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Resident Commissioner Fortuño had a letter published in the NY Times regarding Puerto Rico’s relationship with the US.
Re “Puerto Rico’s Moment in the Sun,” by Michael Janeway (Op-Ed, May 22):
As the nation turns its eyes to Puerto Rico before the presidential primary, the island’s relationship with the United States must be viewed through a clear [...]

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Liberty Girl will be out of the country in El Salvador.
Please excuse the lack of activity on the blog.

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Richard makes an excellent point in his comments to Liberty Girl’s post on the cigarette tax. He uses price elasticity to suggest I’m wrong to advocate on behalf of the carbon tax, as I do in the comments section.
Funny enough, The Teaching Company promotes their course on economics with this passage:
If you [...]

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Fast food chain McDonald’s Inc. says it will give out millions of free samples of its two new chicken menu items.
On May 15th, the Oak Brook-based restaurant chain will give customers samples of its “Southern style” chicken biscuits and sandwiches.
Customers can get the free lunch and breakfast items when they buy any medium or large [...]

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Senator McCain has announced he will attend National Council of La Raza’s (NCLR) national conference in San Diego on July 14th.
I applaud him for working the Spanish ground.
Too bad, NCLR is a bunch of socialist who love big government and oppose parents freedom to pick the best school for their kids, which is a deal [...]

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“You! Cake or death?”
“Uh, cake please.”
For those unfamiliar with Eddie Izzard, he’s an Emmy Award-winning stand up comedian that does lots of skits poking fun of famous historical incidents. One of his classics is the Cake or Death skit, which you can watch here. I definitely recommend checking out a [...]

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Today Norman Borlaug writes in the Wall Street Journal that Africa Does Not Have to Starve. Under current US policy adopted from the Farm Bill, the US government buys subsidized food from American farmers and ships the food to Africa on American ships. Sometimes Africans starve waiting for the food; ships have also [...]

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