Libertarian Miscellany


African Libertarianism

Amid all the awful things in the world that are cause for depression, one sometimes finds cause for hope. And the African classical liberals I met are high on the…

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Cartoon Collectivism

How ridiculous notions are passed on to the unsuspecting young: cartoons with political messages. Hat Tip: Juan Carlos Hidalgo

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South Park Guys in Russian

I had the pleasure last year of taking part in the Reason in Amsterdam event where two very insightful and clever creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker of the television…

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Economic Freedom of the World Report in Arabic

Thanks to the hard work of my colleagues Fadi Haddadin and Ghaleb Hijazi (and a team of expert translators), the 2006 Economic Freedom of the World Report was elegantly released…

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All of “Free to Choose” Online for Video Streaming….in English!

The late Milton Friedman, one of the great minds and great friends of freedom of our time, was a great teacher, as well. His “Free to Choose” video series and…

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Our Metastasizing Nanny State

Excise This Tumor This morning I heard an interview with with some guy from the “Federal Administration for Families and Children.” I knew that the federal government was expanding (just…

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Classical Liberal International Hootenanny

Several hundred friends of liberty have gathered in Guatemala City for the 2006 international meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society. The Cato Institute is well represented, with numerous Cato authors,…

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A Great End to an Exhilirating Conference

I’m really happy with the conference on “Freedom, Commerce, and Peace: A Regional Agenda.” We had Georgians and Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians, Armenians and Azeris, Iranians and Iraqis, Romanians and…

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The conference is going well…

I’m running up on a long-term sleep deficit and haven’t had a moment to myself until now (but only a moment), but the conference on “Freedom, Commerce, and Peace: A…

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Advancing Freedom Further

I’m in Tbilisi for our conference on “Freedom, Commerce, and Peace: A Regional Agenda.” It starts tomorrow evening, but many of the participants are arriving tonight (Tbilisi is a great…

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