Dueling Censorships
ANKARA: The Turkish court system acquitted a Turkish author (who lives and teaches in America) of the crime of “denigrating Turkish national identity,” a charge supported by some remarks about…
Libertarian Miscellany
My New Colleague
It’s nice finally to be able to announce publicly that Andrei Illarionov, one of Russia’s most outspoken friends of liberty, has joined the Cato Institute as a senior fellow. The…
Freedom’s a Gamble
A friend who plays poker in both three-dimensional space and virtual space forwarded the following announcement to me: Your urgent action is needed! On September 12th the Poker Players Alliance…
Georgia On My Mind
Georgian: Russian: English I’m working hard with my colleagues for our upcoming conference on Freedom, Commerce, and Peace: A Regional Agenda, to be held October 25-27 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Nobel…
Economic Freedom and Cooperation in Arabic
Pencils in One Stage of a Complex Production Process My colleagues continue to work miracles in promoting freedom and rationality in the Arab world. Leonard Read’s excellent essay “I, Pencil”…
A 30 Year Old Female May Not Marry Another 30 Year Old Female, but….
A 15 year old female may legally marry a 38 year old man….. Um, right.
Books in Iraqi Kurdistan
I’m pleased to write that I have been sent confirmation that the shipment of books we sent from the Cato Institute to the four university libraries of Iraqi Kurdistan have…
Middle Eastern Seminar on Freedom and Limited Government
In cooperation with colleagues from the Middle East, I am working to organize a seminar on classical liberalism for Middle Eastern students, to be held at the Grand Pyramids Hotel…
Cato University Approaching
I’ve got a busy summer ahead, with no visits to the beach, except for Cato University, which will be at The Don CeSar Beach Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida….
A Great Source of Inspiration and Optimism
I just got back from teaching at the introductory seminar of the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellows Program and the IHS Journalism Program. I got to meet 70 sharp, educated,…