| In Praise of Chaos | Speech given to the Eris Society in August 1993. Since reprinted in Liberty (March 1994) and the SIRS Renaissance electronic data base (1995). |
| Eloge du Chaos | French translation of "In Praise of Chaos" |
| Cuba de mi Amor | Music to your ears. |
| The Asian Financial Crisis in Perspective | Appeared in The Laissez Faire City Times, Vol 1 No. 5, Nov. 29, 1997. |
| Memories of Pasadena | A personal memoir. Appeared in Laissez Faire City Times, Vol 5, No 2, Jan. 8, 2001. |
| A Derivative Life | A personal memoir. Appeared in Laissez Faire City Times, Vol 5, No 15, April 9, 2001. |
| The Function of the Drug War | Why the drug war succeeds by its failures. |
| News of Laissez Faire City | Creating things, including software. |
| Some Further News of Laissez Faire City | It there sanity left in the world after Sept. 11, 2001? |
| The Digital Future in Dubai | I have seen the future, and it's by the Persian Gulf. |
| Oud, in a Smoke-Filled Room | A night out in Dubai. |
| When Osama Bin Ladin Was Tim Osman | The secret history of Osama Bin Ladin's U.S. tour. |
| The Monkey's Paw | Getting what you wish for. |
| Louis L'Amour | Empathy with a great writer. |