The nice thing about the "Book of isms" is that it often provides definitions for pairs of frequently confused terms, such as behaviourism and behaviouralism. Herewith another distinction, one that ...

As a libertarian, I’m always slow to tell people what they should do. But if you care about politics and the ultimately far more powerful cultural direction of these United States, the new book by ...

"There's always tension between freedom and fairness," notes Christopher Beam in a New York magazine essay on Libertarianism. The 5,000+ word treatise makes its way through the political movement, ...

One of the most interesting things about political ideologies is the psychology of their adherents. Ideas don’t exist in a vacuum, and, since politics is ultimately a vision of the world, the ...

Libertarianism is important, and I want it to be more influential. For it to do this though it has to become more realistic. I believe a major impediment is that many -though not all- libertarians ...

Libertarianism, most simply, promotes the absolute and inherent liberty of the individual. These liberties require no justification and extend to freedom of speech, religion, association, the right to ...

What should libertarians think about the appropriateness of gay marriage? Of drug use? Of the NFL prohibiting players from protesting during the national anthem? Some think the answer to all of these ...

Arin Greenwood's terrific new book, Save the Enemy, is labeled young-adult, but her explorations of libertarian philosophy are not typical of the genre. The story's protagonist, Zoey Trask, is torn ...

There is a lot of discussion regarding libertarianism, but it is being confused by Ron Paul saying stuff. In a nutshell, libertarianism is like pure communism and pure capitalism. A nice thought ...

As its title suggests, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America, by Duke historian Nancy MacLean, is filled with all sorts of melodramatic flourishes and ...