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My interview with Tony Mills about The Permission Society

Part two of my interview with Real Clear Policy's Tony Mills about The Permission Society:

Watch part one here.

Talking with Armstrong & Getty about The Permission Society

I talked this morning with Armstrong & Getty about The Permission Society and the big Right to Try news. If you missed it, you can listen below.

By the way, I mentioned The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. You can read it here, or watch a very nice movie version here.

Talking about The Permission Society with Janet Mefferd

I spoke yesterday with radio show host Janet Mefferd about my new book, The Permission Society. You can listen online here.

Talking with Real Clear Policy about The Permission Society

I recently spoke with Real Clear Policy's M. Anthony Mills about my new book, The Permission Society. You can watch part 1 of the interview here:

Joy and A Most Violent Year

The new issue of Reason Papers has my review of Joy and A Most Violent Year.

The soul of Star Trek

My favorite quote from Gene Roddenberry is his answer to the question, why is Star Trek so popular? He expresses beautifully what Star Trek is (supposed to be) about.

How Washington is destroying American Indians

On yesterday's Federalist Society teleforum, I interviewed Naomi Schaefer Riley, author of the important new book, The New Trail of Tears, about how government is destroying American Indians--a term I mean quite literally. Native American death rates are rising and they have the lowest life expectancy rates, thanks in no small part to the way government policies have made reservations into economic wastelands. You can listen to the conversation here.

In the conversation, I referred to a few other sources:

I quoted from Ian Frazier's book On The Rez. (A flawed book, but an interesting one).

I mentioned the suicide crisis in Indian Country. Here's a story about the Attwapiskat crisis.

Here is Manny Jules' group; they're the ones pushing for property rights legislation for First Nations in Canada.

I quoted from this all too typical review of Riley's book in Indian Country Today.

I mentioned the film Songs My Brothers Taught Me, which is streaming on Netflix.

I referred to the passage in Democracy in America in which Tocqueville contrasts the two sides of the Ohio River. You can read that here.

I mentioned my recent discussion about the Indian Child Welfare Act on Cato Unbound. You can read that here, and learn more about the Goldwater Institute's lawsuit over the Act here.

Also, don't miss the Phoenix New Times' new article about the Act.

These people are our brothers and sisters. They deserve better.

Upcoming speaking events - Updated

Sept. 7 - Tucson, Ariz. - Goldwater Institute luncheon about The Permission Society at the Oyster Club. (Registration required. Please contact the Goldwater Institute to register.)

Sept. 12 - Washington, D.C. - Heritage Foundation, about Cornerstone of Liberty: Property Rights in 21st Century America.

Sept. 17 - Austin, Tex. - Federalist Society Conference, on the right to earn a living

Oct. 11 - Washington, D.C. - Cato Institute book forum, about The Permission Society.