R.C. Hoiles, American Original

How a newspaper publisher spread the gospel of human liberty

Brian Doherty | April 10, 2007

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This would have made Hoiles happy, but it wasn't why he ran his papers as he did. He just knew a man should stand up for what he believes to be true, and have unimpeachable reasons for knowing why it is true. By doing that with relentless integrity, R.C. Hoiles changed the world.

Senior Editor Brian Doherty is author of This is Burning Man and Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement. A version of this originally ran in the Orange County Register.

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