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…
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Ukraine and Greece Liberty Events and News
Over the past few days, I’ve been pleased to be able to participate in a number of events, first in Ukraine and then in Greece. In Ukraine, I was fortunate…
Remembering Leonard Liggio
My thoughts on the passing of a giant of libertarian thought and a very kind and gentle man, Leonard Liggio.
Libertarianism from Africa to Kosovo and Beyond
I’m in Prishtina, Kosovo, for the Liberal Weekend. Before that I was in Nigeria for the Students and Young Professionals African Liberty Academy (sponsored by AfricanLiberty.org, with IMANI and the…
Hume and Rousseau, an Astonishing and Mesmerizing Tale
In the course of reading to understand better the differences and the dispute between Voltaire and Rousseau, I read a truly wonderful book, The Philosophers’ Quarrel: Rousseau, Hume, and the…
Democracy and the Rule of Law
The first short introduction of the speaker, Gurcharan Das from India, is in Arabic, but the rest is in English, with Arabic translation. Gurcharan Das is the former CEO of…
Egypt, from the Perspective of One Person Who Was Personally Persecuted by Mubarak
Egypt Will Never Be the Same: What I saw on the streets of Alexandria, by Kareem Amer (Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2011) (I was involved, with many others, in…
Happy 101st Year, Ronald Coase!
The great lawyer/economist Ronald Coase is cruising into his 101st year. His 100th birthday was a few days ago (December 30, 2010) and he is still at work teaching economics,…
My Best Friend Is Gone
This is extremely difficult to write. Wolly (for Wollstonecraft) Palmer, who was my friend, partner, buddy, confidant, and for 14 years teacher in the virtues of patience, toleration, loyalty, and…
Milton Friedman’s Legacy
I’m in Berlin (Potsdam, actually) for a conference on dealing with the problems involved in measuring freedom and coming up with some measurement system. Last night I did a television…