Travel

In addition to the debate on “The Morality of Capitalism,” which was very well attended (I was told over 200, but that seemed high to me) and great fun, we…

I had a great time at the Forum da Liberdade debating Ciro Gomes, a leading Brazilian politician, and now I’m about to head off to this debate. I will post…

I learned a lot at the conference in Schwarzenberg, Austria (held in the beautiful Hotel Hirschen) about the contrasts, commonalities, and disputes between “conservative” and “classical liberal” thinking, based on…

I’ll be on the road a bit, for Zürich, Bregenz (Schwarzenberg), and then Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro. The first are for a conference (and visits with…

I’ve been swamped with work lately. Last week was a very full schedule of interviews, meetings, seminars, Cato’s board meeting, etc. Yesterday I gave a talk on “Rhetoric and Education”…

I’ll be off to Las Vegas, not my favorite city (but I do know cultured people who like it; I just don’t see why) for some meetings. I hope to…

Among various speaking and meeting trips coming up, I will be off to Columbia University in February for the Students for Liberty Conference and to Porto Alegre, Brazil for the…

During the break this afternoon in the conference I have been attending on the thought of Francisco de Vitoria (a very important figure in the development of international law and…

The debate last night at the Yale Political Union was enormous fun. The students were sharp, lively, and committed to reasoned debate, but managed to have light hearted fun at…