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August 20, 2020

Stop Corruption

By Dr. Richard W. Morris, J.D., Ph.D The Democrats complain the Koch Brothers put hundreds of millions into elections. The Republicans complain George Soros puts hundreds of millions into elections. Candidates for congress and senate seats send emails all over…
July 21, 2020

Want Justice? Can the Cops!

by Dr. Richard W. Morris, J.D., Ph.D. We have all heard, if not said, “There’s never a cop around when you need one.” While humorous, this is all too true — as Richard W. Stevens illustrates in his book Dial…
May 25, 2020

Want Justice? Junk Judges!

By Richard W. Morris Recently a lawsuit between a landfill operator and an Arizona city,1 concerning yard waste contaminating the trash, resulted in ten years of litigation and likely over $7 million in attorneys’ fees and costs — with the…
Blog
April 18, 2016

Entrepreneurial Communities

Is a mall a community? Yes, argues Spencer H. MacCullum, an American anthropologist, business consultant and author. "The first, what you might call entrepreneurial community, was the hotel," said Spencer. He gave the example of the Tremont House in Boston in the…
April 29, 2015

Women for Liberty

Doing Our Bit for Liberty in Nepal By Riya Basnet South Asia Women For Liberty (SAWFL) conducted a workshop on “Women and Liberty” to connect women with an organization that can help them commercialize their ideas. We have successfully connected…
December 1, 2014

Reverse Eminent Domain

Imagine you were going home, and you noticed a bulldozer on your property about to topple your house to the ground.  The man next to the bulldozer holding a clipboard might say, "Sorry, this property is ours now, because we…
July 1, 2014

The Private Security Industry In Brazil

Walking down the street here in Brazil one can spot many signs on homes and businesses warning criminals that the property is protected by company X. For a free market proponent like myself this was a particularly interesting observation which…
Asia
January 8, 2014

Running to Free Oneself From Corruption

While building up our directory of organizations promoting freedom around the world, I came across this video for the 2013 Freedom Run organised by the Philippine office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. I was completely taken away by the sheer…