The Liberation of Women

I recently had the experience of seeing, first-hand, a very outspoken “liberated woman.” While I have no doubt that I run into “feminists” fairly frequently, this particular situation and the flagrant attitude of this woman caught my attention. She was a speaker at an event, and looked to be about 8 months pregnant. The stairs going up to the stage were quite steep, and a gentleman on the stage suggested that someone help her. She retorted fiercely that she didn’t need “no stinking help” and wasn’t “disabled yet.” I was a little shocked by this. It was not the best…

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The Problem of Speaking

There was an article on LewRockwell.com yesterday about the debate over the language spoken in America. I think perhaps it would be helpful to step away from the emotionally-charged controversy and look at it from another perspective. Why don’t we think about immigrants from Poland, from Russia, from Germany, who continue to speak their native language in the same way? Why aren’t we offended when  an elderly person from another country never masters the common language of America? I think this comes into an ever bigger issue/problem we tend to have. I hate to say that it is the “White Man’s Burden”…

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More from Mises U

Today is the last day of Mises University 2010. I’m already making plans for next year. 🙂 Here’s an observation from the week: Something that I love about the Mises Institute is the aesthetic beauty. Yes, the building is a little confusing because of all the additions, stairways, and so forth, but that difficulty is overwhelmed by the beauty of the building. It is not utilitarian in any sense. That is, there are some things that are there just because it makes the place beautiful. Not detail must have an physical utility. The place–inside and out–is gorgeous. The detail that…

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