Is global warming a major threat? Did man cause it? Can man stop it?

Global Warming: Inconvenient Facts
Featuring Patrick Michaels
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 7:00 PM
1200 Chem, University of Michigan

SFE and the UM College Libertarians and Young Americans for Freedom are hosting Cato Institute Senior Fellow in Environmental Studies and climatologist Patrick Michaels to discuss the threat of global warming and what to do about it.  Michaels is frequently featured on CNN, NPR, Fox News and many other major media outlets as an expert on climate change.

The event is free and open to all and will be followed by a Q&A.

Michaels will have copies of his new book, "Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don't Want You to Know" available for sale and signing.

Facebook event here.

February 10, 2009

Do you own your home, or does government?

Little Pink House: Suzette Kelo's fight against eminent domain abuse
Tuesday, February 10, 7:00 PM
Michigan State University, room TBA

SFE and the MSU Young Americans for Liberty are proud to bring Suzette Kelo to Michigan State University to tell her story of government abuse and what she's doing about it.

Suzette is the owner of the now famous little pink house that the city of New London, Connecticut took from her so they could move forward on their "development plans" on the property. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that taking private property from one person and giving it to another was OK, as long as government was doing it for the "public good" - in this case to get higher tax revenues from a larger development.

The Kelo decision sparked a national outrage as groups from the Institute for Justice to the NAACP opposed it. Citizens in many states pushed efforts to limit such government abuse, but the fight continues...

Suzette will be sharing her experiences and her new book will be available for sale and signing.

The event is free and open to all, so come support the most fundamental human rights - property rights.