2011 ECRW Essay Contest
Youtube Video of winning essay speeches
(Note: All 6 winning speeches — 3 Middle School and 3 High School — are contained in the video.)
Mont Pelerin Society 2010 papers
Ideas of the Enlightenment: Their Contemporary Relevance
The French Enlightenment & its Implications for Liberty - Professor Alan Charles Kors
Jurisprudential Legacy of the Enlightenment - Professor Suri Ratnapala
Lessons from the Scottish Enlightenment - Professor James R Otteson
Towards a New Enlightenment: Understanding Human Nature
After Freud: What do neuroscience advances tell us about human nature? - Provessor Peter Whybrow
Building Political Structures with the Crooked Timber of Humanity - Professor Denis Dutton
The Modular Account of Open and Closed Societies - Dr Laurence Fiddick
Reconciling The Traditional with the Modern in a Liberal Society
Reconciling Modernity with Tradition in a Liberal Society - Professor Chandran Kukathas
Reconciling the Traditional with the Modern - Dr Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald
Externalities: Beyond Coase, Williamson and Ostrom
The Problem of Social Cost: What Problem - Professor Harold Demsetz
Coase Rules OK - Professor Jeff Bennett
If Hayek and Coase were Environmentalists - Professor Terry Anderson
GFC: What have we learnt from the 2008-09 event? A Stocktake
Been There Done That - Professor Peter Boettke
After the Fall - Professor Deepak Lal
The Global Financial Crisis and the Efficient Market Hypothesis - Professor Ray Ball
Australia - A Generation of Economic Reform
A Generation of Reform - Professor Wolfgang Kasper
A Generation of Reform - Paul Kelly
New Threats to Liberty and the Private Sphere - Nannies and Busybodies,Tax Harmonisation and the Surveillance State
Surveillance State - John Kampfner
Tax Harmonisation: A Threat to Liberty - Professor Sinclair Davidson
Nannies and Busy Bodies - Dr Eric Crampton
New Developments in Economics: A Sceptical View
The Use of Happiness in Society - Dr Jason Potts
The Economist as Guru - Professor Geoffrey Brennan
Science, Scepticism and the Future
Constructive Dissent - Professor Steven Schwartz
What Does Climategate Say About Science? - Professor Terence Kealey
Freedom vs Authority - What Path to Development? The Story of India and China
Paths Towards Development - Dr John Lee
The New World Order: Importance of China and India - Surjit S Bhalla
Washington Concensus - Professor Xiannon Xu
History, Culture and the Language of Liberty
The Language of Liberty - Professor James Allan
Individualism and its Contemporary Fate - Professor Kenneth Minogue
Calvin Coolidge and the Language of LIberalism - Amity Shlaes
German-American Partnership Program
German-American Partnership Program – Elbert County host families needed!
The Elizabeth High School Foreign Language Department is seeking Elbert County host families for German exchange students who will be visiting for 3 weeks in April 2011. The students will attend school while here, and will have the opportunity to participate in the host families’ daily lives. There will also be planned activities involving all the students and their host families. This is a great opportunity to share the hospitality of our beautiful county, to develop life-long friendships, and to learn more about other cultures.
For more information please contact Elyse Coberly at (303) 646-4616, ext. 8024 or ecoberly@ehscardinals.com.
Essayists meet Commissioners
Winners of Elbert County Republican Women’s Essay Contest meet Commissioners.
9th Annual Essay Contest
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Sheriff Frangis’ Keynote Speech
Pat Tillman - An American Patriot
A Perfect Example Of An American Patriot
God Bless Our Troops - The Loyal Dedicated Soldier
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FLL 2009
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/fll/smartmove1.aspx
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EHS gets it right
A Note To [Elizabeth High School] Students And Parents:
Regarding President Obama’s address on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. We will not be exercising our option to listen/view the Presidents’ address to students. The school will function under a normal academic schedule on Tuesday.
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7/11/09 ECR Breakfast Forum
(Links to brief YouTube clips)
Colorado State Senator Greg Brophy
Mountain States Legal Foundation Executive Director William Perry Pendley
corruption of the curriculum
School curriculum corrupted by politics
“The school curriculum has been corrupted by political interference, according to a new report from independent think-tank Civitas. The traditional subject areas have been hi-jacked to promote fashionable causes such as gender awareness, the environment and anti-racism, while teachers are expected to help to achieve the government’s social goals instead of imparting a body of academic knowledge to their students.
