Words have histories and often change meaning, sometimes drastically, over time. The term “liberal” would […]
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Jefferson and Hamilton, Part III: The Prevalance of Partisanship, The Elusiveness of Objectivity
Recap: The rivalry between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton was important enough to cause political […]
Jefferson and Hamilton, Part 2: The 2 Party System
My sole source for this blog post is Joseph J. Ellis, a noted historian specializing […]
Thomas Jefferson: Lockean, Revolutionary, American “Sphinx”
Thomas Jefferson, American founding father and icon among American libertarians, was a radical revolutionary to […]
The Many Faces of Libertarianism, Part VI: Benjamin Tucker
Caveat: The various movements put under the elusive “libertarian” category differ considerably. I am not […]
The Many Faces of Libertarianism, Part V: Individualist Anarchists
The individualist anarchism movement within the anarchist ideology emphasizes the individual and his/her will over external determinants […]
The Many Faces of Libertarianism, Part IV: Anarchism and Libertarian Socialism
Now it’s time to get back to anti-capitalist libertarianism, which can be called both anarchism […]
The Many Faces of Libertarianism, Part III: The Birth of the Constitutional Monarchy
I have put forth the notion that libertarianism has many faces, ranging from anti-capitalist to […]
The Many Faces of Libertarianism, Part II: Classical Liberalism
The term “libertarian” has changed meaning over time. Joseph Déjacque, the first self-described libertarian was an […]
Capitalism, Consumerism, and Addiction
What is addiction? Is it a disease over which one has no control and must […]