Dave is a professional coach and a volunteer advocate for international liberty and international animal welfare.


Fortunate

December 2, 2013

In the spring of 1996, after Elizabeth, one of my two beloved Burmese cats, died at a young age, I told myself I would just look. The handsome orange tabby at the MSPCA-Angell Adoption Center in Boston peered up at me and put his nose through the bars of his cage. I asked the attendant […]

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Visit to Wolf Conservation Center

November 22, 2013

I recently had the pleasure of visiting the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York. As a friend and supporter of the organization, I had looked forward to seeing the center. Having returned to Connecticut, I was able to attend an event. Wolf Conservation Center The center’s mission is to promote wolf conservation and recovery: The […]

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Appearance on The Stateless Man, September 2013

September 23, 2013

I enjoyed being a guest on Fergus Hodgson’s radio program, The Stateless Man, on September 15. Mr. Hodgson is editor in chief of the PanAmerican Post and a policy adviser with the Future of Freedom Foundation. Mr. Hodgson’s article about the show, “Collectivism in Latin America | Decades of the Liberty Movement | Update on […]

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Wolf OR-7 Continues to Inspire Art — You Can Help

August 31, 2013

In January of this year, in “2012 Wild Animal of the Year: Wolf OR-7,” I wrote about the wolf who traveled from Oregon to California — the first wolf in the California since 1924. On March 13, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife reported that OR-7 had returned to Oregon. The Oregon Department of […]

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If Only the Founders Had Been Non-Founders

July 4, 2013

On July 4, the United States celebrates Independence Day, commemorating the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The Declaration, which expresses ideals of liberty, is often called the “birth certificate of the United States.” If the Founders had been true to liberty, however, they would have been Non-Founders, avoiding the […]

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Help the People of Nepal Achieve Freedom and Prosperity

May 20, 2013

Among the satisfactions of promoting international liberty is the chance to meet advocates of freedom from around the world. The people I have met through Atlas Economic Research Foundation’s events include the leaders of Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation, the husband and wife team of Robin Sitoulsa and Arpita Nepal. (See all the staff here.) The […]

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2013 Edition of “Freedom In the 50 States” Released

March 28, 2013

The Mercatus Center asks, “How free is your state?” Congratulations to Mercatus on the publication of the third edition of Freedom In the 50 States! The book is available online and in PDF form as a free download. In addition, a new website allows users to “explore and customize the freedom rankings,” as Roman Hardgrave […]

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Hungary, March 2013, Part II: Emerging Neofascism

March 25, 2013

In “Hungary, March 2013, Part I: Declining Liberty, Poor Economy,” we reviewed the government’s continued attacks on freedom, its creation of uncertainty, and the resulting poor economy. The Fidesz party, under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has controlled the government since 2010. As we noted, the poor economy encourages the growth of bigotry and extreme nationalism. […]

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Hungary, March 2013, Part I: Declining Liberty, Poor Economy

March 25, 2013

In “Hungary, Part I: A Troubled Country,” published in May 2012, we discussed the decline in economic, political, and civil freedom in Hungary since the since the Fidesz party won a two-thirds majority in parliament in 2010, and Viktor Orbán became prime minister. We warned that the attacks on economic freedom were weakening the economy and that […]

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Appearance on America’s Roundtable, February 2013

March 7, 2013

I enjoyed being a guest on “America’s Roundtable,” a radio program hosted by the gracious Joel Anand Samy and Natasha Srdoč. The segment was broadcast the weekend of February 8th, and is now a video on YouTube. Mr. Samy and Ms. Srdoč lead the Adriatic Institute.  The institute is a free-market think tank “dedicated to […]

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