Libertarianism or Liberty?
My essay on CatoUnbound (“Libertarianism or Liberty?“) is now up. Be sure to read Brian Doherty’s initial essay, and then those by Brink Lindsey and Tyler Cowen. Virginia Postrel will…
Politics
Libertarianism’s History and Future Discussed
This month’s Cato Unbound features a discussion of libertarianism kicked off by Reason’s Brian Doherty, author of a remarkable book, Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American…
Libertarianism’s History and Future Discussed
This month’s Cato Unbound features a discussion of libertarianism kicked off by Reason’s Brian Doherty, author of a remarkable book, Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American…
Political Bankruptcy
I’ve had a short stay in the UK for meetings on my way back to D.C. from Nairobi. Despite being astonishingly expensive, the UK remains a lovely country, except for…
Ugly Nationalism Hangs On
The Serbian Radical Party, which plunged Yugoslavia into war and genocide and inflicted immense misery on the Serbian people, seems to have polled 28.5% of the vote in the Serbian…
It’s Official: Hugo Chavez Has Established a Dictatorship
BBC: “Venezuela’s National Assembly has given initial approval to a bill granting President Hugo Chavez the power to rule by decree for 18 months.” Washington Post: “As Chavez accelerates his…
Debate on Foreign Policy at Federalist Society
But Where Are They Going? At the annual meeting of the Federalist Society last November I spoke/debated about the issue of “Limited Government and Spreading Democracy: Uneasy Cousins?” (See the…
“No to 2007!”
Contributing to Global Warming? This is simply brilliant! In the most clever parody of 2006, Charming demonstrators in Nantes brought in the new year last night by demonstrating against it….