Quote of the day
We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Ronald Reagan in the Digital Age
For those who are viewing this post on a mobile device. Here is the direct link to the sun news network website.
Celebrate Magna Carta In 2015
From Daniel Hannan
Lord Denning, most celebrated of all twentieth-century jurists, declared: “Magna Carta is the greatest constitutional document of all times—the foundation of the freedom of the individual against the arbitrary authority of the despot.”
The few copies that survive from the thirteenth century are mostly housed in our cathedrals, tended like the relics that were removed at the Reformation. One is on display in the Australian Parliament in Canberra. Another hangs next to the Declaration of Independence in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Here, in short, is the Anglosphere’s unifying text.
As an aside, there is also a campaign underway to bring a copy of the Magna Carta to Canada, for its anniversary next year.
Video: Friedman Fridays I, Pencil
This is the first in a series of posts on Milton Friedman. I plan to explore the work and influence of one of the world’s most famous economists.
Here is a copy of the original essay by Leonard Read.