury to travel to Cuba to conduct an informal study of the country's socialist economic system. (The Supreme Court has held that American citizens have a fundamental right to travel, but under the U.S. embargo, it is illegal for Americans to spend money in Cuba, which effectively trumps the so-called fundamental right to travel.) Once the license was issued, I contacted the Cuban Interest Section in Washington, D.C., and requested a special "fact-finding" visa, explaining that I wanted to study the effects of the U.S. embargo on Cuban life. The Cuban authorities granted me the visa, authorized me to speak to people on the street and, on my request, arranged interviews with various ...

Private: Commentaries – 1999

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January 1999 A Better State of the Union Address by Jacob G. Hornberger Euro is a No-Go by Sheldon Richman Open Borders: A Gift from the Founders by Jacob G. Hornberger Rhinestone Benevolence by Sheldon Richman The Economic Ignorance of Our 'Leaders' by Sheldon Richman The Hot Air Emanates from Washington by Sheldon Richman The Mexican Heritage in the American Southwest by Jacob G. Hornberger February 1999 A 10 Percent Tax Cut? Repeal the 16th Amendment Instead by Jacob G. Hornberger Brazil and the Crisis of Paternalism by Jacob G. Hornberger Pay Equity Errors by Sheldon Richman Tax-Cut Fallacies by Sheldon Richman The Capricious State by Sheldon Richman The King's False Legacy by Sheldon Richman March 1999 Castro's Abandonment of ...