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An Engaging and Interesting Exchange

I attended a book forum at the Cato Institute on The Life and Impact of Ayn Rand that featured the authors of two new biographies of Ayn Rand, Anne C….

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My talk in Oxford on “Anarchism, Limited Government, and Liberalism: A Modest Case for Sacking the State”

Tom Palmer – “Anarchism, Limited Government & Liberalism: A Modest Case for Sacking the State” from oxford libertarian on Vimeo. It was a rather informal chat that covered a number…

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Don’t Say We Weren’t Warned….

U.S. Cutting Pay for Bailed Out Company Executives Hat Tip: Ken

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Off to Schloss Ziethen

I gave my talk today at the Adam Smith conference. I’ve had a chance to learn a good deal about the historical context of Smith’s thought, its implications, and much…

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Off to Berlin

The talk in Oxford was fun. Really smart students and a delightful conversation. Now to something deadly serious: I hope that people will visit the new Free Kareem website and…

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On to London, Oxford, and Berlin….

I am preparing to leave wonderful Austria, feeling much better due to having finally gone to an Apotheke last night for the evil gut bugs I got in Cairo (“Norita”…

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Living with Kittens

I have experienced it myself….. (Wolly used to be a fierce hunter, who would track down and kill — much to my relief — mosquitos, which she especially hated. Tiggy…

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A New Kind of “Jeopardy”

BBC: “Guns given to Somali quiz winners” The winning team, from the city’s Farjano district, reportedly won a rifle, two grenades, a landmine and office supplies worth $1,000 (£613). What…

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Go, Georgia, Go! Limit the State!

EurasiaNet.org: GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI WANTS TBILISI TO BECOME “GOVERNMENT-LITE” Ilia Chavchavadze The Georgian leader used a reference to a national cultural icon, the revered 19th century novelist Ilia Chavchavadze, to sway…

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Vienna Dining

I had to skip the formal dinner tonight, as I am still very ill and wobbly from something “off” I ate in Egypt, but I managed to go out to…

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