Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." -- Daniel Webster
Monday, June 16, 2003 :::
In Margaret Thatcher's book Statecraft, she notes that those countries and regions which capitalism has made rich — this is in her chapter on capitalism — tend to be those where the predominant religions leave a lot of room for self-determination, where the poorer countries have prevailing beliefs that life is something that happens to you. (This post is supposed to relate to the one my brother just put up, and the banner he put up recently.)