The Debate Begins — What the Heck Is Liberty?
Cato Unbound is hosting a debate that is going to start hotting up tomorrow. David Schmidtz and Jason Brennan started with an excerpt from their new book A Brief History…
Month: March 2010
Randy Barnett on the Constitutionality of the Health Care Bill
Washington Post: “Is health-care reform unconstitutional?“
Sentenced to be Murdered for “Sorcery”
The CNN has an update on the awful case of Ali Hussain Sibat, “TV presenter gets death sentence for ‘sorcery’” I co-authored an article on his case, calling for his…
Libertarianism in Arabic: Two New Summer Schools
My colleagues at Minbaralhurriyya.org (The Forum of Liberty, one of the Lamp of Liberty projects) have announced the schedules for the 2010 Freedom Schools: July 18 – 24, 2010 in…
Not One Tear Shed….
I would abolish the death penalty, but I cannot avoid the feeling that justice was truly done in this case: “Virginia killer who sent taunting letter executed” Powell, believing he…
A Few People Are Having Second Thoughts on the Iraq War, It Seems….
Watch the admission at Cato@LibertyGOP Congressmen: Most Republicans Now Think Iraq War Was a Mistake
From Turkish to Bulgarian Individualism
*** The trip to Istanbul and Ankara was very inspiring for me. I had the chance to meet many leaders of the classical liberal movement in Turkey and to learn…
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
From Greg Mankiw: “Economics in One Picture“
Krugmania over Ireland
Paul Krugman of the New York Times on “An Irish Mirror” and Constantin Gurdgiev of Trinity College, Dublin on “Replying to Prof Krugman” Hat Tip: Cyril Morong