For honest money and social progress
Source: http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/the-warmongers-brawl-how-the-gop-is-deserting-free-markets-sound-money-and-fiscal-rectitude/ According to Dante’s Divine Comedy the inscription on the gates to hell says, “Abandon hope all ye who enter here”. That phrase should…
Matt Ridley, in The Times [paywall restricted], considers the political relevance of the values of 19th century Liberals, including Richard Cobden. Surely wanting government…
With his thoughtful restructuring of America’s military, secretary of defense Chuck Hagel — a Republican — has cemented Obama’s signature legacy: restoring America to…
The 1928 Kellogg–Briand Pact, officially the General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy, is a simple read. It’s so…
On June 3, 1804, Richard Cobden was born. Nicknamed the “Apostle of Free Trade,” he spearheaded the campaign against the protectionist Corn Laws, leading…
A Modest Craft – Sept 12, 2001 It is at times like these that we in the financial sector are humbled in the presumption…
The Cobden Centre exists to promote social progress through honest money, free trade and peace. As you can see from those links, we have touched…
The Independent reports: Tony Blair will be quizzed over a devastating official memo warning him that war on Iraq would be illegal eight months…
Via Make Britain safer – pull our troops out of Afghanistan – Telegraph, Jeff Randall argues that we should pull out of Afghanistan: Decent people…
Via The Guardian At first light last Friday, in the Chardarah district of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan, the villagers gathered around the twisted wreckage…