My Only Good Photo
Well, I’m not a very good photographer. That and the fancy camera I have requires an advanced degree to learn how to make it work. (My other camera is a…
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A Cause for Optimism
I’ve met quite a few remarkably impressive libertarians and classical liberals from African countries at the Mont Pelerin Society meeting in Kenya. After hearing so much pessimism about Africa (and…
Twenty Myths About Markets
I’m on my way to Nairobi for the Mont Pelerin Society meeting. Here’s my contribution: “Twenty Myths About Markets.” I’m happy to receive criticisms. (I can’t promise to answer them…
A Great Read
I’m about 1/3 of the way through Brian Doherty’s excellent Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement. I had read a few chapters in manuscript…
My Podcast about Abdelkareem
My colleague Anastasia Uglova conducted an interview with me about Kareem’s case. It’s available as a Cato Podcast. It’s easy and free-of-charge to subscribe to Cato’s Daily Podcast via iTunes…
Abdelkareem’s Case: Four Years Prison for Writing a Blog
Abdelkareem was sentenced today to four years in prison. This will not go unchallenged. His case is the case of every blogger, every dissident, every person who aspires to life…
Articles on Abdelkareem
Abdelkareem is scheduled to be sentenced on February 22. With my co-author Raja Kamal of the Harris School at the University of Chicago, I’ve published two op-eds on his case:…
Report on “Freedom, Commerce, and Peace: A Regional Agenda”
The full issue of Cato Policy Report, with a more readable version of the report and lots and lots of other intereresting material, including a discussion of oil and Russia’s…
What Can One Say?….
Kareem’s Family Disowns Him; Father Wants Him Killed If He Does Not “Repent” ….other than that it is urgent to save Abdelkareem. Letters to the Egyptian authorities can make a…
Supporters of Freedom of Speech in New York City
Two of my favorite people — true friends of freedom — at the February 15 event on behalf of the rights of Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman in New York at the…