Libertarian presidential candidate and former Republican U.S. Representative, Bob Barr, spoke on Sunday at The Atlas Society's Summer Seminar 2008 in Portland, Oregon. The Oregonian reported on Barr's talk: Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia, ... »More

From a new article in the business section of the LA Times about a school that "now ranks among the finest in Central America": Leftist ideology may be gaining ground in Latin America. But it will ... »More

A brand-new experimental "City of the Future" is being built from the ground up in Abu Dhabi, financed primarily—over 80%—by private investors: "We want it to be profitable, not a sunk cost," says Khaled Awad, who ... »More

Wow, Reason.tv is doing some excellent work, here. I couldn't take my eyes off it. (h/t Instapundit) »More

Many Objectivists and free market advocates have mixed feelings about patent law and how it is used. If you're one of them, don't miss this letter to the lawyers representing Monster Cable. It ... »More

New Individualist editor Robert Bidinotto has one of the best responses I've seen to the brouhaha about BB&T's donations to college campuses. He wrote to The New York Times: I have never heard any howling ... »More

Chris Colin has published a column at the San Francisco Chronicle called "No Offense, but You Don't Deserve Your Salary." Kudos to him for interviewing Yaron Brook on the subject -- making his article ... »More

For still more about the controversy (among liberal professors, at least) over BB&T's grants to teach courses on capitalism, see the new article "MU divided on BB&T grant conditions" in the Charleston Gazette. You gotta love ... »More

Some interesting back-story here about BB&T's support for pro-capitalism courses at universities around the country. This article is from Marshall University, where apparently some faculty members are uncomfortable with the idea that someone besides ... »More

Erika Holzer sends a link to a compelling WSJ article titled "McCain and the Supreme Court." Its key points are: ...the gulf between Democratic and Republican approaches to constitutional law and the role of the federal courts ... »More