I recognize that Will's not at the top of the chart's with many here, and often for good reason, but I thought his observation re the rising tide of libertarian thought is due in large part to the laundry list of failings and increasing soft tyranny of government we've endured for decades.
I'd actually give more credit than Will does to our innate yearning to be free and that this is a "root cause" to steal a phrase from the other side. This is expressed in the building libertarian movement.
Social libertarians are the enemy of conservatives
Is that related to "The Declaration of Independence"? by any chance ;o)
Will has always been a Big Government neocon prog.
Well, reading these posts made my IQ even lower. Too bad, because this was a very worthwhile article and worthy of a decent discussion.
Freeper ralf would be proud....rest in peace brother!
Libertarianism is the opposite of statism. Liberalism is the opposite of conservatism. The argument that libertarians are intrinsically liberal is nonsense.