The July 2006 issue of Imprimis, a widely circulated monthly publication of Hillsdale College, contains an interview with Milton Friedman that took place on May 22, 2006, in connection with a seminar celebrating the 25th anniversary of Milton and Rose Friedman’s book Free to Choose.

Morality knows nothing of geographical boundaries, or distinctions of race. You may put men on opposite sides of a river or a chain of mountains; may else part them by a tract of salt water; may give them, if you like, distinct languages; and may even colour their skins differently; but you cannot change their fundamental relationships. Originating as these do in the facts of man’s constitution, they are unalterable by the accidents of external condition.

Having giving a paper at the ASC on Twain at a pro-market writer,I failed to note this interesting passage from Life on the Mississippi, which seems to illustrate the difference between mere information and entrepreneurship:

My wife came across this story. A 16-year-old with cancer wanted to discontinue his chemotherapy because it nauseated him. A concerned social worker got the State awarded partial custody and is now forcing the silly lad to do what’s good for him. I think I’m sick.

(This obituary was sent to Mises.org by Sergio Noto, Dipartimento di economie, società  istituzioni, Verona, Italy)

Professor Gottfried Dietze, one of the most important scholars of liberal political thoughtm died at the age of 85 in Washington two weeks ago.

Here is a Washington Times piece about the Regnery series of books that includes my own Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. No discussion of its Austrian content.

Harvard’s Jeff Miron is a traditionally trained, neoclassical economist with surprisingly strong libertarian views. Here is his utilitarian case against antitrust enforcement. (He is best known among libertarians for his opposition to drug prohibition.)

Dr. DiLorenzo’s article “Should Wal-Mart be Broken Up?” is a good example of how government interventions in the economy are like bacteria: you only need to start with one, and before long, you have another, and another, and another, until there are more than you can count (though there are limits on how much bacteria can reproduce themselves. I see no such limits with government). In effect, antitrust is the intervention to fix the problem that intervention created.