November 2004 -- Last month, I reported on freedom around the world. Now, two reports have surfaced evaluating economic freedom in the U.S. states. The larger of the two—the U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 Report—is a 183-page monograph from the Pacific Research Institute (PRI). The other—Economic Freedom of North America: 2004 Annual Report—is from the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute (in conjunction with the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis) and also includes evaluations of Canadian provinces.
Political controversies and protests are often dominated by the theme of rights or individual rights. We hear about a "right to health care
In this presentation filmed in 2010, Edward Hudgins offers a detailed examination of the attempts by the new secularists and atheists to add
The Institute for Justice , which is championing the cause of food trucks , is celebrating the demise of some proposed regulations here in D.C. as a “Big win for economic liberty!”
“We never shut down,” said Vernon Hershberger. His farm was raided, and he was put on trial for operating without a license. But his buyers’ club “continued to feed our community. That’s the way it continued all along. ”And now that he’s been acquitted of doing business without a license, he’s planning to continue doing what he’s been doing—and to appeal the one charge of which he was convicted, disobeying a “holding order.”
Presenter: David Kelley When: June 3, 2013 | 9pm -10pm Eastern | Register now Friedrich Hayek was one of the greatest advocates of liberty in the 20th century. Ayn Rand was another. Hayek won his fame as an economist , but his thought was based in philosophy. Rand won her fame as a novelist and social commentator, but developed her thought into the systematic philosophy of Objectivism.
Apple Inc. is under attack by politicians for “avoiding” paying $44 billion in American corporate taxes.
In a speech at the National Defense University on May 23, 2013, President Obama framed his administration’s counterterrorism strategy, paying particular attention to the lethal use of unmanned drone bombers. He addressed both moral and legal interests, as well as concerns over congressional oversight of America’s drone program.
This week Tea Party supporters and other individuals gathered in various cities to protest the IRS's targeting of groups based on their...
After a widespread outcry, European officials have canceled plans to tightly regulate the olive oil served in restaurants.....
Aaron Day, CEO of The Atlas Society, interviews Jason Sorens on the IRS's denial of non-profit status to the Free State Project . Sorens....
May 17, 2013 -- Ed Hudgins has been interviewed about the woes of the U.S. Postal Service. The interview was pre-recorded by WNYU Radio. Click here to listen to the interview . (It is the first audio link.) WNYU is New York University's student-run radio station.
May 17, 2013 -- Atlas Society CEO Aaron Day is one of many libertarian leaders to be featured at this year's Porcfest, formally known as The Free State Project's 10th Annual Porcupine Freedom Festival. Aaron will speak on "Open vs. Closed Objectivism."
The Atlas Society is pleased to announce that Aaron Day and Ed Hudgins will be speaking at this year's FreedomFest, scheduled for......
“The absurdity of its premise — that Dow could escape liability for an illegal antitrust conspiracy because plaintiffs alleged a longer conspiracy than found by the jury — convinces the court that it should not [let Dow off the hook.] ”So said U.S. District Judge John W. Lungstrum, in the only quote on the issue in this Bloomberg report, and at first read it sounds obviously right. Whatever one may think of antitrust law, surely a $1.2 billion illegal conspiracy doesn’t become legal just because the plaintiffs who sued over it were off on the dates. (The plaintiffs said the conspiracy ran from 1999 through 2003; the jury apparently put the start date in 2000.) If you’re accused of killing your wife on a Friday, you shouldn’t get off just because the jury said you did it that Saturday instead.
Yesterday, I wrote a blog concerning the frustrations that we all face with the IRS and other bureaucracies. Today, my friend Steve Davis..
Are you excited about the ideas of Ayn Rand? Help us spread Objectivist principles and the ideas in Atlas Shrugged my sharing our memes!
The Internal Revenue Service has targeted “Tea Party,” conservative-leaning, and even Jewish non-profits for special harassment. There is
Ayn Rand wrote the above quote in December 1963. As a result of the recent behavior by the IRS, I fear that our current dusk will turn to in
Young America’s Foundation, the parent organization of Young Americans for Freedom , has released a new survey of young Americans . Apparently they’re for freedom. A large majority don’t want the federal government taking “an active role” in their daily lives, and a smaller majority don’t want it taking “an active role” in the lives of Americans in general—aside, of course, from its “essential functions.”
November 2004 -- Last month, I reported on freedom around the world. Now, two reports have surfaced evaluating economic freedom in the U.S. states. The larger of the two—the U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 Report—is a 183-page monograph from the Pacific Research Institute (PRI). The other—Economic Freedom of North America: 2004 Annual Report—is from the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute (in conjunction with the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis) and also includes evaluations of Canadian provinces.
Political controversies and protests are often dominated by the theme of rights or individual rights. We hear about a "right to health care
In this presentation filmed in 2010, Edward Hudgins offers a detailed examination of the attempts by the new secularists and atheists to add
The Institute for Justice , which is championing the cause of food trucks , is celebrating the demise of some proposed regulations here in D.C. as a “Big win for economic liberty!”
“We never shut down,” said Vernon Hershberger. His farm was raided, and he was put on trial for operating without a license. But his buyers’ club “continued to feed our community. That’s the way it continued all along. ”And now that he’s been acquitted of doing business without a license, he’s planning to continue doing what he’s been doing—and to appeal the one charge of which he was convicted, disobeying a “holding order.”
Presenter: David Kelley When: June 3, 2013 | 9pm -10pm Eastern | Register now Friedrich Hayek was one of the greatest advocates of liberty in the 20th century. Ayn Rand was another. Hayek won his fame as an economist , but his thought was based in philosophy. Rand won her fame as a novelist and social commentator, but developed her thought into the systematic philosophy of Objectivism.
Apple Inc. is under attack by politicians for “avoiding” paying $44 billion in American corporate taxes.
In a speech at the National Defense University on May 23, 2013, President Obama framed his administration’s counterterrorism strategy, paying particular attention to the lethal use of unmanned drone bombers. He addressed both moral and legal interests, as well as concerns over congressional oversight of America’s drone program.
This week Tea Party supporters and other individuals gathered in various cities to protest the IRS's targeting of groups based on their...
After a widespread outcry, European officials have canceled plans to tightly regulate the olive oil served in restaurants.....
Aaron Day, CEO of The Atlas Society, interviews Jason Sorens on the IRS's denial of non-profit status to the Free State Project . Sorens....
May 17, 2013 -- Ed Hudgins has been interviewed about the woes of the U.S. Postal Service. The interview was pre-recorded by WNYU Radio. Click here to listen to the interview . (It is the first audio link.) WNYU is New York University's student-run radio station.
May 17, 2013 -- Atlas Society CEO Aaron Day is one of many libertarian leaders to be featured at this year's Porcfest, formally known as The Free State Project's 10th Annual Porcupine Freedom Festival. Aaron will speak on "Open vs. Closed Objectivism."
The Atlas Society is pleased to announce that Aaron Day and Ed Hudgins will be speaking at this year's FreedomFest, scheduled for......
“The absurdity of its premise — that Dow could escape liability for an illegal antitrust conspiracy because plaintiffs alleged a longer conspiracy than found by the jury — convinces the court that it should not [let Dow off the hook.] ”So said U.S. District Judge John W. Lungstrum, in the only quote on the issue in this Bloomberg report, and at first read it sounds obviously right. Whatever one may think of antitrust law, surely a $1.2 billion illegal conspiracy doesn’t become legal just because the plaintiffs who sued over it were off on the dates. (The plaintiffs said the conspiracy ran from 1999 through 2003; the jury apparently put the start date in 2000.) If you’re accused of killing your wife on a Friday, you shouldn’t get off just because the jury said you did it that Saturday instead.
Yesterday, I wrote a blog concerning the frustrations that we all face with the IRS and other bureaucracies. Today, my friend Steve Davis..
Are you excited about the ideas of Ayn Rand? Help us spread Objectivist principles and the ideas in Atlas Shrugged my sharing our memes!
The Internal Revenue Service has targeted “Tea Party,” conservative-leaning, and even Jewish non-profits for special harassment. There is
Ayn Rand wrote the above quote in December 1963. As a result of the recent behavior by the IRS, I fear that our current dusk will turn to in
Young America’s Foundation, the parent organization of Young Americans for Freedom , has released a new survey of young Americans . Apparently they’re for freedom. A large majority don’t want the federal government taking “an active role” in their daily lives, and a smaller majority don’t want it taking “an active role” in the lives of Americans in general—aside, of course, from its “essential functions.”