A new federal report on hurricane damage, writes Lew Rockwell, argues that we certainly need local and state regulations, certifications, and licenses.

Danilo Nogueira provides a brief history of the Brazilian inflation in The Language of Inflation: Traps in Translating Brazilian Portuguese. The article is one of the more insightful articles that I have seen on the topic. The author, a business translator, examines the inflation from a translator’s perspective. He illustrates what Hayek called the corruption of language through politics as words are used to obscure politically inconvenient truths.

As immigration reform debates continue to heat up Washington and rankle the folks on talk radio and cable, in barber shops, and throughout the Web, we need to remember similar incidents throughout our history. As each new wave of immigrants entered the US, false crises were created and used to crackdown on the newcomers and expand government.

Niall Ferguson goes to great length to keep from mentioning that socialism had something to do with it.

Based on correspondence from this blog item on kids and the web, the number-one issue that makes parents reluctant about the web is its red-light district. Well, let me cut to the chase: K9webprotection is a free program that solves the problem, and better than any of the others I’ve tried.

Some months ago I was talking to a friend who told me that when he used to work booths (he’s quite a freedom activist), he would sometimes sell brochures and handouts instead of giving them for free. People passing by could read them there free or charge, but if they wanted to take it home, they would have to pay. It would be a small fee, like 25 cents or some other small amount. But the idea here was not to make a profit, but to create interest.

The ink was barely dry on the quoted predictions that the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq would reduce violence and begin to normalize politics in Iraq when a rash of bombs killed 40 people in Baghdad. The government responded by (this is true) banning driving in Baghdad.