Each century provides its distinct set of problems for lovers of liberty, peace, and prosperity. While the excellent vanguards of liberty in the twentieth century dealt with the looming shadow of centralization and were taken part in a battle versus socialists and statists who argued for centralization and adjudication of individual liberty for the sake […]
During the French and Indian War (1754– 1763), Americans continued the excellent custom of trading with the enemy, and much more readily than in the past. As in King George’s War, Newport took the lead; other important centers were New York and Philadelphia. The individualistic Rhode Islanders angrily turned Governor Stephen Hopkins out of office […]
So-called liberal democracies have defined the West for the previous century and are deemed the pinnacle of political development. So much so that Western elites are firmly encouraged that this system of governance ought to be spread far and wide– be it indirectly (color revolutions) or directly (financial sanctions, kinetic military actions, or nation-building expeditions). […]
By: Gary D. Barnett “We have actually built a way of life that depends upon people doing what they are told because they don’t understand how to inform themselves what to do.” ~ John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Education Prior to starting this line of conversation, it is essential […]
By: Gary D. Barnett “You can beat 40 scholars with one truth, however you can’t beat one moron … with 40 facts.” ~ Rumi The above basic quote speaks volumes, and this really sensible thinking needs to provoke believed where little exists, causing closed minds to open in order to look for truth and understanding. […]
[This classic piece appeared in Ramparts, VI, 4, June 15, 1968. It was the fulfillment of an ideological trend that began a few years earlier when consistent libertarians, led by Rothbard, sensed an estrangement from the American right-wing due to its support of militarism, police power, and the corporate state. Here Rothbard presents a rationale for […]
This year is the fortieth anniversary of Murray Rothbard’s The Principles of Liberty, and although lots of topics in it have actually brought in attention, numerous of them have been overlooked. I’m going to talk about one of these in this week’s post. Isaiah Berlin was one of the most prominent and crucial political thinkers […]
By: Gary D. Barnett “Constitutions become the supreme tyranny,” Paul stated. “They’re arranged power on such a scale regarding be frustrating. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the greatest and the most affordable, eliminating all self-respect and uniqueness. It has an unsteady balance point and no limitations.” […]
Lord Acton was one of the greatest classical liberal historians of the nineteenth century, but his view of the War in between the States has in some circles occasioned dismay. Acton, in a letter of 1866 to Robert E. Lee, said, “I considered that you were combating the fights of our liberty, our progress, and […]
By: Gary D. Barnett “Above all we should not forget, that government is a wicked, a usurpation upon the private judgment and specific conscience of mankind.” ~ William Godwin (1793) “An enquiry worrying political justice, and its impact on general virtue and happiness”, p. 143 Lest we forget, it is not a fake or mysterious […]
