“Laugh for Livability” was advertised on the radio this week. Sponsored by the Coalition for a Livable Future, the LfL is another command-and-control-types fundraiser. That said, the event name has stuck with me; it smacks of fun.

Advocates of liberty are the Party of Life. Yet, it seems we’re way behind when it comes to putting the “fun” in fundraisers and getting our message out. To be sure, the Independence Institute takes the cake with its annual Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Party, which it bills as the “most politically incorrect event of the year.”

The Reason Foundation's Drew Carey Project gets Five Stars. Ranking up there is Students for a Free Economy from the Mackinac Center, which reaches out to college students through contests, barbeques, baseball games and, darn it, free-market tailgate parties. H.L. Mencken Research Fellows at the Cato Institute and funny, Penn & Teller get environ-minded people to sign a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide – water – on video.

I doubt I’ll be at the post-trick-or-treat LfL event, though it’s tempting. The event webpage says, attend in your Halloween costume or “tap your ‘creative intelligence’ and come dressed as an ecoroof... affordable housing... alternative transportation... you name it!” (And, I thought my German-clown-with-an-identity-crisis costume was off the charts. But, an “eco-roof”?)