From an article in yesterday's Denver Post: Aspen mayors, as former office-holders attest, hobnob with world leaders and celebrities. They turn up on CNN and at parties hosted by The Donald as well as tackling pressing ... »More

Atlasphere member Will Wilkinson recently published a new paper for the Cato Institute titled "In Pursuit of Happiness Research: Is It Reliable? What Does It Imply for Policy?" From the abstract: “Happiness research” studies the correlates of ... »More

Writing for TCS Daily, Jerry Bowyer argues convincingly in his article "Ismail Ax: Shooter Was Another 'Son of Sacrifice'" that Cho Sueng Hui's slaughter of 32 people at Virginia tech was another instance of Islamic-justified ... »More

The article "World Reacts to Tech Shootings" in today's Guardian mentions briefly that one of the Virginia Tech victims was a fan of Ayn Rand's work: India - which lost a lecturer - added a second ... »More

If you are interested in Iraq and haven't yet read Michael Totten's recent post on the Peshmerga, the Kurdish army, I recommend it highly. It's called "An Army, Not a Militia." Truly inspiring. ...Brought tears to ... »More

ARI's David Holcberg has penned a compelling letter to the editor submitted to hundreds of newspapers, radio stations, and web sites: With 2 million homeowners defaulting on their mortgage payments, we are increasingly hearing denunciations of ... »More

Did you know that the British sailors recently abducted by Iran were under the protection of an escorting ship from the British Royal Navy -- but it was ordered to "stand down" rather than defend ... »More

British scientist Lord Monkton -- a former policy advisor to Margaret Thatcher during her years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom -- says: A careful study of the substantial corpus of peer-reviewed science reveals that ... »More

Matt Drudge points out a very articulate (and high profile) new swipe at global warming from Czech President Vaclav Klaus, from an interview in a Czech publication: Q: IPCC has released its report and you say ... »More

MSNBC reports that Exxon-Mobil has "stopped funding groups skeptical of global warming claims." Whether because of Congressional pressure, or that from stockholders nervous about bad publicity, the change can be expected to harbinger bad news for ... »More