A liberdade corretamente compreendida
My lecture at the Liberal International meeting, “Freedom Properly Understood,” is now available in Portuguese: “A liberdade corretamente compreendida.” (Thank you, Magno!) A German translation is forthcoming.
Political Theory
Macaulay Remembered Again
In doing some research for my paper on “Classical Liberalism, Morality, and Poverty” I re-read Thomas Babington Macaulay’s brilliant refutation of Tory paternalism, “Southey’s Colloquies on Society.” (If you want…
My debate in Brazil
My debate with Ciro Gomes in Porto Alegre at the Forum da Liberdade in 2008 More of the videotaped debate can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciro_Gomes
Non-Violence and Social Change
“American Revolutionary”
Syndication of “Myths of Individualism” in Kurdish Media
In Cawyxelik.com. (Original here.)
Vladimir Bukovsky
Vladimir Bukovsky ‘s speech to the Cato.ru Summer School is…..breath taking. His insights from his studies of the archives of the Communist Party, his personal experience, his explanations of the…
Islam and Liberty: the Turkish Experience
Mustafa Akyol speaking, courtesy of Malaysia Think Tank
A Little Talk on Rights
An impromptu discussion of rights, following the IES-Europe/Cato seminar in Germany. (More detailed discussions can be found in “Saving Rights Theory from Its Friends” [Individual Rights Reconsidered, edited by Tibor…
Bravo for Libertarian Lawyers
Linda Greenhouse of the New York Times listed the DC Second Amendment case as one of the “3 defining opinions” of the 2,691 opinions that she has covered over her…