Which is why I’m posting it on a public website…
Today (The fact that this came in on the day before the 4th seems very strategic, especially considering the appeals to nationalism within.) I got a letter from Advancing Native Missions.
They say, amongst other things:
Please forgive the urgent, confidential nature of this letter. But I do [...]
My arguments for open immigration have solid economic support. Lant Pritchett, a Harvard Economist, has a book out entitled Let Their People Come (download it for free here), which makes a similar argument.
But for a brief introduction check out this Reason interview with him.
In response to many who doubt the political feasability of more open [...]
There is no right side in the Israeli – Palestinian conflict. What gives any government legitimacy to exist? There is no standard for answering this question in Scripture (if you find one, please email it to me at ndsnow@gmail – those who quote Rom 13 need not apply) because there is no support for the [...]
There are various estimations of what the war in Iraq has cost the USG so far.
Here is one running calculation ($580 billion), and another ($618 billion).
This report puts the number at $900 billion. Stiglitz said $3 trillion earlier this year.
Let’s take that $900 billion number, just for illustration.
The population of Iraq is 27.5 million.
Divide $900 [...]