Posted on February 9th, 2012 by Matthew Feeney
Yesterday I attended a debate hosted by the American Enterprise Institute and the America’s Future Foundation with the timely named motion, “Are Libertarians Part of the Conservative Movement?” Speaking for the case that libertarianism is a distinct political philosophy from conservatism was Matt Welch, editor in chief at Reason. Speaking for the case that libertarians [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Culture, Economics, libertarianism, Politics
Posted on February 1st, 2012 by Clark Stooksbury
Nick Gillespie should use great care when tipping his hat to hack extraordinaire Glenn Reynolds. Gillespie and Reynolds both think they have caught Elizabeth Warren claiming to not be wealthy based on a clip posted at Buzzfeed. Gillespie employs his wry wit to declaim that “Buzzfeed reports that Warren, like Marie Antoinette and Bruce Springsteen, only [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, libertarianism, Politics
Posted on January 13th, 2012 by Matthew Feeney
A recent Gallup Poll shows that conservatives remain the largest ideological group in the U.S. 40% of Americans describe themselves as conservative, while 35% describe themselves as moderate, and 21% as liberal. With those describing themselves as conservatives outnumbering those who describe themselves as liberals by almost two to one, you would think that this [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Election, libertarianism, Politics
Posted on December 15th, 2011 by Leon Hadar
Justin Raimondo posted on antiwar.com a thoughtful critique of my essay in the recent issue of the American Conservative. It seems to me that we both agree on the need for those of us who want to reduce the role of government in the economic and social spheres — and who take action to achieve [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Ideas, Iraq, libertarianism, War, World
Posted on September 16th, 2011 by Daniel McCarthy
“In a strong sense, the Old Right and the New Left are morally and politically coordinate.” Students for a Democratic Society leader Carl Oglesby, who died Tuesday, was largely correct about that. As Bill Kauffman wrote in our pages three years ago: Oglesby rejected the “socialist radical, the corporatist conservative, and the welfare-state liberal” and [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, libertarianism, War
Posted on August 5th, 2011 by Ben Dunant
At a recent libertarian seminar I attended, there was a great deal of resigned grumbling about the poor performance, both commercially and critically, of the recent film Atlas Shrugged: Part 1. The first installment of a proposed trilogy spanning Ayn Rand’s 1,368-page novel was an epic, tragic, wasted opportunity, and the damage may be irreversible. [...]
Filed under: Culture, Film, libertarianism
Posted on August 3rd, 2011 by Vincent D'Agostino
Gary Johnson, the long-shot libertarian contender for the GOP presidential nomination, is receiving support this week from across the pond. Daniel Hannan, a member of Britain’s Conservative Party and a blogger for The Telegraph, published an article Monday calling for Republicans to take a second look at the former Governor of New Mexico: Alright, you [...]
Filed under: Election, libertarianism, Politics
Posted on July 19th, 2011 by Jack Hunter
Like many American teenage boys, I grew up listening to heavy metal music. In 1989, a favorite album was “Kill’em All” by Metallica and my favorite song on that album was “Am I Evil?” (a cover of a song by the British metal act Diamondhead). Metallica pondered in the chorus: “Am I evil? Yes, I [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Ideas, libertarianism
Posted on July 15th, 2011 by John Payne
Back in March, I sat down with my friend and Independent Institute Research Editor Anthony Gregory to discuss Barack Obama’s foreign policy, the renegades of American history, and his research on the origins of habeas corpus, and you can download or listen to that conversation here. This is the first podcast that I produced every aspect of, [...]
Filed under: Culture, Decentralism, Foreign policy, History, Ideas, Law, libertarianism, liberties, War
Posted on July 13th, 2011 by Mark Nugent
Ron Paul announced yesterday that he will not seek re-election to his House seat in 2012 and instead will focus on his presidential campaign. Paul’s Congressional career, which began in 1976 and spanned 12 terms, is thus drawing to a close. David Weigel provides a retrospective on his years in the House: Paul will leave Congress [...]
Filed under: libertarianism, Politics
