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I’m a charter member of the Strengthen the Good charity blog network, and I now get to announce to y’all our first drive: The Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Florida). They’re matching all donations to their Hurricane Charley Disaster Relief fund up to and including $100,000. So: want to do something to help the … Continue reading Hurricane Charley Relief
In Outside The Beltway : Al Zarqawi’s Website Hacked Rusty Shackleford reports that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s web site has been hacked with pro America, anti-Osama propaganda. No reports if they also received spam for penis enlargement or the opportunity to make a sizable amount of money helping out desperate Nigerian businessmen. Does this make me … Continue reading Cheering news of the day
(seen in in Heretical Ideas) “Empire had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader’s his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that’s what life is, a series of down endings. All Jedi had was a … Continue reading qotd
In Samizdata quote of the day | Samizdata.net Every dollar spent in a libertarian society on public goods will accomplish far more than a dollar spent by the welfare state. So even if a free society spends less money, it is far from clear that it will perform less charity. – Patri Friedman
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