NRA University is a training seminar for college students interested in learning more about NRA, the Second Amendment, gun safety, legislative threats to gun rights and the gun control debate. NRA-ILA staff will travel to a college campus and provide seminar attendees with the tools they’ll need to become more effective activists in the fight to protect our freedom, both on and off campus.
“Assault Weapons” or Assault on the Second Amendment
Prohibitionists seek to disarm Americans to render them defenseless in the face of crime and terrorism. Federal courts wage massive resistance against the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment rulings. The citizenry responds by buying more guns. The historical pendulum swings back and forth.
Ludwig von Mises’s Contributions to Economics and Liberty
Sponsored by Independent Institute
Bob Murphy will explain the great Austrian economist’s important advancements in economic theory, such as unifying micro- and macroeconomics, writing the crucial critique of socialism, and explaining the cause of the business cycle. But beyond economics, Mises was also a champion of individual liberty, inspiring both academics and the general public.
The International Students For Liberty Conference (ISFLC16) is almost upon us!
You’ve got just two weeks left to reserve your place at the world’s largest gathering of libertarians. With panels like this one on the future of the liberty movement (graciously sponsored by Reasonmagazine), it’s not something you’ll want to miss. We’re excited to announce a Friday evening panel that will feature not only political commentator George Will, but Reason editors Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie as well.
George Will is a political commentator and long-running weekly columnist for the Washington Post. He was honored with a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1977 and published a number of books, including One Man’s America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation and Statecraft as Soulcraft. A media heavyweight, Will holds a a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University and was once called “perhaps the most powerful journalist in America,” by the Wall Street Journal.
Matt Welch is a libertarian political pundit and policy researcher who has served as editor-in-chief for Reason magazine since 2008. Notably, he won Best Entertainment Review/Criticism/Column in the 53rd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards for his work, “Bailing Out Big Brother.” These days, he is best known for his 2011 book The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong with America, co-written with Nick Gillespie.
Nick Gillespie serves as editor of the go-to libertarian outlets Reason.com and Reason.tv. Known for his biting commentary, he led Reason magazine to win a Western Publications Association “Maggie” Award for Best Political Magazine in 2005. Published in outlets from the New York Times to Slate, Salon, and everything in-between, Nick is also a frequent commentator on radio and television networks like NPR, Fox, and CNN. He’s a long-time favorite at SFL conferences, and we’re honored to we welcoming Mr. Gillespie yet again!
“Everything You Wanted to Know About God and Sex on Campus But Are Not Allowed to Ask” hosted by the Becket Fund
Find out from two totally un-PC people how to speak the truth while staying cool and popular on campus. Kristina Arriaga of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and Greg Lukianoff of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education will answer your questions about God, sex and holding your liberty ground on campus.
Greg Lukianoff is an attorney and the president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). He is the author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate and Freedom From Speech. His writing has been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, TIME, The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, Forbes, Reason, and numerous other publications. Greg is a regular columnist for The Huffington Post and frequently appears on TV shows and radio programs, including the “CBS Evening News,” “The Today Show,” and NPR’s “Radio Times.” In 2008 he became the first ever recipient of the Playboy Foundation Freedom of Expression Award and in 2010 he received Ford Hall Forum’s Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award on behalf of FIRE. In his free time, Greg also runs the Genetic Music Project, an open source genetic art project combining music and science. Greg is a graduate of American University and of Stanford Law School. (more…)