The National Conservatives are not only wrong about genuine liberalism -- that is, libertarianism -- they also apparently haven't bothered to read up on what they think they're attacking. Take Yoram Hazony, author of Conservatism: A Rediscovery, who recently appeared...
https://youtu.be/-xusygFr6cE [W]ar is simply a euphemism for theft-funded mass murder, a blatant crime that we would never dismiss if non-government actors were to engage in it. What if justice required us not to have double standards? This book seeks to dispel the...
In online interviews and conversations I'm hearing intellectuals in the national conservative movement say that the liberal Enlightenment "project" has mostly failed because people need more in their lives than freedom. I've also heard this from a few people who have...
Yeah, I bet this must be it: "This monumental rise is thanks to the dramatic changes in Swedish life over the past three decades. Once one of the most economically equal countries in the world, Sweden has seen the privatization of hospitals, schools and care homes,...
The relevance of F. A. Hayek's essay "Why I Am Not a Conservative," the postscript to his important 1960 book, The Constitution of Liberty, is demonstrated at once by the opening quote from Lord Acton: At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its...
For this episode, I wanted to share the audio of the speech I gave to a group of local conservatives concerned about COVID19 tyranny and medical martial law. At the end of the episode, I share a few thoughts on libertarian strategy. Episode 189 of the Liberty Weekly...
60 Minutes Adult Themes Pete asked Dexter de la Paz from the Gaslight Hour podcast to come on the show and talk about the "Satanic Panic"of the 1980s. It seemed that every violent crime (and a lot that were just made up) was blamed on devil worship. Pete and Paz go...
93 Minutes Some Strong Language Keith Knight of the "Don't Tread on Anyone" podcast invited Pete on to go over a few common, Conservative arguments, and to destroy them because "facts don't care about your feelings." Don't Tread on Anyone Podcast The Ultimate Red Pill...
41 Minutes Rated PG-13 Pete invited Jen the Libertarian to return to the show. Jen recently did a podcast entitled, "Against the Dead Consensus," in which she tore apart a manifesto put out by "conservatives" in which the language and ideas espoused, sound an awful...
As part of a yearly summer tradition, the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute co-host a debate in which interns at both think tanks debate whether conservatism or libertarianism is a better ideology. Following this year’s debate, the Cato Institute conducted a...
I am mystified by the claim that the long-standing libertarian critique of democracy furnishes aid and comfort to conservatives who display a taste for populist authoritarianism. Let me say at the outset that the libertarian critique has nothing to offer those who...
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