Pierre Lemieux is a Research Fellow at The Independent Institute, Professor of Economics at the Université du Québec en Outaouais (Canada), and co-chairman of the GREL (Groupe de Recherche Économie et Liberté). His books include The Idea of America (with William Bonner), La souveraineté de l'individu, Apologie des sorcières modernes, Le droit de porter des armes, and Smoking and Liberty: Government and Public Health. A regular columnist for the Financial Post and Western Standard, he has directed numerous conferences and published many articles in international journals, magazines, and newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, MD Canada, The Gazette, Toronto Globe and Mail, The Independent Review, Regulation, Tech Central Station, Ottawa Citizen, The Freeman, National Post, and Liberty.