Today’s Presidents’ Day edition of the Liberty Report returns to Ivan Eland’s excellent book Recarving Rushmore, where he ranks all the presidents according to whether their policies promoted peace, prosperity, and freedom. Who was best? Who was worst? What is a “great” president?
The other day several of us were bothered by the fact that the medieval Peterborough Cathedral in England now rents out its nave for social functions, most recently an insurance company dinner. It seemed vulgar and sacrilegious to us. Well, I just came across this passage from Universe of Stone by Philip Ball, a history of the 12th century Chartres cathedral. Here he’s speaking of medieval cathedrals in general:
Stunning ‘rainbow clouds’ have been spotted in the sky over Ireland and Scotland. These rainbow-coloured clouds, also known as mother-of-pearl or polar stratospheric clouds, are usually seen around the Arctic circle but can be created by severe winds and storms. Storm Henry led to the creation of the multi coloured nacreous clouds which were were spotted by people in a number of places, including Dublin and Belfast, Tayside and Fife. Polar Stratospheric clouds over Dublin Ireland! A very rare sight!
Coming to Japanese bank stocks soon...
European bank stocks are down almost 40% from the day Draghi unleashed NIRP in Europe. Today's plunge takes out recent lows, pushing prices back to almost "whatever it takes" lows.
Benoit Violier, 44, who was voted as the worlds best chef two months ago, has been found dead at his home in an apparent suicide. Swiss police say an investigation into his death has been launched as he died of shotgun injuries. The Week reports: Violier ran the three Michelin-starred Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville in the small town of Crissier, near Lausanne. It was ranked best in the world by France’s prestigious La Liste initiative last December. His death comes just months after his long-time mentor and predecessor Philippe Rochat died after falling ill, the BBC reports.