I used to get Liberty Magazine. I moved about 5 months ago, and it didn't seem to follow me. Hmmm...
Did you notify the magazine of your move and your new address when you moved?
Meanwhile, I can answer your questions re
Liberty and the Harry Browne contretemps in the Libertarian Party. In the magazine's July 2000 issue (an issue I did not possess until well enough after the 2000 elections; I found my copy on a library table for sale for a dollar and bought it thus), there was a series of three stories that covered the issue under the rubric, "Crisis in the Libertarian Party," and included: "Project Archimedes" (R.W. Bradford), "The 1996 Browne Campaign" (R.W. Bradford), and "Browne and the L.P.: Conflict of Interest?" (Peter Gillen). I lost some track of the magazine for awhile but began a subscription last fall; the November 2001 issue includes "Showdown In Las Vegas," a story about the LP convention in that city and an apparent refusal to address formally and even punitively (where necessary) the issues raised by the Browne contretemps. And, in the March 2002 issue, Harry Browne himself responded at long last to
Liberty's writings on these matters, with a demurral from R.W. Bradford.
Also, Jacob Hornberger - whose original allegations actually sparked the
Liberty probe in the first place - has maintained a fat passel of writings on the matter at his own Website,
Jacob G. Hornberger. Best to read them yourself and draw your own conclusions, of course. Good luck.
Also, Jacob Hornberger - whose original allegations actually sparked the Liberty probe in the first place - has maintained a fat passel of writings on the matter at his own Website, Jacob G. Hornberger. Best to read them yourself and draw your own conclusions, of course. Good luck.I don't think I need to read much more. I read both some of Ray Bradford's articles in 2000 and Harry Browne's response, after the 2000 campaign. (I'm on his his LibertyWire email service.)
When I read some of Ray Bradford's articles, I admired Ray Bradford for digging out important issues WITHIN THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY. When I read Harry Browne's response, I was surprised that he claimed that Bradford misrepresented some key points.
But once again, this is internal to the Libertarian Party. It simply shows that people high up in the Libertarian Party...as people high up in ANY party...want power, and cut corners to get it.
A FAR more important issue, to me, is what the Presidential candidates from the various parties would have done, if elected. There is simply NO doubt in my mind that Harry Browne would have fought bitterly for a SMALL federal government. He SAID he would veto every bill that came across his desk that wasn't within the bounds of the Constitution--which is basically EVERY bill that would come to him--and I believe him.
I want a SMALL federal government. Harry Browne was WITHOUT QUESTION the candidate who would have fought hardest for a small federal government. That's why, in my opinion, he was without question the best candidate in 2000.