Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Articles

03/18/2025 Mises Wire Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Why should we care today about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963? That fateful day in Dallas is, after all, a long time ago: those of us, like me, who can remember...

The Great Murray Rothbard

03/14/2025 Mises Wire Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Murray Rothbard was the chief architect of modern anarcho-capitalism, an uncompromising vision of a stateless society rooted in private property and voluntary association. He built upon classical...

The Great Joe Sobran

03/04/2025 Mises Wire Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Joe Sobran was one of my greatest friends, and I often thought about him over this past week, because February 23 was the anniversary of his death. He was a man of courage and of the utmost integrity...

Publications

Open Borders are an Assault on Private Property

02/11/2025 Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Whether we’re talking about illegal immigration from Mexico and Central America, or birthright citizenship, or the migrants coming from the Middle East and Africa, the subject of immigration has been in the news and widely discussed for months now

Economics and Moral Courage

12/21/2022 Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Lew Rockwell gave this talk, sponsored by the Future of Freedom Foundation and the George Mason University Economics Club, at George Mason University on September 9, 2009.

Keep US Out of War

04/07/2022 Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Events in Ukraine are happening very fast, and if I tried to predict what will happen there, my prediction would soon be overtaken by events. But one thing is certain. We need to understand the background of the crisis, and we also need to remember

Media

The Menace of the State

11/05/2024 Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

The election is upon us. We wonder whether we have to have war, tariffs, and deficit spending, regardless of whom we support. What are we to do?

The Reality of Red-State Fascism

11/01/2024 Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

The sweep of history shows that there are two main dangers to liberty, one that comes from the left and the other that comes from the right.

Ludwig von Mises, Hero

10/29/2024 Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

“In 1988, Murray Rothbard wrote a great monograph called Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero. I'd like to concentrate today on the third of the qualities, Mises as a hero.”

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