Glenn Beck Is a Statist, Not a Libertarian
At the beginning of his show this morning, Glenn Beck started ripping into the imam that all the talk-radio hosts love to hate, because the imam has (correctly) pointed out that the U.S. has killed...
View ArticleSchool Vouchers Aren’t Libertarian
Today LewRockwell.com offers another excerpt from my book. This one is about why government-funded school vouchers aren’t compatible with libertarianism. (Yesterday, LRC ran an excerpt about Ronald...
View ArticleIs the Federalist Society Evil?
I love this article by Paul Craig Roberts on the “true cost” of the Iraq war and think everyone should read it. But there’s one sentence in this otherwise-outstanding piece to which I take exception....
View ArticleReconsidering “Judicial Engagement”
Several years ago, I wrote a review of The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom by Cato Institute chairman Robert A. Levy and Institute for...
View ArticleLibertarianism Today on Sale at a Special Low Price!
Just in time for Christmas, my book, Libertarianism Today, is available for its lowest price ever: just $22.47 for the hardcover! Get this price while you still can by ordering direct from the...
View ArticleThoughts on Tabarrok’s Launching the Innovation Revolution
After reviews by Bryan Caplan and our own Stephan Kinsella got my attention, I read Alexander Tabarrok’s new “TED” e-book, Launching the Innovation Revolution. I went in with an open mind, ready to...
View ArticleFree Book Chapter: Libertarianism Is Antiwar
Another full chapter of Libertarianism Today is now online for free — this one on why libertarianism is antiwar. This is my favorite chapter of the book, so I’m especially glad I could make it...
View ArticleBook Review: Rehabilitating Lochner
In the Winter 2012 Independent Review, I review David Bernstein’s Rehabilitating Lochner: Defending Individual Rights Against Progressive Reform. Here’s how it starts: Few Supreme Court cases receive...
View ArticleBook Review: Liberty of Contract
Last year saw the release of two books on the U.S. courts’ history of (not) protecting the liberty of contract: David Bernstein’s Rehabilitating Lochner and David N. Mayer’s Liberty of Contract:...
View ArticleAudio: The Laissez-Faire Books panel at FreedomFest
This summer I had the honor of speaking on the Laissez-Faire Books panel at FreedomFest, the annual libertarian mega-event put on by Mark Skousen in Las Vegas. Now the audio of the panel — the theme of...
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