libertarianism

The Internet has long been a playground for politics, and libertarianism is a growing area of interest in that playground. Websites like Libertarian Logic and CATO provide discussion of a range of topics in the political arena, all from the standpoint of libertarianism.

From a general perspective, libertarianism is a philosophy that is well aligned with the principles that founded America, as embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Ideals such as individual freedom, free enterprise, limited government, civil rights, and justice are hallmarks of libertarianism.

Libertarianism supports the idea that individuals have a natural right to make their own decisions about how they live their lives, so long as their actions don't unreasonably harm or interfere with others that have the same right. It suggests that matters of a private and commercial nature can be settled through voluntary contracts and the marketplace - government need only protect against force and fraud. It also supports the idea that government should serve limited functions such as providing roads, a monetary system, common defense and a system of justice - things that individuals either can't do or can't do as well as organized government.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “libertarianism”

• Obese people on-board: discrimination?

  
  denis bider — Authority: 119
    The Canadian Supreme Court wisely ruled that people like this should not have to pay for more than one plane ticket, because that would be discrimination: I am pro-discrimination. By that token, maybe the Canadian Supreme Court should extend its anti-discrimination activism to roller coaster rides? ...
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• Cyprus: The Republic of Authoritarian Stupidity

  
  Boatang & Demetriou — Authority: 468
  Youve got to love the bubbles.Many readers of ours may have formed the view that because this half of Boaty & D is of Greek extraction, he must therefore be biased to all things Greek. Au Contraire. As with anything in life, I believe in consistency and weighing up all the facts before making an informed decision. ...
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• HOW SERIOUS IS THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY ABOUT BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY?

  
  Last Free Voice — Authority: 108
  When I was 20 years old and preparing to vote in my first Presidential election, a man came to speak on the campus of Texas A&M University about his new party and his campaign for the Presidency. That man was Ed Clark, the first Libertarian candidate on the ballots of all 50 states. He spoke of a vision of ...
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• Book Forum on Realizing Freedom

  
  tomgpalmer.com — Authority: 473
  There will be a Book Forum on my book Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice , featuring comments by Tyler Cowen , next Tuesday, December 1. Details here .
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• Howard Wilson For NH CD-2 - Ron Paul: What If Americans Learn the Truth?

  
  Press Releases — Authority: 493
  Ron Paul delivered this brilliant and courageous speech on the floor of the house. He asks a long list of searing questions that the regime and power elite will never answer truthfully. Its a 4 min. Must See video; http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/025343.html ...
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• 警惕权力哲学的知识保镖: David Boaz’s “Libertarianism: A Primer,” in Chinese

  
  tomgpalmer.com — Authority: 473
  A review appeared yesterday in a prominent Shanghai-based paper, Dongfang Daily, “ 警惕权力哲学的知识保镖 “** The English version is good, too! **A friend will send an English translation soon.
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• Kindergarten dropouts

  
  Badtux the Snarky Penguin — Authority: 433
  From another blogger, who I shall not link to directly because she would not appreciate it (we blog in entirely different contexts): "I am sad every time I see some otherwise nice decent person go off on a parroted spiel about "personal responsibility" because I know what theyre really saying: Id rather society fall ...
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• Vegetarian Trends - Micro Or Macro?

  
  Booker Rising — Authority: 144
  Freedom Democrats, a blog for libertarian Democrats, writes : "Theres an underlying reason to why I always keep animal rights in my mind as a potential problem for libertarianism . The problem is not just an ideological challenge to libertarians saying that they dont have a system that has a place for animals. There ...
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• The Road to Serfdom – 1

  
  nikkypals.com — Authority: 170
  The Road to Serfdom – 1 Friedrich Hayek en.wikipedia.org The Road to Serfdom en.wikipedia.org Spontaneous order en.wikipedia.org Mont Pelerin Society en.wikipedia.org … Hayek Friedman liberalism libertarianism collectivism ハイエク フリードマン 隷属への道 モンペルラン 自由主義 ...
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• Glenn Beck: The Man With The Plan

  
  Stop The ACLU — Authority: 714
  This guy’s passion is what draws people to him . - Education is key, and not just for our children. To that end, we will be conducting a series of conventions. These will be full-day experiences where you will be immersed in learning about topics ranging from self-reliance, community organizing, the economy and ...
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• Weapons For The GOP Punditocracy

  
  Barely A Blog — Authority: 132
  The excerpt is from my new WND.Com column, “Weapons For The GOP Punditocracy” : “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is advancing on the country with an $848 billion health-care bill in hand, which he hopes to bring to the Senate floor before he and cohorts go on holiday. Yet the swiftest arrow in the ...
  6 days ago

• DEALING WITH ANTI-SEMITISM FROM NEOCON/ZIONIST DISTORTED IDEOLOGY

  
  REAL LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Authority: 130
  I just posted the following comment over on OpEdNews on the post there entitled, " Dealing with Anti-Semitism from a Jewish Perspective ." When I saw the headline of this article, I thought to myself, does he mean anti-Semites or anti-Jews or anti-Zionists as in anti-Jabotinsky-type terrorists? I see now that you ...
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• Blast from the Past

  
  Mises Economics Blog — Authority: 148
  Here is my interview with Lew Rockwell on Murray Rothbards 60th birthday. Some hilarious moments and really great insights. You will enjoy this. The book we are discussing is Man, Economy, and Liberty. Here is the media page . If you like this and would like some more along these lines, let me know.
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• Reclaiming the Right

  
  Libertarian Blog — Authority: 139
  Rightwing has become somewhat of a confused and convoluted position. Moving forward, or backward, the libertarian/right movement of the 30s and 40s, the right has transformed into something unrecognizable. Murray Rothbard wrote an essay in 1964 about the transformation , and the Rothbard would be even more ...
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• Constitution Party of Spokane

  
  Politics, Guns & Beer — Authority: 469
  A while back , I posted a little rant I’d fired off to the Constitution Party of Spokane in response to their stance on Referendum 71 in Washington. In the interest of fairness I wanted to post that their chairman, Bob Peck, wrote me back. We exchanged a couple of emails and he was very polite, articulate, and said ...
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• Too Hot Not To Handle

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 656
  A friend, who leans Ron Paul libertarian, was recently trying to convince me that anthropogenic global warming is largely a myth. A central part of his argument was his claiming that there was recently a petition signed by 40,000 independent climate scientists saying that, in his words, "so-called global warming is ...
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• Talkin’ Libertarianism

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 746
  In response to a question today, I found a C-SPAN appearance from 2006 on their website. Host Steve Scully was teaching a class on “Issues in Media and Public Policy” with students at the Cable Center’s Distance Learning Studio in Denver . He asked me to join him for a discussion of libertarianism and public ...
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• HOMOSEXUAL-FASCIST "LIBERALS," WHO SANG, "BABY, YOURE A RICH, FAG JEW"?

  
  REAL LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Authority: 130
  All you homosexual-fascist "liberals" out there, who was it who sang, "Baby, youre a rich, fag Jew," and did you and/or do you censor him for it? Do you want every reference to him banned from the public domain? His name is not in the Book of Life of Jesus Christ, is it? Is your name there? Are the names of the ...
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• Alan Charles Kors on the Crimes of Communism and the Liberation Celebrated on November 9

  
  tomgpalmer.com — Authority: 473
  Alan Charles Kors – Freedom Dinner 2009 Keynote from Atlas Network on Vimeo .
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• Broad Sides, One Woman’s Clash with a Corrupt Culture

  
  Barely A Blog — Authority: 132
  My first book, Broad Sides, One Woman’s Clash with a Corrupt Culture, is now back in print. The publisher is accepting pre-orders now, and will fulfill them in about two weeks, just in time for your Christmas shopping. The Second Edition comes with bonus material and reviews. All in all, it is a very ...
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