I have been a bit quiet lately on LCC, but not without reason. Last week, you may recall me mentioning that I was working on a “Top Secret” project. Well, today is the official announcement: the Libertarian Longhorns, a group I help lead, will be hosting a special conference in Austin on October 24, 2009. I urge any LCC readers in Texas to make a special effort to attend, because I promise it will be an amazing event!

Read our official announcement at the LL/YAL website below. Also, I hope you will consider making a small donation to the event. We’re trying to raise $4,000 for speaker fees and conference expenses, so any help would be very much appreciated.

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I am proud to announce that the Libertarian Longhorns and Young Americans for Liberty UT Chapter are presenting the Students for Liberty Texas Conference on October 24, 2009. We invite all libertarians – but especially the university student libertarians throughout Texas - to participate in this incredible event.

All information about the event can be located at the official Conference Page, but here are some of the details thus far. The conference will begin at 10 A.M. (location TBA) and will feature expert speakers on topics such as the foundations of liberty, liberty and the economic crisis, and strategies for advancing freedom.  On top of the great speakers and company the conference will feature a free lunch for students and an evening social event. Literature packets will be presented to all attendees.

Again, we invite all libertarians to participate in this conference, and hope you will help make this conference a great success. Remember, registration is required for the conference. Also, please consider supporting this event through your generous donation via ChipIn.com.

If you’re not convinced yet that you cannot miss this event, then take a look at this amazing lineup of speakers:

• Keynote Address: Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Ph.D. – New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse. He is a senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Harvard and his master’s, M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Columbia University.
• Mary J. Ruwart Ph.D. - Former pharmaceutical research scientist and Assistant Professor of Surgery. She has worked extensively with the disadvantaged in low-income housing and was a contender for the 1992 Libertarian Party Vice-Presidential nomination and the 2008 Libertarian Party Presidential nomination.  She is the author of Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression, hailed by Visions Magazine as “what may be the most important book of the decade.”
• Anthony Gregory – Editor in Chief for the Campaign for Liberty and a consultant for the organization.  He also a researcher at the Independent Institute, a columnist at LewRockwell.com, a guest editor at Strike the Root, a blogger at Liberty and Power and a rock musician.
• Gil Guillory – Research associate at the Molinari Institute, whose mission is to promote understanding of the philosophy of market anarchism as a sane, consensual alternative to the hypertrophic violence of the State.
• Other institutions to be represented (speaker names TBA):
  • The Institute for Justice
  • The Institute for Humane Studies
  • Texans for Accountable Government
  • Texas Public Policy Foundation

Mark your calendar and be sure to come to the Students for Liberty Texas Conference 2009!