Category: upcoming courses

Roots, Lamb, and others to speak at Upcoming Lysander Spooner Symposium

The West Las Vegas Public Library will be the setting for an educational symposium on April 15, 2017. The forum has the working title, “Government versus Freedom: Scholars Confront Tyranny.” Dr. Roger Roots, J.D., Ph.D. will speak on “The Evils of Social Security.” LSU Professor of Journalism John Lamb will address the crowd with another …

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Join us for an afternoon of free lectures, refreshments and fun in Pahrump, Nevada!

An Incredible afternoon of lectures in Pahrump, Nevada! Join us for an afternoon of facts and fun! Saturday, January 7, 2017 at the public library in Pahrump, Nevada Free to the public! Everyone is welcome! Refreshments and Stimulating Lectures! 1:30 p.m.: Patricia Aiken, “Milestones to Tyranny: How We Got Here.” 2:15 p.m.: “Cowboys and Indians …

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New Event: January 7, 2017: An Incredible Afternoon of Education and Fun in Pahrump, Nevada

An Incredible afternoon of lectures! Saturday, January 7, 2017 at the public library in Pahrump, Nevada Free to the public! Everyone is welcome! Refreshments and Stimulating Lectures! 1:30 p.m.: Patricia Aiken, “Range Rights and Why they Matter” 2:30 p.m.: “Cowboys and Indians in the New West,” by Shawna Cox. Shawna was one of the “Malheur …

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January 13-16, 2017: Join us for ‘mountain climbing inside the Grand Canyon’

“Lose 15 pounds in 3 days hiking and climbing in the Grand Canyon!” January 13-16, 2017 is a three-day weekend celebrating Martin Luther King. For anyone planning on being in the greater Nevada/Utah/Arizona region in January, Lysander Spooner University will embark on a one-of-a-kind field trip in honor of Dr. King. Few people are aware …

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FIRST AMENDMENT LECTURE: Every Claim of Campaign Finance Reformers is Untrue

It is perhaps the biggest myth in American politics: that the private sector is “buying” elections through campaign spending. A version of this myth goes further and contends that capitalist billionaires are using political ads to move American government toward more free-market policies. One can find dozens of books (and hundreds of politicians) making these …

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Our annual research trip to Glacier National Park: weekend of September 9-11

The average date of first freeze in East Glacier, Montana falls around September 13. Around this date every year, summer melting begins to cease and snow and ice tend to start growing again in the Glacier Park area. Last year, Lysander Spooner University launched our climate change glacier-chasing research project. We aim to photograph and …

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Dr. Roger Roots will Lecture on the Myths of Campaign Finance Law in Missoula on September 12

The Missoula Public Library will host a free lecture and clinic on September 12, 2016 at 6:30 pm. Speaking will be Dr. Roger Roots, J.D., Ph.D. The title: “Every Claim Untrue: the False Narrative of Campaign Finance Reformers.” Dr. Roots will show that every material claim by people promoting campaign finance regulation is false. Roots …

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Save these dates! Campaign Finance Lectures, Glacier Chasing Expeditions

We are now in mid-summer. A few upcoming dates for LSU events: Weekend of September 9-11, 2016: LSU’s annual glacier hunting trip to Glacier National Park! September 12, 2016: Lecture and discussion of campaign finance reform, Missoula Public Library 6:30

Added Course: “Government’s War on the Poor: the Lesson of Lysander Spooner’s American Mail Company”

Government masquerades as a protector and defender of the poor. Nothing could be further from the truth. Government’s worldwide are the greatest promoter of impoverishment, starvation and suffering for the world’s poorest. Mostly governments keep people poor by imposing legal barriers and licensing schemes upon poor people–which prevent poor people from launching rewarding careers. During …

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New Course!!: Energy Storage Innovation

Lysander Spooner University will put on an exciting 1-hour course on Friday, May 20, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.: Energy Storage Innovation!! The course will be taught by a local Montana mystery man: “Right On John.” See his Facebook page here. Right on John purports to be from Canada. He has invented and designed a wide …

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