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An Equality Worth Defending In our Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote of self-evident truths “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” and condemned government that was destructive of those ends. Given how important that document was, with its signers putting all of those ends at risk, there had to be a high level of agreement about what “created equal” meant (sadly, with the exception of slaves). Since then, however, discussion of equality ...

Libertarians in Georgia, Part II Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2020 3:59 PM Dr. Block: I think I can already but I ask your permission to reprint (with proper attribution of course to you) at the Virginia Right blog the Open Letter to Libertarians in Georgia because there are moves to boycott the election  by conservatives and I DO FULLY UNDERSTAND why in that conservatives have been, let’s say used and abused, by the GOP leaders time and time again. Thank you for the thoughtful commentary. Elwood Earl “Sandy” Sanders, Jr. Letter 2 Best regards, To: ryan.graham@ Cc: laura.williams; sha...

4 Characteristics That Made Milton Friedman an Effective Advocate for Liberty You might never know the impact you make, but that doesn’t mean you didn’t make one. Saturday, April 17, 2021 What can we do? It is that last question that I get asked most often and, honestly, I am asking it myself quite often too. What can we do? Sometimes I find putting a larger problem in the context of a smaller situation, I can find a little clarity. In my town, a neighbor decided that because she likes trees, she was going to do something about it. Her strategy was to start a petition, gather signatures,...

Conversations with Ryan Graham Chair, Libertarian Party of Georgia, About Austro-libertarianism and Much More We three probably agree on 99% of libertarian theory. Strategy and tactics are a very different thing. We all have the same goals, we diverge virtually only on means. Best regards, Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 3:01 PM Dear Walter, I listened to the show today and appreciate the tone of the conversation very much. It was a good conversation between two people who disagree(and not really on much). Thanks for all you do. As a side note, I often refer to your evictionism theory regardi...

In the early twentieth century, liberalism was in retreat. Competing totalitarian ideologies like National Socialism and Communism were on the rise, as many intellectuals became convinced of the benefits of a comprehensive role for the state in organizing both the economy and society. The horrors of World War One further ruptured any remaining sense of liberal optimism; and in the aftermath of the Great Depression, capitalism seemed like an abject failure, boosting support for large‐​scale state economic intervention. But even when liberal ideas were in retreat, one woman did not flinch ...