Chris Beltram of Crooked Timber comments on Castro’s announced retirement.
I haven’t looked yet, but I’ve no doubt that there’ll be lots of posts in the blogosphere saying “good riddance” to Fidel Castro (especially from “left” US bloggers like Brad DeLong who never miss the chance to distance themselves). And, of course, Castro ran [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2008 by pwyll
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Communist governments killed over 100 million people during the 20th century. It’s hard to get your head around a number that large. Here’s a back of the envelope calculation to put it in perspective.
Assume the average height of a human being is 5 feet. 500 million linear feet of corpse divided by 5280 feet per [...]
Posted on February 16th, 2008 by pwyll
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Here’s an interesting question, courtesy of Breitbart.com.
A group of university students posed tough questions about Cuban society to Parliament chief Ricardo Alarcon, in a video made public through the Internet and distributed in Havana that is causing a stir in the communist-ruled country.
“Why don’t the Cuban people have the real possibility to stay [...]
Posted on February 8th, 2008 by pwyll
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Fred Thompson on health care in Cuba. I’m liking Thompson more and more.
Posted on May 3rd, 2007 by pwyll
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The BBC quotes Hugo Chavez:
“Those who want to go directly to hell, they can follow capitalism,” Mr Chavez said in the town of Trinidad in Bolivia. “And those of us who want to build heaven here on earth, we will follow socialism,” he added.
Part of heaven is already built; take a look.
Posted on March 11th, 2007 by pwyll
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When I begin to write, I don’t know exactly what I will end up saying. I am writing, not transcribing, and sometimes, when I am lucky, I learn something. Last November I wrote a piece about the ruins of Havana. Today I reread an interview of Theodore Dalrymple, and was struck by words I glossed [...]
Posted on January 10th, 2007 by pwyll
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