Libertarian History/Philosophy

Politics

No One Trusts the Government—Which is Bad News for Libertarians

When public contempt for the feds increases, so do the size and scope of government.

Nick Gillespie | 7.14.2013 10:10 AM

Politics

What if Distrust in Government Breeds Demand for *More* Government? Nick Gillespie in Daily Beast

Nick Gillespie | 7.12.2013 10:06 AM

Politics

Can Rand Paul Keep Commanding the Ron Paul Army?

Brian Doherty | 7.11.2013 12:29 PM

Politics

Making the World a Better Place Since 1968

How reason and freedom have changed since our humble founding in a turbulent year

Matt Welch | 7.8.2013 10:30 AM

Politics

Poem to Read on the Fifth of July: Howard Nemerov's "Fourth of July"

Nick Gillespie | 7.5.2013 9:31 AM

Politics

Why Being in Charge Ain't What It Used to Be: Nick Gillespie reviews "The End of Power"

Nick Gillespie | 7.2.2013 3:22 PM

Politics

Are Libertarians Who Worry About NSA Being Head-in-Cloud Ninnies?

Brian Doherty | 7.2.2013 1:17 PM

Politics

Anthony Kennedy Voted Against Obamacare and For Gays and Guns. Is He a Libertarian?

Damon Root | 6.28.2013 1:06 PM

Policy

Scalia's DOMA Dissent Highlights Conservative-Libertarian Split on Supreme Court

Damon Root | 6.27.2013 9:15 AM

Politics

Rand Paul: How Scary is He?

Brian Doherty | 6.19.2013 8:15 PM

Politics

Nick Gillespie at Daily Beast: Has Sarah Palin Turned Libertarian?

Nick Gillespie | 6.18.2013 2:48 PM

Politics

Goldberg: Libertarianism the Only New Political Idea for Years

Another response to Lind

Reason Staff | 6.14.2013 12:00 PM

Politics

Honduran "Free Cities" Plan Fully Re-Approved by Its Government

Brian Doherty | 6.13.2013 1:45 PM

Politics

"This should be the easiest leap in the world for the Republican Party to make. Unfortunately, it requires them to live up to their limited-government rhetoric."

Nick Gillespie | 6.12.2013 9:44 AM

Politics

A Normal Person Attends Libertarian Water Festival Ephemerisle

Brian Doherty | 6.11.2013 4:15 PM

Politics

E.J. Dionne Picks a Bad Week (Month? Year?) to Bad-Mouth Libertarians

Matt Welch | 6.10.2013 10:26 AM

Politics

Typical Parental Response to Libertarians Coming Out of Closet

Nick Gillespie | 6.9.2013 9:50 PM

Politics

Michael Lind's Obtuse Attack on Liberty and Libertarianism

Statists like him are on the wrong side of history

Ronald Bailey | 6.7.2013 1:30 PM

Culture

When All Else Fails, Try Anarchy

Classical liberalism's radical edge.

Brian Doherty | 6.4.2013 7:00 AM

Politics

12.45-3.45PM ET Today: Reason's Live Twitter Q&A w Sen. Rand Paul!

Nick Gillespie | 5.31.2013 9:14 AM

Politics

Austrian Econ Geek (and Wrestler!) Glenn "Kane" Jacobs Speaks Out on Possible Senate Bid

Brian Doherty | 5.30.2013 9:50 AM

Economics

Libertarian Ghostwrites for Kim Jong Il

Brian Doherty | 5.29.2013 11:18 AM

Politics

Karl Hess and Robert Anton Wilson Discuss Everything

Subversion for fun and profit.

Jesse Walker | 5.21.2013 11:20 AM

Policy

Google CEO Larry Page Supports "Free Cities" Model

Brian Doherty | 5.20.2013 10:23 AM

Politics

A New Kind of Republican

Congressman Justin Amash discusses libertarian foreign policy, Austrian economics, civil liberties, abortion, and more.

Nick Gillespie | 5.19.2013 1:00 PM

Politics

The Free State Project Grows Up

Libertarians are changing the face of New Hampshire.

Garrett Quinn | 5.15.2013 1:30 PM

Politics

Is Rand Paul Doubletalking Libertarians & Evangelicals?

Nick Gillespie | 5.15.2013 8:21 AM

Politics

The Blank Slate State

Will an isolated corner of Honduras become the new birthplace of liberty?

Brian Doherty | 5.13.2013 12:00 PM

Economics

Hayek and Nietzsche: Perhaps Not Partners in a Cross-Century Anti-Equality Plot

Brian Doherty | 5.13.2013 11:55 AM

Politics

Was Thomas Szasz a Conservative?

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2013 4:58 AM

Politics

Sheldon Richman Talks About Bastiat, Left-Libertarianism, and (shudders) Jimmy Buffett

Matt Welch | 4.30.2013 9:37 AM

Policy

The Free Market Is a Beautiful Thing

Trade and cooperation are superior to force and command.

Sheldon Richman | 4.14.2013 8:00 AM

Culture

Isn't it Time You Read a Fun, Nanny State-Mocking Book?

J.D. Tuccille | 4.5.2013 7:37 PM

Politics

Anarcho-Capitalism: So Crazy, It Just Might Work!

Brian Doherty | 4.3.2013 10:26 AM

Politics

Justin Amash: Meet the New Ron Paul, Same as the Old Ron Paul?

Brian Doherty | 4.2.2013 10:27 AM

Politics

Nick Gillespie on What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster"

Nick Gillespie | 3.28.2013 10:00 AM

Culture

Atlas Shrugged Part III To Roll, It's Officially Official

Brian Doherty | 3.26.2013 5:15 PM

Politics

Is Anarchism Socialist or Capitalist?

A new defense of libertarian anarchism makes the case that the philosophy belongs on the left.

Aeon Skoble | 3.22.2013 10:30 AM

Politics

Nick Gillespie Q&A with Hillsdale Collegian: "Live Your Life as a Work of Art."

Nick Gillespie | 3.22.2013 9:57 AM

Politics

Ann Coulter: Groupthink is Destroying Libertarian Pussies

Nick Gillespie | 3.21.2013 2:20 PM

Politics

"Liberty Movement" vs. GOP on Paul Ryan's Budget

Brian Doherty | 3.21.2013 1:23 PM

Politics

Is Reason's Foreign Policy "Morally Vacuous" and "Historically Ignorant"?

Nick Gillespie | 3.21.2013 12:40 PM

Politics

Do Libertarians Really "Want a World Without Moral Judgments"?

Nick Gillespie | 3.21.2013 10:32 AM

Policy

What Libertarians Think About War

A bibliography to end all bibliographies.

Jesse Walker | 3.21.2013 9:27 AM

Politics

Drew Carey, Penn Jillette Talk Comedy, Politics, and Libertarianism

Nick Gillespie | 3.20.2013 4:57 PM