Illiberal Populism on the March
My interview on populism vs. (classical) liberalism in the French magazine Contrepoints: https://www.contrepoints.org/2017/09/20/298869-interview-de-tom-g-palmer-face-populisme-rationalite-liberaux
Toleration
The Cold Evil of the Alt-Right
The coldly evil vision of the Alt-Right. “We will have a Europe, in 2050, where the bank notes have Adolf Hitler, Napoleon Bonaparte, Alexander the Great. And Hitler will be…
RealClear Radio Hour: An Interview with Bill Frezza
This is a recording of my interview on peace and freedom which aired in Boston on the RealClear Radio Hour. Thanks to Bill Frezza for having me on and for…
Referendum in Kyrgyzstan
The referendum is about to begin in Kyrgyzstan, to choose a new constitution which, despite its flaws, will put greater limits on presidential power and, it is hoped, avoid authoritarianism…
Criminalization of Art in Russia
The Economist: “What happens when you display “Forbidden art” From Prof. Andrei Zorin of Oxford University (and a contributor to InLiberty.ru and speaker at InLiberty.ru events): There can be no…
A Message of Peace from and to the People of Kyrgyzstan
“We are brothers and sisters, we are children of our beautiful land. We call all of you, kyrgyzstanis, to tolerance and peace, compassion and solidarity. We have to prove to…
Milton Friedman’s Legacy
My interview on Fox Business while here in Berlin. (It’s a part of a whole program on Milton Friedman’s legacy.)
Enduring Democracy and Limited Government
I just found (thanks to snooping around some emails) the text of the Julian L. Simon Memoral Lecture I gave in 2009 in New Delhi on “Democracy and Limited Government:…
A Great Voice for Toleration and Justice Gone
Kyai Haji Abdurrahman Wahid, known as Gus Dur, has died. I did not meet him, but heard only praise from Muslim friends. He was involved in the LibForAll foundation, among…