FREE promotes responsible liberty, sustainable ecology and modest prosperity. Working from Bozeman and a Gallatin Valley ranch for over forty years, we host seminars and conferences for Article III federal judges, academics, and environmental leaders. We give habitat tours on the ranch and cooperate with other think tanks. They include the Acton Institute in Grand […]
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A Trinity of Values observed by Australian visitors to a Montana Ranch Ron Manners, is a successful Australian entrepreneur, a member of the international Mont Pelerin Society, and a strongly committed classical liberal. In 1997 he advanced his good intentions by creating The Mannkal Economic Education Foundation, a free market think tank headquartered in Perth, […]
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Responsible Liberty, Sustainable Ecology and Modest Prosperity provide the context for wholesome lives. Within this trinity communities flourish. Eliminate any one and life becomes problematic. These were the themes of my talk at Professor Jerry Johnson’s Environmental Policy class at MSU last Monday. Of the three elements of this trinity, modest prosperity is oft underrated. […]
Read MoreA FREE Policy Salon* FREE supports three values: sustainable ecology, responsible liberty, and modest prosperity. Policy salons are one tool we use to explore and promote these values. The salons involve readings, brief presentations by knowledgeable individuals, and occasional recordings. The key element is discussion before, during and after a lengthy meal. Our most […]
Read MoreTo stop mass killers, we should let people like off-duty police and security guards carry concealed weapons. The recent senseless killings in Isla Vista, California of six college students at the hands of an obviously troubled 22-year-old Elliot Rodger, who then killed himself before he could be apprehended by the police, has provoked another […]
Read MoreThis is the first of two essays on the contributions of property rights to peace and prosperity. It’s hard to imagine a sane person who doesn’t value peace and prosperity. Yet, these are illusive, oft fleeting qualities; few people understand how well defined and defended property rights contribute to both peace and prosperity. When property […]
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Federal bureaucracy gets in the way of complex ongoing relationships that serve civil society. If you want to see the case for limited government, consider that there’s a siege happening in some dusty corner of Nevada over tortoise welfare. Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher currently engaged in a standoff with the federal government over grazing […]
Read MoreThe intro to this week’s FREE Insight is written by James Jay Carafano. Carafano is The Heritage Foundation’s Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies. He writes a weekly column on national security affairs for the Washington Examiner and is editor of a book series, The Changing Face of War, which examines how emerging political, social, economic and […]
Read MoreFREE’s Insight of March 12 was my account of two young, attractive, and highly successful lawyers married to one another. Each had served as law clerk to Article III federal judges, an excellent career beginning. I found them and their careers especially interesting; this summer FREE is offering seminars for clerks to federal judge. As […]
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I again observe that one of the great benefits of living here is meeting a remarkable array of talented and interesting people. For example, this winter I’ve met three individuals who have recently worked in Antarctica. More recently, when skiing in the Big Sky area, Ramona and I met a surgeon who is a pioneer […]
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