Entries for July 05, 2006

I have been observing British politics since the early 1960s, and I have noticed a common pattern: Until the 1990s, the party in power has most of the time been behind in the polls.

Via Instapundit: Last week, the Independence Institute released a new Issue Backgrounder, "Human Rights Atrocities: The Consequences of United Nations Gun Confiscation in East Africa." Written by Dave Kopel, Paul Gallant, and Joanne Eisen, the paper details how U.N.-backed gun confiscation programs in Kenya and Uganda have led to murder, torture, and arson, and have turned tens of thousands of pastoral tribespeople into starving refugees.

When you drive north from Mexico City toward the city of Querétaro, you notice a big change when you pass out of the states of Mexico and Hidalgo into the state of Querétaro: The road in Querétaro is wider, smoother, much better paved.