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


Cato University 2011

June 26, 2011

Last year I wrote about the then-pending Cato University 2010 program in San Diego, California, noting that I had attended three of the prior programs. As planned, I did attend the event last summer, and found it as fulfilling as the prior three. The Cato Institute has archived audio podcasts of the presentations on its […]

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Atlas: Updates on a Force for International Liberty

June 24, 2011

In April 2010, I wrote about attending my first event sponsored by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Atlas Experience 2010. The program reinforced my passion for advocating for international liberty, and introduced me to some important concepts I now regularly apply. It also gave me the chance to meet people from around the world who […]

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CBO Warns Against “Curbing Spending”

June 22, 2011

The Congressional Budget Office today issued a report, “CBO’s 2011 Long-Term Budget Outlook.” The report notes the disastrous level of federal debt: At the end of 2008, that debt equaled 40 percent of the nation’s annual economic output (a little above the 40-year average of 37 percent). Since then, the figure has shot upward: By the […]

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Burma: Freedom Will Bring Prosperity

June 1, 2011

Dr. U Myint, economic adviser to Burma President U Thein Sein, presented a paper to the “Forum on Poverty” sponsored by the Burmese government in Naypyitaw, on May 20-21, 2011. The paper is entitled “Reducing Poverty in Myanmar: the Way Forward.” In a recent interview concerning his appointment as Chief of the Economic Advisory Unit, […]

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Cinco de Mayo: Time for Mexico to End the Drug War

May 5, 2011

History.com describes today’s holiday: “Cinco de Mayo—or the fifth of May—commemorates the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867). A relatively minor holiday in Mexico, in the United States Cinco de Mayo has evolved into a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage …” The site explains, […]

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China Needs Freedom, Not Population Control

April 29, 2011

Today’s Wall Street Journal includes an article by Jeremy Page entitled, “China’s One-Child Plan Faces New Fire–Census Shows Slowing Growth as Population Ages, Giving Critics Ammunition.” China should end end the policy, regardless of the population growth rate. Immorality of Government Population Control State control of population—a particularly invasive form of central planning–is immoral, since […]

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Introduction to Libertarianism–Presentation at Boston University

April 26, 2011

It was my privilege to speak at the inaugural meeting of the new student group, Liberty at Boston University, on April 19, 2011. Thank you for inviting me to speak this evening, and congratulations to Anthony Priestas, Daniel Suraci, and staff advisor Gavin Pitt for launching this important group. The group is part of the […]

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Libya: “Humanitarian” War and Rejection of Refugees

April 7, 2011

The Wall Street Journal, in an article dated April 8, 2011, “France Resurrects Border With Italy,” reports France’s effort to reestablish security: “The operation is part of France’s attempt to stop a wave of North African migrants who, having fled violence back home, regard Italy as a way station as they travel by boat, train […]

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Secret Video Reveals Congress at Work

April 3, 2011

Have I been too critical of the two major parties? I even wrote: “Consider them the two wings of the Socialist Party or the Big Government Party, or, in the phrase of Cato Institute president Edward H. Crane, a single Incumbent Party, neither Democrats nor Republicans really favor downsizing government.” A patriotic videographer now has […]

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Yes, Leader Pelosi: Let Us Debate Morality

March 15, 2011

Fox News’s post on the House’s passage of a three-week continuing spending bill today includes this quotation from Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: “I think this debate is on a higher ground of our values. It’s not about money. It’s about the morality of what we’re doing.” Actually, the debate is about money–the money taken from […]

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