If you do, you’re a conservative. If you don’t, you’re a liberal or libertarian. Everyone in the middle, including the socialist left and the protectionist paleo right, is just confused.

#share#As for libertarianism, if you see it as the direct descendant of classical liberalism, then libertarians also have a more venerable lineage than conservatives. But there’s the rub.

But that last part is actually is not good news for libertarians. Why? Because both sides are using libertarian ideas as a cudgel, not an olive branch. Libertarianism has been at the forefront of ...

There are the right-libertarian or “classical liberal” students, and there are the traditionalist conservative students. Joined in opposition to the leftist academia, these factions cooperate ...

Today's guest is Reason Senior Editor Brian Doherty, who has just published Modern Libertarianism: A Brief History of ...