Beyond Left-Right: Puzzle #56
"Biblical garden locale"
Plus: A listener asks the editors about libertarians and "reflexive contrarianism."
Once you get past the aesthetics, the similarities between Milei and MAGA mostly vanish.
Plus: OpenAI apocalypse, New York's problematic pie, Backpage trial concludes, and more...
Self-described anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei shocked the world in August by getting the most votes in Argentina's presidential primary.
The Weapons of Mass Delusion author says election-deniers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert may be the Republicans' future.
Weapons of Mass Delusion author Robert Draper says Republicans need a massive reality check.
The former Texas congressman and presidential candidate says his goal was to get people to think about freedom.
Trump saying he wants to end the war in Afghanistan is a good thing. It would be better if he followed through on his rhetoric.
Tyler Cowen is wrong to champion "State Capacity Libertarianism," but he's right that advocates of free minds and free markets need to up our game.
The senator took a lot of heat five years ago for being anti-interventionist in Syria yet pro-war against ISIS.
The political extremism of Donald Trump, democratic socialists, and others is a great argument for reducing the size and scope of politics in everyday life.
A recent poll shows a cross-partisan constituency still interested in smaller, less intrusive government and peace.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's impressive win might not mean all that much. But best of luck, comrades.
Are you freer now than you were 10 years ago? And what about a decade from now?
The former 1988 Libertarian nominee and 2008 and 2012 Republican candidate for president says Trump is just a temporary setback for the libertarian moment.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Nancy MacLean's conspiracy tract Democracy in Chains grossly misrepresents limited-government philosophy and the work of Nobel laureate James M. Buchanan.
That man in the White House is vulgar, disrespectful, self-involved, maybe even dangerous. So?
Interesting discussion from Australia's Friedman conference with Claire Lehmann of Quillette.com.
We need a new, individualized operating system for politics and it will happen on the new president's watch, whether he wants it or not.
Notions of individual autonomy may be increasingly important to the American public, says new study.
We've gone beyond virtue-signaling to toxic brew of all-you-people-need-to-shut-up-and-listen-to-why-you're-the-problem ranting.
When institutional authority declines, social gains follow. Even if there's also a rise in weird beliefs.
"I don't fear the Republican Party implosion, I welcome it."
The libertarian-leaning pundit despairs of Trump's rise in conversation with Nick Gillespie & Matt Welch.
Postmodernism, the ongoing crisis of authority, and the Libertarian Moment.
Come see Matt Welch, David Boaz, Conor Friedersdorf, and Ramesh Ponnuru March 16 at 6 p.m. ET
Don't mistake presidential races for broad-based changes in attitudes that will ultimately shape public policy.
Libertarianism has died more times than Abe Vigoda. But unlike good old Fish, libertarianism is still alive and kicking.
Call 877-974-7487 to heckle the host and Matt Kibbe about Rand Paul, David Bowie, and the 'Libertarian Moment'
Venerable skin mag drops nudity in favor of "expanded coverage of liquor," PG-13 thrills.
How five 20th century economists subtly remade the political landscape
"Libertarians Are Among Us!" sez French leftist paper Liberation. "Ultra individualist movement remains politically marginal but now swarming in pop culture."
Roll over, Friedrich Hayek, and tell G.K. Chesterton the news!
David Brat, Rand Paul, and the limits of electoral libertarianism in a two-party world
Despite all leading indicators to the contrary, America is poised to enter a new age of freedom.