that after this incident, no one gives any more money to the American Conservative Union.
by Will on July 17, 2009
that after this incident, no one gives any more money to the American Conservative Union.
Tagged as: ACU, bribery, corruption
Will writes from Washington, D.C. (well, Arlington, Virginia). You can reach him at willblogcorrespondence at gmail dot com.
Nobel Peace Prize Jury Faces Formal Inquiry
Read the story here. Here’s the paragraph that would make clicking through worthwhile, if you’re still undecided:
If the Stockholm County Administrative Board, which supervises foundations in Sweden’s capital, finds that prize founder Alfred Nobel’s will is not being honored, it has the authority to suspend award decisions going back three years — though that would be unlikely and unprecedented, said Mikael Wiman, a legal expert working for the county. ( 3 comments)
A Little Side Project of Mine
As if I needed another blog! This one’s dedicated to translating some of the never-before-translated work of the French neo-Romantic poet Edmond Rostand, author of Cyrano de Bergerac and member of the Académie française.
Everyone knows Cyrano, of course, but much of Rostand’s lyric work has never been read in English before. I’m trying to change that, one poem at a time. ( 7 comments)
Regulatory Capture
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal ( 2 comments)
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Fools.
Did they honestly expect this wouldn’t be exposed to sunlight?
Free market, Baby!!!
One can sell one’s birthright for a mess of pottage in a free market.
One would, however, be a fool to do so.
Depends on how good the stew is.
yes, indeed, it’s the free market, and consequences follow. Just the way it should be.
Sorry, which part of this story intersected with the free market? The union contract jurisdiction dispute or the mercenary government lobbying organization?
Geez it was just a catty jibe.
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