G. A. Cohen
I was contacted by several people about the death of G. A. Cohen, to whose ideas I devoted a chapter of my book Realizing Freedom. (The chapter, originally published in…
Books
A New Look at the History of the Civil Rights Movement
My friends David Beito and Linda Royster Beito have published an important new book, Black Maverick: T. R. M. Howard’s Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power (University of Illinois…
MotorHome Diaries Interview
Jason Talley interviewed me recently for his MotorHomeDiaries.com project. It was fun! (I was wearing a bit of Tracht that day.)
On Liberty at 150
John Stuart Mill’s influential book On Liberty is 150 years old this year. Despite my reservations about the arguments Mill advances, Happy Birthday!! Andrew Norton, an old friend from Australia,…
Fun Light Reading
I find myself sometimes bored on airplane flights and unable to write any more reports or read any more serious books. So, I admit it, I sometimes spend time on…
Realizing Freedom on Kindle…Searchable on Amazon.com, etc.
My book Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice will soon be available in a Kindle edition and can be pre-ordered now. (Note: I love my new Kindle DX.) Amazon.com…
Book Signings…
I will be personally autographing copies of Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice at Freedom Fest and at several events in Europe in the near future. It’s available on…
Books on Democracy and Liberty
On the road I’ve re-read Carl Schmitt’s most interesting challenge to liberalism, The Concept of the Political, which will be discussed at a conference I’m organizing in France later this…
Realizing Freedom
Now available for advance purchase from Amazon.com and soon from Laissez Faire Books. Here are some evaluations from people who know the book: “The libertarian conception of individual autonomy is…
Book Event
A friend has been working on promoting a book by Neil Strauss, Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life. A book party will be held Thursday, March 12. Details here.