Note: Since it's doubtful that S.F. Bay Area specific events are of interest to those of you in say, Fairfax, VA I've created a mailing list for Bay Area armchairs:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ba-armchair It's intended for both discussion and announcements, though I expect that it will mostly be announcements. Chris Afternoon event: *** PETER MCWILLIAMS MEMORIAL RALLY - SATURDAY 15 JUNE *** The Libertarian Party of California Political Prisoner Support Committee (LPCPPSC) is coordinating a special event in honor of the passing of Peter McWilliams, who died of an overdose of government on 15 June 2000. Peter McWilliams wrote Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do and was an active supporter of the medical marijuana movement. The Second Annual Peter McWilliams Memorial Rally will be held on Saturday 15 June 2002 from 1pm-6pm. This simultaneous statewide drug war rally in San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco will call attention to the federal government's ongoing war on medical marijuana patients and the evil of the drug war. Rally in San Francisco at: Burton Federal Building Golden Gate Avenue, between Polk and Van Ness For more information contact: Chris Maden 415-845-8202 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Evening event: * F R E E E X C H A N G E * for Saturday evening, June 15, 2002 presents DR. DAVID D. FRIEDMAN on "A POSITIVE ACCOUNT OF RIGHTS or, WHAT IS GOVERNMENT ANYWAY?" What are rights and why do they exist? Most answers to that question are based upon either moral philosophy or law. This speech offers an explanation that is based neither on a positive account of rights � nor is it an attempt to justify them as features of human behavior. Dr. Friedman argues that it is based on ideas that grew out of the attempt to answer the question, What is a government and what distinguishes it from other institutions? �David Friedman is currently a Professor of Law at Santa Clara University in both the Law School and the Business School. During the Spring semester 2002 he taught a seminar on �Legal Issues of the 21st Century�as well as an introduction to economics course. Dr. Friedman�s latest book is "Law�s Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters" (published by Princeton University Press). His previous book was "Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life" (published by Harper-Collins).Copies are available from Laissez-Faire books (order thru the ISIL store at <http://www.isil.org> � click on the Laissez-Faire Books logo). Dr. Friedman's past academic work includes degrees from: Harvard University, B.A., 1965 (Chemistry and Physics); University of Chicago, M.S., 1967 (Physics); PhD., 1971 (Physics). David has taught at . . . . The University of Chicago Law School; Cornell Law School; Tulane University; UCLA Dept of Economics; UC Irvine; Virginia Polytechnic Institute; University of Pennsylvania School of Public and Urban Policy; and Columbia University (Research Associate, Physics). David's book, "Price Theory: An Intermediate Text," is now webbed, as are some sample chapters of his excellent first book, "The Machinery of Freedom: A Guide to a Radical Capitalism." David's current writing project is "Future Imperfect," a book about technological change in the near future and its consequences. A partial draft is webbed; comments are welcome. Dr. Friedman has recently written online drafts of articles on: contract enforcement, drugs and violence, and economics and evolutionary psychology, such as "Why We are Getting Smarter?: A Conjectural Explanation." David's children go to Cedarwood Sudbury School, "an odd and interesting place." If you are in the Bay Area and have kids, you might want to investigate it. In addition, David and his wife, Betty, still have time to participate in Recreational Medievalism, as members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). For FEX's social hour, we are having a Medieval theme. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 6:30 p.m. Social/Happy Hour/Potluck* 8:00 Speech Admission: $10 Location: Opera Plaza Homeowners Rec Room 601 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, between Turk & Golden Gate, Mezzanine Floor (take elevator in front of movie theatre) # # # * Sponsored by Jeanie Kennedy with the help of the International Society for Individual Liberty (ISIL), Benicia, CA. ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
