Libertarians

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The 18th century's patron saint of free markets shares his surprising views about Barack Obama and the U.S. economy
By Michael Lind Oct 6, 2009

  • The paleolibertarian war on Herbert Hoover

    When the starting premise is that the State is evil, every politician becomes a meddling New Deal interventionist
    By Andrew Leonard September 2, 2009

  • The right's Social Security scare tactics

    Libertarians and conservatives react to the latest undramatic report on the trust fund's health by marshalling frightening, meaningless numbers.
    By Michael Lind May 19, 2009

  • Let's cut Social Security to pay for banker bailouts!

    You are about to be hit by another wave of disinformation about how Social Security is going broke and needs reforming (meaning, your benefits must be cut). It's not true.
    By Michael Lind May 12, 2009

  • McKinney to join Barr on ballot?

    Six years after they lost congressional seats in primaries, Bob Barr and Cynthia McKinney are national standard-bearers for marginal parties.
    By Ed Kilgore July 11, 2008

  • Sarah Palin: No fan of John Maynard Keynes

    Palinomics 101: What does the V.P. nominee's membership in the Alaskan Independence Party tell us about her economic philosophy?
    By Andrew Leonard September 2, 2008

  • The mystery of Obamacon-ism

    Milton Friedman's son thinks Barack Obama is not so bad. What has the world come to?
    By Andrew Leonard June 11, 2008

  • Bob Barr to run for president

    The former congressman, who left the GOP in 2006, will try to win the Libertarian Party's nomination at a convention later this month.
    By Alex Koppelman May 12, 2008

  • Rabbit Bites: The bunnies interview Libertarian Party chairman Bill Redpath

    The bunnies learn about the strawberry ice cream of politics.
    December 3, 2007

  • Ron Paul's Internet cha-ching

    Money beats spam bots, any day. So how did it come to pass that the Net fell in love with a libertarian from Texas?
    By Andrew Leonard November 6, 2007

  • Are you part of Ron Paul's botnet?

    Enslaved computers across the globe are campaigning for the Texas libertarian. What could possibly be next?
    By Andrew Leonard October 31, 2007

  • Stronger government equals more freedom

    Dani Rodrik, industrial policy's No. 1 fan, shares some thoughts on libertarianism.
    By Andrew Leonard August 10, 2007

  • Another conservative has a change of heart

    Former Clinton inquisitor Bob Barr explains why he left the Republican Party and why he shouldn't have voted for the Patriot Act.
    By Alex Koppelman April 4, 2007

  • The final word on recycling

    Sorry, economists can't reach a consensus. But the majority think it's a good idea.
    By Andrew Leonard January 24, 2007

  • Uncle Sam, keep out

    What Democrats can learn from the failure of the gay marriage ban in Arizona.
    By Glenn Greenwald November 15, 2006

  • Billboards in space

    The moon in the sky like a big Pizza Hut pie
    By Andrew Leonard October 12, 2006

  • For the fishies

    A libertarian rationale for world government
    By Andrew Leonard August 28, 2006

  • War of the blogs

    New books by Instapundit and Kos present dueling visions of the future -- as libertarian paradise or populist battleground.
    By Scott Rosenberg March 29, 2006

  • Rebels with a cause

    GOP libertarians like New Hampshire Sen. John Sununu are fighting Bush -- and their party -- over the Patriot Act.
    By Walter Shapiro January 30, 2006

  • The Republican Party's Terri Schiavo "meltdown"?

    Numerous bloggers, many of them conservatives, continue to blast the Bush administration over the Schiavo case -- and see a Republican Party in big trouble.
    By Mark Follman March 24, 2005

  • When left is right

    From the Terri Schiavo case to expanded government powers in the war on terrorism, conservative libertarians are palling around an awful lot these days with the political left.
    By Mark Follman March 23, 2005

  • Right Hook

    National Review pundits do battle over Bush's Iraq speech; Podhoretz says soldiers like Sivits and England deserve their own torture. Plus: Hitchens tags Michael Moore the ultimate ugly American.
    By Mark Follman May 26, 2004

  • Rock-ribbed Republican -- and anti-Bush

    The newest, most outspoken critics of the war on terrorism and Iraq are conservatives.
    By Michelle Goldberg December 13, 2002

  • The case of the missing code

    Are al-Qaida terrorists hiding their secrets in eBay photographs?
    By Farhad Manjoo July 17, 2002

  • Is Bill Maher a libertarian?

    His "Politically Incorrect" record shows him to be something really un-PC: A flaming liberal.
    By Dann Halem August 1, 2001
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