Cato University 2006: July 26-30, St. Pete Beach, Florida
“In a word, as a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.” James Madison, “Property,”…
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Against the Imperial Presidency
New Presidential Headgear, Courtesy of the Habsburgs My colleague Gene Healy has a hard-hitting critique (“The Imperial Presidency and the War on Terror“) of the Bush administration’s view of its…
Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back, One to the Right, One to the Left
Italy: Immobilized and Waiting for a Meltdown? The BBC has a nice wrap up on the confusions of Italian politics. A sclerotic system of regulations and restrictions on work and…
Whooo Hooo!
Burundi has lifted a curfew that was in place for 34 years.
Globalization and Good Governance
In preparation for the paper I’m writing for a conference in Portugal, I’ve come across some rather interesting documents. Two especially interesting ones are the “Globalization Index“* published in Foreign…
“Mises Institute” Cultists Blast Mises Center Head for Opposing Authoritarian Socialism
Yaroslav Romanchuk at Cato’s 2004 Moscow Conference Jaroslav Romanchuk, a man I greatly admire for his courage, his intelligence, and his resolution in promoting freedom, has been smeared by the…
“Mises Institute” Cultists Blast Mises Center Head for Opposing Authoritarian Socialism
Yaroslav Romanchuk at Cato’s 2004 Moscow Conference Jaroslav Romanchuk, a man I greatly admire for his courage, his intelligence, and his resolution in promoting freedom, has been smeared by the…
A Very Worrisome Consideration
The Iraqi blogger Omar, whom I met in Baghdad last year, has a disturbing analysis of the bombing last week of the Buratha mosque in Baghdad.
Georgetown University Lecture
I had a great time this evening at Georgetown University, where I gave a lecture under the auspices of the Fund for American Studies. Great students and great questions and…
Cato Unbound Debate on Foreign Aid
Cruise on over to Cato Unbound for a spirited debate about foreign aid.