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Friday, March 7, 2008There’s Electricity in the Air – and In Your Shirt!The "piezoelectric effect" points toward a better future By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralA recent article from Brian Bergstein, distributed by the Associate Press, describes how scientists have "developed a way to generate electricity by jostling fabric with ... more »»
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Friday, March 7, 2008Summer Seminars for StudentsHigh school and undergraduates apply today! By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: Events, GeneralThe Independent Institute is sponsoring two Challenge of Liberty Summer Seminars, open to high school and undergraduate students alike. The programs will take place June 16-20 and August 11-15, 2008. II states its "seminars help students ... more »»
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Friday, March 7, 2008More on Prisons than Colleges. Got a Problem with That?Filed As: Education (higher), GeneralFour states spend more on prisons than on colleges. The blog of the Acton Institute says not to worry: criminal justice is much more obviously a proper function of the state than is running ... more »»
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Thursday, March 6, 200814 (Free) Summer Seminars for StudentsIdeas of a free society interest you? Apply today! March 31 deadline By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralCollege students interested in liberty, peace and choice should definitely review the summer offerings from the Institute for Humane Studies. As IHS states, its seminars are ideal if you are interested in politics; seek a better understanding ... more »»
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008$10,000 Scholarship for Law Student Interning at IJFeb. 29, 2008 application deadline fast approaching! By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralSoon-to-be pedigreed legal beagles, who’d like to intern with the Institute for Justice, check out IJ's first annual $10,000 Torchbearer Scholarship. If you are a second-year liberty-minded law student, or ... more »»
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008Protecting Property Rights in SwedenCentrum för Rättvisa inspired by Institute for Justice By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralGunnar Strömmer spent nine-months in 2001 at the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Justice. The following year, he founded the Centrum för Rättvisa, Sweden’s first public interest law firm. CR, like IJ, has begun taking on eminent ... more »»
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Thursday, February 21, 2008Essay Contest for College Students, Junior FacultyCash awards for papers on property rights and human rights By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralMore than $20,000 will be awarded to college students and untenured junior faculty members for the best essays submitted to the 2008 Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest. Are property rights human ... more »»
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Friday, February 15, 2008A $100 Bill for Each Legislative BillFiled As: GeneralWriting for the blog of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, Ryan Bedford has an unusual idea: charge a legislator $100 for each bill he introduces but does not get enacted by the legislature. It might dramatically cut down on the ... more »»
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008BreakTheMatrix.com, for libertyTaking the message from the internet to mainstream America By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralInterested in advancing liberty (and markets) through mainstream media? Want to give John Stossel and Dr. Walter Williams some allies on the airwaves? Visit www.breakthematrix.com. See what role you might want to play in the formation of Basic Media. The ... more »»
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Monday, February 11, 2008Mandatory Helmet Laws ... for SkiersFiled As: GeneralMust motorcyclists wear a helmet? That's long been a political controversy in Michigan. But the question of helmets is now extending to the slopes, with several lawmakers proposing a mandatory helmet law for skiers and ... more »»
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