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Catalan: Independence or Revolution?

Leave a Comment / Freedom / By Tim McMahon

On October 1st, the Catalonian region of Spain held a referendum similar to “Brexit” on whether they should leave Spain or not. But unlike Brexit and the vote in Scotland the results weren’t even close. In the vote in Scotland to split from England, the vote was close but narrowly voted to stay. In addition, prior to the Scottish vote Britain had given permission for the vote to occur in effect opening the door to the possibility. This was not the case in Catalonia where the Spanish Parliament is rabidly opposed to secession.

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U.S. Press Freedom Declines According to Report

Leave a Comment / Freedom / By Guest Contributor

For the fourth year in a row, Finland ranked No.1 in press freedom, as ranked in the 2014 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders. While Finland set the gold-standard for press freedom, close runners-up for a second-straight year included the Netherlands and Norway.

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You’d Better Hope The U.S. Government Likes What You Do For A Living

Leave a Comment / Freedom, Government / By Guest Contributor

It seems like almost daily we are hearing of more and more government encroachment on our freedom and liberty, whether it is the IRS targeting certain groups or NSA evesdropping on private conversations or even passing around “captured” pictures but today we are going to look at the practices of the Department of Justice (DOJ). In this article Leif Simon of “The Offshore Living Letter” takes a look at “Operation Choke Point”.

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A winery near Cafayate, Salta Province (Argentina).

Life in Argentina

Leave a Comment / Freedom, South America / By Casey Research

The first, and possibly most surprising, thing about life in Cafayate has been how social it is. The Argentines are very warm and welcoming people, and we have made a surprising number of local friends. In addition, there are generally like-minded and almost entirely agreeable owners at La Estancia de Cafayate, complemented by a steady stream of visitors.

Interacting with only one of those groups would be more than enough social life for me, by temperament something of a recluse (my wife always laughs when I say that, but it’s true). When taking all three groups into consideration, however, the amount of socializing gets positively over the top.

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