Culture & the Libertarian Heritage

A Dictionary of Libertarianism

by Laurence M. Vance February 15, 2011

Libertarianism, from A to Z by Jeffrey A. Miron (New York: Basic Books, 2010); 198 pages. More and more Americans are coming to realize that the liberal/conservative paradigm is deeply flawed. Disillusionment with Washington is at an all-time high. The old adage that there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the two major parties has never seemed more ...

Misdefining Liberty

by James Bovard January 1, 2011

The definitions of liberty devised in ivory towers and elsewhere have a profound impact on political and judicial thinking. Regardless of how wrongheaded some concepts of liberty prevalent early last century may now appear, America’s legal structure is now based on those ideas. And that legal structure continues binding today’s citizens to the intellectual follies of previous generations of ...

The Freedom Oasis (Audio)

by Jacob G. Hornberger November 8, 2010

The Jacob Hornberger Radio Show 11/6/2010 //

States Rights, the Constitution, and Individual Liberty (Video)

by Jacob G. Hornberger October 13, 2010

Speech given at Virginia Liberty Fest //

Liberty Fest Interview (Audio)

by Jacob G. Hornberger October 1, 2010

with Scott Lee on Freedom & Prosperity Radio //

The Declaration, the Constitution, and Liberty in Our Time

by Jacob G. Hornberger September 21, 2010

The following is a non-verbatim transcript of a speech delivered by Jacob Hornberger at the Virginia Campaign for Liberty’s Liberty Fest in Richmond, Virginia, on September 18, 2010. Ever since the dawn of recorded history, people’s minds have been inculcated with the notion that government is the master and the people are the servants. Hardly anyone, for example, has questioned ...

Leading Humanity Out of the Darkness, Part 4

by Jacob G. Hornberger September 21, 2010

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 During the entire 11 years of the sanctions on Iraq, the anger in the Middle East was simmering, not only among Iraqi parents but also among Muslims throughout the Middle East, who could only sit idly by and watch the deaths occur year after year. There ...

The Dishonor of Militarism

by Sheldon Richman September 1, 2010

What a blown opportunity! Glenn Beck gathered thousands of people at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to urge a restoration of American honor — but not once did he mention the most egregious assault on America’s honor: militarism. It would have been a perfect time to call for dismantling the American empire, ending the bloody occupations and covert wars in ...

None Dare Call It Tyranny

by Sheldon Richman August 16, 2010

If you want to know what tyranny is like, look around. The national government — specifically the executive branch — can do pretty much what it wants. It could bomb Iran tomorrow without a declaration of war from Congress. It can — and does — conduct secret wars and covert operations against countries that have done nothing to us. Of ...

The Right to Discriminate

by Adam B. Summers August 1, 2010

The barring of women from a golf club may seem politically incorrect to some, but it is not illegal, according to the Irish supreme court. In a 3-2 decision, the court ruled that the Portmarnock Golf Club in Dublin may continue to deny membership to women. The case arose in 2002 when the Equality Authority of Ireland filed a complaint ...

V for Vendetta

by Wendy McElroy July 31, 2010

The movie V for Vendetta (V) is a thriller set in London’s dystopian future of 2020, where an anti-government anti-hero named “V” (played by Hugo Weaving) uses violence to bring down a totalitarian right-wing state called Norsefire. V's motivation is partly personal; he was brutalized by a state-run medical experiment. It is partly political; he wants to ...

Leading Humanity Out of the Darkness, Part 2

by Jacob G. Hornberger July 1, 2010

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Ever since it was established, the income tax has constituted an ever-growing assault on income, savings, and capital, which are the keys to a prospering nation, one in which the real standard of living is growing generation after generation. Here is how this corrupt and sordid process ...