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What is a “Libertarian-Conservative”?

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An op-ed in yesterday’s New York Times provides a good example of the libertarian-conservative mush or hash that the libertarian philosophy has become. The op-ed is about the appointment of Supreme Court justices and was written by Steven G. Calabresi, who is a professor of law at Northwestern University and a visiting professor at Yale Law School. Calabresi’s op-ed begins, “I’m a libertarian-conservative.” Now, what exactly is a “libertarian-conservative”? Neither Calabresi nor the Times defines the term. It’s as if they presume that everyone knows what a “libertarian-conservative” is. There is no doubt that Calabresi is a conservative. In fact, he served in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He also advised Attorney General Edwin Meese. He wrote campaign speeches for Vice President Dan Quayle. But why then does he describe himself as a hyphenated “libertarian-conservative?” We just don’t know. What we do know, however, ...

Why Don’t Libertarians Call for Restoring a Republic?

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One of the most notable aspects of the libertarian movement is the dearth of articles, books, and speeches calling for the dismantling of America’s national-security state and the restoration of our nation’s founding governmental system of a limited-government republic. If you have any doubts about this assertion, just take a close look at all the libertarian books that have been published in the last five years. Or watch the speeches and interviews that libertarians deliver. Or the many libertarian articles, both on the Internet and the mainstream press. You will notice that virtually none of them ever call for dismantling the Pentagon, the military-industrial complex, the CIA, and the NSA, all of which are the principal components of America’s national-security state. Oh sure, they’ll call for ending America’s “endless wars.” They will wax eloquent about the horrible consequences of foreign interventionism. They call for ...

The CIA’s Assassination of Rene Schneider

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It is commonly believed by many Americans that the CIA would never forcibly remove an American president from office even if he posed a grave threat to national security. But one thing is undeniable: the CIA would not hesitate to remove a foreign leader from office if he posed a threat to U.S. national security. Just ask the family of Rene Schneider. He was the commanding general of Chile’s armed forces under Salvador Allende, the socialist who was democratically elected president of Chile 50 years ago. The CIA and President Richard Nixon concluded that Allende posed a grave threat to U.S. “national security” and decided to remove him from office. One option that the CIA could have exercised against Allende was, of course, assassination. Ever since the CIA was established in 1947, it has wielded the ultimate power to kill people with impunity, making a mockery, of course, of the notion that ...

Disaggregating Keynes Demonstrates Macro Delusions

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The economic downturn that has accompanied the coronavirus crisis has seen huge increases in government deficit spending and mounting national debt in the United States and many other countries around the world. A revived version of Keynesian Economics has emerged rationalizing and justifying massive government expenditures as cures for falling production, rising unemployment, and widening income inequality. It seems ...

A Four-Point Plan for Government

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In July 2010, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI), launched the “If You See Something, Say Something” national campaign to raise “public awareness of the indicators of terrorism and terrorism-related crime, as well as the importance of reporting suspicious activity to state and local ...