All Posts Tagged With: "conservative"

Frustrating Michael Moore

If Michael Moore would study a little political economy he might turn into a potent champion of individual liberty. As we see in Moore’s new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, Moore is offended by some truly offensive things: banks engaging in wild speculation without concern for the risk, taxpayer bailouts for banks and other businesses, [...]

1Jan2010 | Sheldon Richman | 6 comments | Continued

The Left, The Right, and the State

The Left, The Right, and The State, a collection of 103 essays by Llewellyn Rockwell, looks at the ways both the left and right use the State to pursue their goals. Rockwell, president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, argues forcefully that our liberty and property are endangered equally by left-wing and right-wing statism. As [...]

23Oct2009 | George C. Leef | 4 comments | Continued

Alice in Wonderland

From TalkingPointsMemo: Known as a moderate on the court, [Supreme Court nominee-designate Sonia] Sotomayor often forges consensus and agreeing with her more conservative nominees far more frequently than she disagrees with them. In cases where Sotomayor and at least one judge appointed by a Republican president were on the three-judge panel, Sotomayor and the Republican [...]

28May2009 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | Continued

Time to Revive Individualism?

One problem facing people who broadly favor smaller, limited government; private property; and free exchange is what to call themselves. Historically the word “liberal” was the answer and still is in many parts of continental Europe. However, in the Anglophone world, particularly the United States, the word has now come to refer to those who [...]

1Sep2007 | Stephen Davies | 2 comments | Continued

Freedom and the Role of Government

Richard Ebeling is the president of FEE. What is the role of government? This has been and remains the most fundamental question in all political discussions and debates. Its answer will determine the nature of the social order and how people will be expected and allowed to interact with one another—on the basis of either [...]

1May2007 | Richard M. Ebeling | 0 comments | Continued

Coercivists and Voluntarists

Categorizing a political position according to some simple left-right scale of values leaves something to be desired. Political views cover such a wide variety of issues that it is impossible to describe adequately any one person merely by identifying where he sits on a lone horizontal line. Use of the single left-right scale makes impossible [...]

1Aug1997 | Donald J. Boudreaux | 4 comments | Continued

The Creed of a Conservative

Mr. DeArmond, writer and business consultant on personnel training, is a contributor to numerous periodicals and the author of books such as Executive Thinking and Action and How To Sell and Unsell Ideas. For five years he was Associate Editor of Nation’s Business, under Merle Thorpe’s editorship. Merle Thorpe —a positive force for the free [...]

1Sep1956 | Fred DeArmond | 0 comments | Continued

As Frank Chodorov Sees It

John Stuart Mill, says Professor Russell Kirk in a recent article in the conservative National Review, is “dated.” He was referring to the famous treatise On Liberty. The occasion for this dictum is the revival of interest in the treatise, by way of a couple of re-publications and the consequent appearance of critical articles. When [...]

1Apr1956 | Frank Chodorov | 0 comments | Continued

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