[Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode “Gary Chartier: The Conscience of an Anarchist”] If the libertarian tradition is going to endure and grow (in both size and influence), it’s necessary for younger libertarians to do two things. First they need to familiarize themselves with that tradition. Second, and more fundamentally,
[Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode “C.M. Kornbluth (1923–1958)”] The late Samuel Edward Konkin III was a firm believer in the power of science fiction to spread the libertarian message. He himself had been converted to libertarianism partly by reading the works of Robert A. Heinlein , and Heinlein remained his favorite
[Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode “Suzanne La Follette (1893–1983)”] Suzanne La Follette came into this world 118 years ago on June 24, 1893, the fourth of seven children (four boys, three girls) born to a family that owned large wheat and fruit farms along the Snake River in southeastern Washington state. As she told an
[Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode “Libertarianism and Psychology”] What I have for you today is a few brief notes on a prominent (or perhaps I should say “notorious”) libertarian psychologist and a prominent libertarian psychiatrist — and an observation or two on what, fundamentally, is the connection between
[Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode “Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850)”] It was back in 1962, as I recall, when I was 15 years old and a junior in high school, that I first read something by a French writer on free trade whose name, my friends and I thought at first, would probably be pronounced “Frederick BAHS-tee-aht.” Since
[Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode “Libertarian Journalism in the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s”] As seasoned denizens of the libertarian blogosphere know well, libertarians and libertarianism turn up pretty frequently these days in the writings of mainstream journalists. Sometimes we get an entire article devoted to us; when we
[Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode “Libertarianism and Psychology II”] In a previous article, “Libertarian Psychology,” I made a few very brief remarks on the importance of psychology for libertarians and sketched the lives, careers, and ideas of two particular intellectuals: the libertarian psychiatrist Thomas Szasz and
[Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode “Eight Ways to Run the Country”] I only very recently became aware of the existence of a book called 8 Ways to Run the Country: A New and Revealing Look at Left and Right by Brian Patrick Mitchell. I think I keep up fairly well with what’s coming out that relates to the libertarian
[Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode “Conjecture and History”] All history is partly conjectural. If we think about the enterprise of history for a moment or two, we can easily see why this must be so. For when we walk outside our dwellings and take a look at the world around us, one inescapable fact is that much of the
[Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode “Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007)”] Robert Anton Wilson was born January 18, 1932 in Brooklyn. He grew up in the section of Brooklyn known as Flatbush and, later, after his father lost his job on the waterfront, in a much poorer section of Brooklyn known as Gerritsen Beach. “Rents were
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