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Must Cowboy Poets Die for America to Live? PJTV's James Poulos Talks to Nick Gillespie about Debt Limits, Partisan Wrangling, & How Hate Mail is a Sign of the Libertarian Moment

Reason's Nick Gillespie talked with PJTV's James Poulos about the debt limit's impact on cowboy poets, whether John Boehner and Harry Reid are up to their jobs, and how hate mail is actually a sign that we've never been so free...

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The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America; by Nick Gillespie & Matt Welch

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Reviews

  • "This is the up-to-date statement of libertarianism" - Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
  • "An enthusiastic, entertaining libertarian critique of American politics" - Kirkus Reviews
  • "Think of it as a political alarm clock" - Amy Alkon, The Advice Goddess
  • More reviews coming soon...

Media

  • May 10: Nick Gillespie talks with Robert Ringer
  • May 25: Nick Gillespie on SE Cupp's "Insider Extreme"
  • June 23: Special episode of Stossel about Declaration
  • More coverage coming soon...

THE AUTHORS

Nick Gillespie is editor in chief of Reason.tv and Reason.com and almost certainly the only journalist who has interviewed bat-eating rock star Ozzy Osbourne and Nobel prize-winning economists Milton Friedman and Vernon Smith.

Matt Welch is editor in chief of Reason magazine. From 2006 to 2007, he served as assistant editorial pages editor at the Los Angeles Times, shaping and writing editorials, and overseeing the section's web operations.

From 2002 to 2006, Welch worked at Reason as an associate editor and media columnist. From 2002 to 2004, he also wrote a regular.