Libel Tourism
The New York Times features my friend Hannes Gissurarson of the University of Iceland, who suffered from Britain’s outrageous libel laws, in today’s story: “Britain, Long a Libel Mecca, Reviews…
People
The Passing of a Wonderful and Elegant Lady
I did not know her as well as some of my colleagues, but on the few occasions that our paths did cross, I was impressed by her mixture of strength…
Chat Chambre
Wollstonecraft (“Wolly”) Palmer in a Chat Chambre (she speaks French)
Technology, Capitalism, Health
A friend, Bright Simons, who is a member of the AfricanLiberty.org team, is featured in The Economist article (September 24, 2009) “Beyond voice: New uses for mobile phones could launch…
Is it Illegal to Remove a Sitting President?
Yes, if done according to the law. (Richard Nixon was certainly impeachable, and would have been impeached had he not resigned; the articles of impeachment were drawn up and voted…
Scientist, Engineer, Gentleman: Jim Thiel
I learned today about the death of a decent and good person, Jim Thiel, the audio-engineering genius behind Thiel Audio, makers of technically advanced audio equipment far more advanced than…
Norman Borlaug: Benefactor to Mankind
Millions of people around the world are alive because of the achievements of Norman Borlaug. Few of them will ever hear his name, even though many, many more will hear…
A Plea for American Liberty
Rose Wilder Lane’s essay in the Saturday Evening Post from 1936: “Give Me Liberty” (originally published as “Credo”)
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…
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…