Month: June 2009


Universidad IPEA

I gave the opening address to the Universidad IPEA on “The Nature of Freedom” and was awarded a handsome award (pictured here) by the leadership of IPEA. It’s a great…

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Spinning…When a President who Seeks Dictatorial Powers in an Illegal Move is Removed by the Congress and by the Supreme Court, is it a “Military Coup”?

The media discussion of events in Honduras is remarkably confused. Here’s CNN: The president of the U.N. General Assembly scheduled a noon session Monday to discuss the situation in Honduras,…

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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…

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Mexican Liberalism

I’m leaving today to speak at the IPEA University in Mexico and to meet with friends and colleagues in Mexico to promote free trade.

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The iPhone Upgrade is Great!

The new iPhone software is a big improvement. I upgraded my iPhone today (at no charge) and I’m quite pleased so far.

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Upcoming Events for Liberty

I’ll be speaking this summer in Marseille at the European Resource Bank and in Aix-en-Provence at the Summer University of the New Economics. And Cato University, of course! And the…

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Indian Classics

As a part of the preparation for my trip to India, I started the versions of The Ramayana and The Mahabharata rendered into modern English prose by R. K. Narayan….

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On the Road

After a rather hectic and stressful trip through Kabul to the airport, where I found that my ticket wouldn’t work and I had to buy another (cash only: thank God…

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A New “Silk Road”?

BBC: “Asia takes first step on modern ‘Silk Route’” This is very positive. Trade creates not only prosperity, but peace. Removing barriers (such as requirements that goods be unloaded and…

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Carpet Stimulus

Before and after meeting with the leaders of the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry today, I did a little shopping around Kabul. In the morning I drove out to…

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