This presentation is from our 2011 Challenge of Liberty Summer Seminar for college students, which was held from August 1 to 5, 2011, at Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, California.
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Civil strife in Iraq continues and instability may only increase after the January elections. U.S. withdrawal has become an acceptable strategy in Washington, but will it be tenable if violence escalates and Iraq unravels again?
Robert Higgs, author and Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, discusses historian Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr.'s book, The Decline of American Liberalism, in an interview with Reason TV.
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On September 16, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, actor and director Andy Garcia, and entrepreneur William K. Bowes, Jr. were honored at the Independent Institute’s A Gala for Liberty. Each honoree received the Alexis de Tocqueville Award in recognition of their contributions to advancing the ideas and ideals of liberty, entrepreneurship, innovation, and peace.
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Is it possible that the U.S. government’s response to the 9/11 attacks has served al-Qaeda interests? Despite the hype, U.S. law-enforcement officials have found little evidence of serious terrorist activities inside the country, compelling them to escalate their use of prosecution and entrapment to justify their enormous budgets.
