More than fifty years ago the distinguished Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek in his brilliant book The Road to Serfdom wrote the following statement: “The coming of socialism was to be the leap from the realm of necessity to the realm of freedom. It was to bring ‘economic freedom,’ without which the politi­cal freedom already gained […]

Notes As the planet earth advances rapidly towards the twenty-first century, people are becoming more aware that the various problems affecting contemporary society cannot be solved exclusively at the national level. Increasingly the world is shrinking in size as distances are shortened and technology advances at a rapid pace. Isolationist policies have no alternative but […]

“Justice is destroyed in twofold fashion by the false prudence of the sage and by the violent act of the man who possesses power.” — St. Thomas, On the Book of Job (8,I) The thirty six years of Castro’s omnipotent rule seem to be coming to an end. After more than a quarter of a […]