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Libert��?���© Ch��?���©rie

I had the pleasure of dining this evening with five leaders of the French classical liberal organization LibertÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?© ChÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?©rie, which has been revamped, rebranded, and revitalized by an infusion of…

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A Prize for Advancing Liberty

I’m off tomorrow to Chicago to attend the dinner and presentation of the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty to former Estonian Prime Minister Mart Laar, a remarkable and inspiring…

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Her Last Word was “LibertÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?©”

My former colleague at Cato, David Archer, just sent me the moving story of Noor-un-nisa Inayat Khan, a spy for the British in Nazi-occupied Paris who was executed at Dachau:…

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Her Last Word was “LibertÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?©”

My former colleague at Cato, David Archer, just sent me the moving story of Noor-un-nisa Inayat Khan, a spy for the British in Nazi-occupied Paris who was executed at Dachau:…

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Is 40 the new 20? 50 the new 25?

Hugh Hefner on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

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Madeline Cosman, R.I.P.

Fabulous Feasts I was saddened to learn that Dr. Madeline Cosman had died. She had attended several Cato University seminars and lectured at one. (She lectured on how the rule…

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Lamp of Liberty

My friend Jonathan Rauch has published in the National Journal an essay on the Lamp of Liberty, the Arabic libertarian web site, “In Arabic, ‘Internet’ Means ‘Freedom’.” (I suspect that…

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An Effective Campaigner for the Legal Rights of People Who Agreed With Him to Speak and Organize

Frank Wilkinson has died. He was, according to the obituary writer at the New York Times, a campaigner for “free speech” and for “antipoverty” efforts. Um, right. It’s not until…

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Gene McCarthy, R.I.P

Another fine man, Gene McCarthy, has died today. He will be rightly remembered for his courage in opposing the odious Lyndon Johnson and for his courage in opposing restrictions on…

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Bill Bradford, R.I.P.

I’m sad to report that I’ve been informed of the death of R. W. “Bill” Bradford, the publisher of Liberty magazine. Bill was an entrepreneur and a friend of liberty…

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