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Gold and Brown

Libertarianism, fascism, and democracy.
by John Ganz via Unpopular Front on February 10, 2025
A judge's gavel and the Capitol building, edited to look like the top of the Capitol is the other side of the gavel.

America Has Too Many Laws

An excess of restrictions has taken a very real toll on the lives of everyday Americans. Their stories must be told.
by Neil Gorsuch, Janie Nitze via The Atlantic on August 5, 2024
Shredded "Don't Tread On Me" flag.

The Long Afterlife of Libertarianism

As a movement, it has imploded. As a credo, it’s here to stay.
by Benjamin Wallace-Wells via The New Yorker on May 29, 2023
A hammer is shown breaking several chunks of the earth into smaller pieces. In the background, black space.

The Wonderful Death of a State

For market radicals and neo-Confederates, secession is the path to a world that’s socially divided but economically integrated—separate but global.
by Quinn Slobodian via The Baffler on April 4, 2023
Statue of Liberty's torch.

Why the Philosophers Libertarians Love Always Come Out Worse for Wear

Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek have been through the wringer.
by Rebecca Brenner Graham via Slate on December 5, 2022
Black and white photo of the Libertarian Party’s 1980 presidential candidate, Ed Clark, center, with his running mate, David H. Koch.

How David Koch’s 1980 Fantasy Became America’s Current Reality

Koch poured $2 million into an embryonic Libertarian Party to buoy his run for vice president. He knew he wouldn't win—but that wasn't the point.
by Adam Eichen via The New Republic on August 27, 2019
Frederick Douglass.

Frederick Douglass Is No Libertarian

It’s the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass’s birth, and some on the right have been crashing the party.
by Maurice S. Lee via Public Books on May 18, 2018
Ron Paul.

Libertarians Have More in Common With the Alt-Right Than They Want You To Think

After the alt-right march on Charlottesville, Matt Lewis pointed out the existence of a “libertarian to alt-right pipeline."
by John Ganz via Washington Post on September 19, 2017
The “Visscher Map of the New World” including North and South America, 1658.

The Impossibly Intertwined History of the Americas

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book "America, América: A New History of the New World."
by Greg Grandin, Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins via The Nation on April 21, 2025
Chinese migrants wrapped in blankets on a beach, from the cover of "Camp of the Saints."
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Mutant Capitalism

How the dystopian visions of the nativist right are in keeping with a long tradition of neoliberal ideology.
by Quinn Slobodian via HNN on April 15, 2025
Knight on horseback fights a dragon.

The Georgist Roots of American Libertarianism

How did libertarians come to embrace Henry George, a thinker championed by political coalitions ranging from early zionists to the global Green Party?
by Reed Schwartz via Asterisk on April 15, 2025
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, 1858.

A Constitutionalist or a Revolutionist?

Which one was Abraham Lincoln?
by Herman Belz via Modern Age on February 17, 2025
"Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right" book cover.

The History of Gay Conservatism

LGBTQ voters overwhelmingly went for Harris, but the idea that gay voters are always going to be solidly blue is a myth.
by Roger Lancaster via Damage on December 11, 2024
Donald Trump at the 2018 CPAC. Photo by Gage Skidmore.

Trump’s Neo-Fusionism

Using Murray Rothbard vs. Sam Francis to understand the next administration.
by John Ganz via Unpopular Front on November 29, 2024
Donald Trump at a podium

The New Trumpian Bargain

Trump's second term echoes 19th-century policies: tariffs and immigration limits protect workers, while deregulation risks widening inequality.
by Sohrab Ahmari via New Statesman on November 12, 2024
Noam Chomsky.

How George Orwell Paved Noam Chomsky’s Path to Anarchism

On the profound impact of Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" on Noam Chomsky's early embrace of left-libertarian and anarchist ideologies.
by Robert F. Barsky via The MIT Press Reader on July 3, 2024
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Polyamory Isn't Just for Liberals

In the history of sexual dissent, the relationship between politics and sexual freedom defies simplistic categorization.
by Christopher M. Gleason via Made By History on November 13, 2023
Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

A Child's Primer for Liberty

Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" series is the best introduction for a child to virtues indispensable to liberty.
by John O. McGinnis via Law & Liberty on April 20, 2023
Cattle in Nevada, 1973 (and a UFO)

The 1970s Cow Mutilation Mystery

When ranchers began reporting incidents of mutilated cattle, the ensuring panic fed both conspiracy theories and a growing cynicism about the government.
by Livia Gershon, Michael J. Goleman via JSTOR Daily on March 17, 2023
Servers at a Facebook data center

Build a Better Internet

An interview with Ben Tarnoff, the author of "Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future."
by Nick Serpe, Ben Tarnoff via Dissent on June 27, 2022
"Impeach Earl Warren" billboard by the John Birch Society.

Rise of the Far-Right Ultras

A new book shows just how porous the dividing line has been between the far right and mainstream conservatism.
by Kim Phillips-Fein via The Nation on January 11, 2022
Guardrails and a left turn on a two-lane road.

The Insidious Idea About “Safety” That Keeps Putting Us in Danger

A concept that took hold in the ’70s has haunted everything from seat belts to masks—and experts won't let it die.
by Tim Requarth via Slate on November 8, 2021
Four stars with different designs

How America Fractured Into Four Parts

People in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is reconciliation possible?
by George Packer via The Atlantic on June 8, 2021
Frank Zappa.

How Weird Was Frank Zappa?

Alex Winter’s new documentary about the musician fails to capture his deeply conventional streak.
by John Semley via The New Republic on November 26, 2020

Daniel Webster, Yankee National Conservative

What 'the forgotten man of American conservatism' has to say about current debates on the right.
by Joseph S. Laughon via The American Conservative on May 12, 2020

The Late Murray Rothbard Takes on the Constitution

A lost volume of American history finds the light of day.
by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel via Reason on April 20, 2020
Superman comic illustration

Why Superheroes Are the Shape of Tech Things to Come

Superman et al were invented amid feverish eugenic speculation: what does the superhero craze say about our own times?
by Iwan Rhys Morus via Aeon on March 5, 2020
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A Founder of American Religious Nationalism

On Rousas Rushdoony's political thought and lasting influence on the Christian right.
by Katherine Stewart via HNN on March 3, 2020
Photograph of Michael Lind wearing a blazer and tie.

Michael Lind on Reviving Democracy

To fix things, we must acknowledge the nature of the problem.
by Michael Lind, Aaron Sibarium via The American Interest on January 29, 2020
Calvin Coolidge receiving statue of boy scout.

A Young Appreciation of the Old Right

Calvin Coolidge and others are bringing together student libertarians and trads, but that doesn't make for a coherent coalition.
by Daniel Bring via The American Conservative on April 17, 2019
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