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Money Is Whatever People Think It Is

Texas fears a collapse of the international monetary system, so they're working to bring back gold, reports Bloomberg.

4 French Anti-Gay Marriage Protestors (Rioters) Who Need to Learn to Wear a Mask

Note to rioters: wear masks:(H/T Tom Doran)

How Margaret Thatcher's Opponents Underestimated Her

Charles Moore (from a BBC radio interview transcription on the Spectator blogsite)

Will 2016 be for Republicans what 1988 was for Democrats?

My CNN column wonders whether Republicans can get their act together before 2016:

We Need a Visionary Like Margaret Thatcher for our 21st Century Challenges

This clip of Margaret Thatcher magnificently expresses the confident purpose of the conservatism of the 1980s.

Context for Margaret Thatcher's 'There is No Such Thing as Society' Remarks

Critics often quote Thatcher as saying, "There is no such thing as society." This quote is supposed to confirm Thatcher as an anti-social radical individualist of the Ayn Rand distemper. She was no such thing, as the full quote in all its context amply corroborates. Thanks to the Spectator of London for the text & link.

We Need a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax

George P. Schultz and Gary Becker take to the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal to call for a revenue-neutral carbon tax:

David's Bookclub Series: Remembrance of Things Past

Here is a roundup of David's remarks on Marcel Proust's famous series, A la Recherche du Temps Perdu, or Remembrance of Things Past.

How Margaret Thatcher Saved Britain and Changed the World

David Frum on the legacy of Britain's 'Iron Lady'

Margaret Thatcher's Legacy on Gay Rights

Welsh writer Tom Doran on the Iron Lady's record on gay rights