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Libertarianism Today
Libertarianism is attracting more attention than ever. As the economic and social damage done by Leviathan increases exponentially Americans are coming to understand that government power is the root of our many troubles. The idea that a consistent philosophy based on freedom and peaceful cooperation among all people is the only path out of the [...]
26Oct2011 | George C. Leef | 5 comments | ContinuedNeoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea
It has always been hard to pin down just what “conservatism” stands for, what with people of such widely divergent views as Barry Goldwater, Jerry Falwell, and both George Bushes described by that term. The relatively recent addition to the political lexicon of “neoconservatism” complicates matters further. What do “neocons” believe? Where do their ideas [...]
24Aug2011 | George C. Leef | 4 comments | ContinuedFreedom and Morality in the Plays of Tom Stoppard
Norman Barry is professor of social and political theory at the University of Buckingham in the UK. He is the author of Business Ethics (Macmillan, 1998). Most people who were dazzled by the verbal dexterity and comic genius revealed in Tom Stoppard’s Oscar-winning movie, Shakespeare in Love (his co-writer, Marc Norman, provided the idea but [...]
1Aug1999 | Norman Barry | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Conservative Intellectual Movement in America: Since 1945, 2nd edition by George H. Nash
Intercollegiate Studies Institute • 1996 • 467 pages • $24.95 “We see so far because we stand on the shoulders of giants.” In a nutshell, this is the major lesson to be learned from The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America: Since 1945 by George Nash. First published 20 years ago, this tome breathes life into [...]
1Sep1997 | Robert Batemarco | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Libertarian Reader: Classic and Contemporary Writings From Lao-Tzu to Milton Friedman edited by David Boaz
Free Press • 1997 • 476 pages • $27.50 Dr. Peterson, an adjunct scholar at the Heritage Foundation, is Distinguished Lundy Professor Emeritus of Business Philosophy at Campbell University in North Carolina. Asked Shakespeare’s Juliet: What’s in a name? Yesterday conservatism was in as the name of what could be called the free-society movement. Today, [...]
1Jul1997 | William H. Peterson | 0 comments | ContinuedLord Acton–Political Power Corrupts
Mr. Powell is editor of Laissez Faire Books and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, American Heritage, and more than three dozen other publications. Copyright © 1996 by Jim Powell. Few recognized the dangers of political power as clearly as Lord [...]
1Jun1996 | Jim Powell | 2 comments | Continued-
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