Excerpts from Fort Freedom BBS, 914/941-1319 -- a pro-science, pro-technology, pro-free enterprise oasis. Call in, its free! FREEMAN'S BOOKSHELF (1993 May 07) [Check for these at your local library!] THE REASON ENVIRONMENTAL READER. $5 from Reason, 3415 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90034. Key: AIR, clean air; ASB, asbestos; CAP, theory of or defense of capitalism; CHE, chemicals and chemophobia; FRE, freedom, theory or defense of; GAR, garbage; GEN, general; GWA, global warming; NUC, nuclear issues; POL, politics or, why truth and science aren't worth a damn; POP, population (human). AIR Ackerman, Bruce A. and Hassler, William T. CLEAN COAL/DIRTY AIR New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1981. GEN Arnold, Ron. ECOLOGY WARS: ENVIRONMENTALISM AS IF PEOPLE MATTERED Bellevue, WA: Free Enterprise Press, 1987. Order from Merril Press, P.O. Box 1682, Bellevue, WA 98009. GEN Bailey, Ronald. ECO-SCAM: THE FALSE PROPHETS OF ECOLOGICAL APOCALYPSE. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1993. POL Bastiat, Frederic, 1801-1850. THE LAW. Translated by Dean Russel. Irvington, NY: The Foundation For Economic Education, Inc., 1950. CAP Bastiat, Frederic, 1801-1850. SELECTED ESSAYS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY. Translated by Dean Russel. Irvington, NY: The Foundation For Economic Education, Inc., 1964. CAP Bastiat, Frederic, 1801-1850. ECONOMIC HARMONIES. Translated by W. Hayden Boyers. Irvington, NY: The Foundation For Economic Education, Inc., 1964. CAP Bastiat, Frederic, 1801-1850. ECONOMIC SOPHISMS. Translated by Arthur Goddard. Irvington, NY: The Foundation For Economic Education, Inc., 1964. ASB Bennett, Michael J. THE ASBESTOS RACKET: AN ENVIRONMENTAL PARABLE. Bellevue, WA: Free Enterprise Press, 1991. Order from Merril Press, P.O. Box 1682, Bellevue, WA 98009. POL Brembeck, Cole S. CONGRESS, HUMAN NATURE, AND THE FEDERAL DEBT. NY: Praeger, 1991. NUC Brucer, Marshall. A CHRONOLOGY OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE. St. Louis, MO: Heritage Publications, Inc., 1990. CHE Efron, Edith. THE APOCALYPTICS: CANCER AND THE BIG LIE. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1984. POL Felten, Eric THE RULING CLASS: INSIDE THE IMPERIAL CONGRESS. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1993. CAP Friedman, David. THE MACHINERY OF FREEDOM, 2nd Ed. LaSalle, IL: Open Court, 1989 GEN Fumento, Michael. SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE: BALANCING TECHNOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1993 GEN Greve, Michael S. and Smith Jr, Fred L. ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: PUBLIC COSTS, PRIVATE REWARDS. NY: Praeger, 1992. CAP Hayek, Friedrich A. THE ESSENCE OF HAYEK. Edited by Chiaki Nishiyama and Kurt R. Leube. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1984. CAP Hendrickson, Mark W. THE MORALITY OF CAPITALISM Irvington, NY: The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc., 1992. POL Jackley, John L. HILL RAT: BLOWING THE LID OFF CONGRESS Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1992. GEN Landy, Marc K.; Roberts, Marc J. and Thomas, Stephen R. THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: ASKING THE WRONG QUESTIONS NY: Oxford University Press, 1990 Good for the political and historical background of the EPA. GEN Lehr, Jay, Ed. RATIONAL READINGS ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992. GWA Michaels, Patrick J. SOUND AND FURY: THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF GLOBAL WARMING. Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 1992. CAP Mises, Ludwig von. ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND INTERVENTIONISM. Selected and edited by Bettina Bien Greaves. Irvington, NY: The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc., 1990. CAP Mises, Ludwig von, 1881-1973. ECONOMIC POLICY: THOUGHTS FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1979. CAP Mises, Ludwig von, 1881-1973 SOCIALISM. Translation Of The Second Edition Of ``Die Gemeinwirtschaft'', 1932. Translated by J. Kahane. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 1981. CAP Mises, Ludwig von, 1881-1973. HUMAN ACTION. A Treatise Of Economics Rev. Ed. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1963 CAP Mises, Ludwig von, 1881-1973. BUREAUCRACY. Cedar Falls, Iowa: Center For Futures Education, 1983. GAR Rathje, William and Murphy, Cullen. RUBBISH!: THE ARCHEOLOGY OF GARBAGE. NY: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1992. CAP Seldon, Arthur. CAPITALISM. Cambridge, USA: Basil Blackwell Inc., 1990. POP Simon, Julian L. POPULATION MATTERS. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1990. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCES OF INFORMATION (Revision: 1993 Jul 06) This list includes conservative and libertarian organizations (think-tanks, foundations and the like). To get the scoop on these organizations see Paul Gottfried, THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT, Rev. Ed. NY: Twayne Publishers, 1993. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Accuracy in Media (AIM) 1275 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 Tel: 202-371-6710 Fax: 202-371-9054 BBS: 202-371-9053 Though concerned mostly with politics and national security matters, AIM counters environmental disinformation in the media from time to time. Cato Institute 224 Second Street, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20003 USA Tel: 202-546-0200 Fax: 202-546-0728 Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise 12500 N.E. Tenth Place Bellevue, Washington 98005 Tel: 206-455-5038 Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB) Washington University Saint Louis, MO 63130 USA Univ.: 314-935-5000 Center: 314-935-5630 Remarks: One publication free, the second and following cost. Citizens for the Environment (CFE) 470 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20024 Tel: 202-488-7255 Citizens for Total Energy (CITE) Box 563 Sunol, CA 94586 Tel: 510-862-2331 Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (C-FACT) Box 65722 Washington, D.C. 20035 Tel: 202-429-2737 Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) 1001 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 1250 Washington, D.C. 20036 USA Tel: 202-331-1010 Fax: 202-331-0640 Consumer Alert (CA) 1024 J Street, Suite 425 Modesto, CA 95354 Tel: 209-524-1738 `Consumer Reports' for the pro-free-enterprise set. Deals with issues of interest to freemen. Defenders of Property Rights 6235 33rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20015 Tel: 202-686-4197 A non-profit legal foundation founded in 1991 by Roger Marzulla and his wife Nancie. Doctors For Disaster Preparadness 2509 N. Campbell Ave., Box 272 Tucson, AZ 85719 Tel: 602-325-2680 Foundation For Economic Education, Inc. 30 South Broadway Irvington-on-Hudson, NY 10533 USA Tel: 914-591-7230 George C. Marshall Institute 1730 M Street, N.W., Suite 502 Washington, D.C. 20036-4505 USA Tel: 202-296-9655 Fax: 202-296-9714 Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV/AIDS Hypothesis 2040 Polk Street, Suite 321 San Francisco, CA 94109 Fax: 415-775-1984 RETHINKING AIDS, Monthly newsletter, $20/yr Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Ave, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 Tel: 202-546-4400 Fax: 202-544-6979 A conservative think-tank that addresses `green' issues from time to time. The Institute for Justice (IFJ) 1001 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., Suite 200 South Washington, DC 20004 Tel: 202-457-4240 Fax: 202-457-8574 `ACLU of the Right'. Recognizes property rights as a right like the other rights. Laissez Faire Books 942 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Tel: 415-541-9780 Ord: 800-326-0996 Fax: 415-541-0597 Liberty Fund, Inc. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-1687 USA Tel: 800-955-8335 National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) 12655 North Central Expressway, Suite 720 Dallas, TX 75243 USA Phone: 214-386-6272 National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 USA Phone: 703-487-4650 Remarks: Accept phone-orders (charged to AMEX/MC/VISA). National Council for Environmental Balance, Inc. 4169 Westport Road P.O. Box 7732 Louisville, KY 40207 USA Tel: 502-896-8731 Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) 2700 Gateway Oaks Dr, Suite 200 Sacramento, CA 95833 Tel: 916-641-8888 Political Economy Research Center (PERC) 502 South 19th Ave., Suite 211 Bozeman, MT 59715 Tel: 406-587-9591 Putting People First (PPF) 4401 Connecticut A\ve, N.W., Suite 310-A Washington, D.C. 20008 Tel: 202-364-7277 Founded by Kathleen Marquardt, after representatives of PETA, the wacky animal-rights group, spoke at her daughter's elementary school. Reason Foundation (RF) 2716 Ocean Park Blvd. Suite 1602 Santa Monica, CA 90405 USA Phone: 213-391-2245 Remarks: Accept phone-orders (charged to MC/VISA). Resources for the Future 1616 P St, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 USA Phone: 202-328-5000 Remarks: Pre-paid orders only. Sahara Club 17939 Chatsworth St, Suite 525 Granada Hills, CA 91344 Tel: 818-368-4304 BBS: 818-893-1899 By their own admission `rude, crude and obnoxious at times'. Members are off-roading enthusiasts, ranchers, cattlemen, loggers, skiers and others with such interests. Not of the same intellectual caliber as the rest of the organizations here. Some useful material on their BBS. Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) 2101 Wilson Blvd., No. 1003 Arlington, VA 22201 USA Tel: 703-527-0130 Fax: 703-276-2673 Society for Environmental Truth (SET) 4060 East 4th Street Tucson, AZ 85711 Tel: 602-327-9919 / Founded in 1992 by R.S. Bennet, a retired forestry teacher. Membership: $25/yr (includes newsletter).