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Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT Salon interviews the late Adam Smith By Michael Lind Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/06/adam_smith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/06/adam_smith/index.html?source=rss The 18th century's patron saint of free markets shares his surprising views about Barack Obama and the U.S. economy The paleolibertarian war on Herbert Hoover By Andrew Leonard Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/02/the_paleolibertarian_war_on_herbert_hoover/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/02/the_paleolibertarian_war_on_herbert_hoover/index.html?source=rss When the starting premise is that the State is evil, every politician becomes a meddling New Deal interventionist The right's Social Security scare tactics By Michael Lind Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/19/lind/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/19/lind/index.html?source=rss Libertarians and conservatives react to the latest undramatic report on the trust fund's health by marshalling frightening, meaningless numbers. Let's cut Social Security to pay for banker bailouts! By Michael Lind Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/12/social_security/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/12/social_security/index.html?source=rss 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. McKinney to join Barr on ballot? By Ed Kilgore Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/11/mckinney_barr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/11/mckinney_barr/index.html?source=rss Six years after they lost congressional seats in primaries, Bob Barr and Cynthia McKinney are national standard-bearers for marginal parties. Sarah Palin: No fan of John Maynard Keynes By Andrew Leonard Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/02/sarah_palin_and_john_keynes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/02/sarah_palin_and_john_keynes/index.html?source=rss Palinomics 101: What does the V.P. nominee's membership in the Alaskan Independence Party tell us about her economic philosophy? The mystery of Obamacon-ism By Andrew Leonard Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/11/the_mystery_of_obamacon_ism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/11/the_mystery_of_obamacon_ism/index.html?source=rss Milton Friedman's son thinks Barack Obama is not so bad. What has the world come to? Bob Barr to run for president By Alex Koppelman Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/12/barr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/12/barr/index.html?source=rss The former congressman, who left the GOP in 2006, will try to win the Libertarian Party's nomination at a convention later this month. Rabbit Bites: The bunnies interview Libertarian Party chairman Bill Redpath Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/12/03/rabbitbites/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/12/03/rabbitbites/index.html?source=rss The bunnies learn about the strawberry ice cream of politics. Ron Paul's Internet cha-ching By Andrew Leonard Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/06/ron_paul_net_libertarians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/06/ron_paul_net_libertarians/index.html?source=rss Money beats spam bots, any day. So how did it come to pass that the Net fell in love with a libertarian from Texas? Are you part of Ron Paul's botnet? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/31/ron_pauls_botnet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/31/ron_pauls_botnet/index.html?source=rss Enslaved computers across the globe are campaigning for the Texas libertarian. What could possibly be next? Stronger government equals more freedom By Andrew Leonard Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/08/10/rodrik_libertarians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/08/10/rodrik_libertarians/index.html?source=rss Dani Rodrik, industrial policy's No. 1 fan, shares some thoughts on libertarianism. Another conservative has a change of heart By Alex Koppelman Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/04/bob_barr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/04/bob_barr/index.html?source=rss Former Clinton inquisitor Bob Barr explains why he left the Republican Party and why he shouldn't have voted for the Patriot Act. The final word on recycling By Andrew Leonard Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/24/recycling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/24/recycling/index.html?source=rss Sorry, economists can't reach a consensus. But the majority think it's a good idea. Uncle Sam, keep out By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/15/az_gay_marriage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/15/az_gay_marriage/index.html?source=rss What Democrats can learn from the failure of the gay marriage ban in Arizona. Billboards in space By Andrew Leonard Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/12/space_billboards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/12/space_billboards/index.html?source=rss The moon in the sky like a big Pizza Hut pie For the fishies By Andrew Leonard Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/08/28/fishies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/08/28/fishies/index.html?source=rss A libertarian rationale for world government War of the blogs By Scott Rosenberg Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/03/29/reynolds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/03/29/reynolds/index.html?source=rss New books by Instapundit and Kos present dueling visions of the future -- as libertarian paradise or populist battleground. Rebels with a cause By Walter Shapiro Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/01/30/sununu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/01/30/sununu/index.html?source=rss GOP libertarians like New Hampshire Sen. John Sununu are fighting Bush -- and their party -- over the Patriot Act. The Republican Party's Terri Schiavo "meltdown"? By Mark Follman Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/24/meltdown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/24/meltdown/index.html?source=rss Numerous bloggers, many of them conservatives, continue to blast the Bush administration over the Schiavo case -- and see a Republican Party in big trouble. When left is right By Mark Follman Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/23/patriot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/23/patriot/index.html?source=rss 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. Right Hook By Mark Follman Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/05/26/speech_moore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/05/26/speech_moore/index.html?source=rss 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. Rock-ribbed Republican -- and anti-Bush By Michelle Goldberg Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/13/libertarians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/13/libertarians/index.html?source=rss The newest, most outspoken critics of the war on terrorism and Iraq are conservatives. The case of the missing code By Farhad Manjoo Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/07/17/steganography/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/07/17/steganography/index.html?source=rss Are al-Qaida terrorists hiding their secrets in eBay photographs? Is Bill Maher a libertarian? By Dann Halem Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2001/08/01/maher/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2001/08/01/maher/index.html?source=rss His "Politically Incorrect" record shows him to be something really un-PC: A flaming liberal.