Jail Spitzer, Free Everyone Else
My comments on the Spitzer case were in the March 28, 2008 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education in an overview of views on prostitution that were expressed as…
Victims of Rights Violations
Just Plain Dumb
I just came across an especially strange argument (and that’s saying something) against going to court to vindicate the rights of American citizens to keep and bear arms in the…
The Second Amendment before the Supremes
(For the CSpan coverage, choose the segment titled, “March 18, 2008: Tom Palmer and Robert Levy on C-SPAN on the DC gun ban case.”) As I have said before, Bob…
The Supremes
I was able to witness the oral argument in the DC Second Amendment case. It was an amazing experience — like sitting in one of the most intelligent, interesting, engaging,…
My (Our) Heroic Lawyers
Robert Levy and Alan Gura, “Armed for Liberty,” Legal Times, March 17, 2008
After Spitzer is Jailed
It’s Time to Legalize Prostitution Actually, it should be legalized immediately, but with a “Grandfather Clause” that exempts Eliot Spitzer and only Eliot Spitzer from the legalization. He put others…
Interview with Washington Post Radio on the Supreme Court Gun-Ban Challenge
I was interviewed today on Washington Post Radio, along with Dennis Henigan from the Brady Center, about the Supreme Court case. I’m hoping to have a seat to see the…
Property in One’s Labor
While doing a little research to assist my Russian colleagues with the Cato.ru essay contest and summer school, both of which focus on property and freedom, I found again this…
Exchanging Rockets, Rather than Goods and Services
Playing cat and mouse with Gaza rockets Dozens die in Israel-Gaza clashes Justice, whether restitution of property or punishment for crime, is usually a noble goal, but peace, life, and…
A Test Case in Turkey
Some news about my friend Atilla Yayla: “Turkey: Academic Freedom Curtailed”