I'm honored...

From the LPIN...

Schansberg Wins National Recognition in Denver

DENVER, CO - Dr. Eric Schansberg, LPIN activist and candidate for the 9th District U.S. Congressional seat, was awarded the prestigious Thomas Paine Award at the Libertarian National Convention last weekend. The recognition is awarded to the person viewed as the nation's top libertarian communicator. Schansberg, an economics professor, is an author, guest columnist for Indiana Policy Review and oft-quoted presence in both Louisville regional press as well as national media. Past recipients of the award include popular libertarian presidential candidate Harry Browne and motivational speaker Michael Cloud.


From Mark Rutherford's blog...

Schansberg Receives Thomas Paine Award

Last Saturday afternoon, at lunch during the Libertarian National Convention, it was announced that Eric Schansberg of Jeffersonville, Indiana is a recipient of the 2008 Thomas Paine Award. The award is presented to the Libertarian Party member who has been an outstanding communicator of Libertarian ideas, principles and values through written, published or spoken communications.

That's a heady crowd to join-- and this is a great honor!

Thanks to Mark for nominating me-- and to all those who have helped me in my efforts, most notably my campaign team (Melanie, John and Martina), the LPIN'ers (to name a few, Mark, Dan, and Todd), and Craig Ladwig with IPR.

Hopefully, we'll become even more effective at communicating Libertarian principles-- in my congressional campaign and beyond.