Big Government Causes Crime, the Norwegian Version

By Daniel J. Mitchell

I’ve written several times about the foolish War on Drugs, which has been about as misguided and ineffective as the government’s War on Poverty. So when I saw a news report about a couple of Swedes getting busted for smuggling 200-plus kilos of contraband into Norway, and then another story about a Russian getting caught [...]

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From Russia with Butter

By Andrew J. Coulson

Just in time for the Christmas baking season, Norwegians are facing an acute butter shortage. Last Friday, customs officials detained a Russian trying to smuggle 90 kilos of the creamy goodness into the country by car. Wait. What?!? Isn’t Norway that rich Scandinavian country with all the oil ? Yup, that’s the one. Wow… This [...]

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