This morning brought the sad news of Milton Friedman’s passing. Perhaps there’s not much to be said, especially between lovers of liberty — all of us have long appreciated the world-changing contributions Friedman made to the technical aspects of economics as well to the popularization of free-market ideas. He will be missed.

That said, here are a few places you can go to read up:

* The New York Times, of all places, has a wonderful column about the reaction at the University of Chicago.

* The Wall Street Journal weighs in here.

* The Cato Institute has put up this page.

* Instapundit has a good link roundup, as always.

And, lastly, I think people will enjoy this. Here’s Ahnold, back in 1990, introducing “Free to Choose”:

I love how he says, “Chase your own rainbow.” Friedman, suffice it to say, was no economic girly man.