The Manning Centre for Building Democracy will be holding its annual networking conference this upcoming March in Ottawa. This is a opportunity for conservative activists to exchange ideas, strategies and techniques with some of Canada’s top “political entrepreneurs”. You can register here.
Globalization, trade, third world development --- will all be key issues in the upcoming decade. So help us get a handle on these topics the Institute for Liberal Studies will be holding a day-long “Economics and Development” seminar on January 15th at the University of Toronto. Speakers will include Fred MacMahon of the Fraser Institute and Sallie James of the Cato Institute. Go here to register.
The Atlas Economic Research Foundation has come up with an interesting list of the top ten pro-liberty books of the past decade. Of the ten, I have read, Bryan Caplan’s Myth of the Rational Voter, and I highly recommend it.
The recent thwarted terrorist attack on an airliner has made security precautions a hot topic. Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation says government has to get serious about combating terrorism which means focusing more on people than on baggage. David Frum says much the same thing. Meanwhile, this 2003 essay from the Freeman reminds us that sometimes too much bureaucracy can also be a danger.
Here’s an article which reminds us that in past decade the world lost three great friends of freedom: Ronald Reagan, Milton Friedman and William F. Buckley.
