The American obsession with civil associations fascinated Alexis de Tocqueville. In his great work Democracy in America, he marveled that “Americans of all ages, all conditions, all minds constantly unite”…
At Libertarianism.org, Jonathan Blanks asks “Why Aren’t There More Black Libertarians?” Here’s part of his answer. A common libertarian narrative involves looking backward to better times, back to the Founding…
I think the strongest argument for limited government is given by public choice economics: well-organized (and often well-funded) concentrated interests will tend to capture political power at the expense of…
When a descriptive term carries a negative connotation, there is a widespread tendency to associate the term with its worst referents. When critics of Obamacare call it “fascist,” for example,…
I write both on libertarianism and issues surrounding the proper role of religion in politics. The issues don’t overlap all that much, in large part because there really is no…
I have weighed in on the thick-thin libertarian controversy before, but since the libertarian social media sphere has erupted over the matter over the last few months, I thought I’d…