Magna Carta and the Western Tradition
The Cato Institute hosted a wonderful event entitled “Magna Carta and the Rule of Law Around the World” on June 4th, 2015, which I was pleased to be able to…
History
Sixth Annual Mises Celebration Dinner
Late last year, I was privileged to be able to a talk at the Sixth Annual Mises Celebration Dinner hosted in San Jose. Video of my talk has just recent become…
The Lessons of Liberty: The Fall of the Berlin Wall
I wrote this article on the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Today is the 25th anniversary and it’s worth remembering how and why the wall came…
A short history of liberty
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Egyptian and Mesopotamian Civilization
I just finished Henri Francfort’s quite interesting book The Birth of Civilization in the Near East, from which I picked up some very interesting information and ideas. The discusion of…
Latest Trip through Asia
I’m in Beijing….hoping to get some sleep before some morning meetings and then a trip to the airport for some long flights to the US and A. In the meantime,…
Address to Former Cato Interns
Over 200 former Cato interns (I think the number was 220) converged on the Cato Institute’s headquarters from all over the country (and some from Latin America, Europe, and Asia)…
“Progressivism”: Coercive and Meddlesome at its Core
David Bernstein on the rather, um, selective history of “Progressivism” given by the “Center for American Progress”: “Whitewashing Progressivism” One could add many, many sins to the account of so-called…
David Boaz on Historical Blinders among Libertarians
Reason.com: “Up from Slavery: There’s no such thing as a golden age of lost liberty” I am particularly struck by libertarians and conservatives who celebrate the freedom of early America,…