Morning Jolt: Are the Libertarians Winning or Losing?

On the menu today: As libertarian-minded activists gather in Memphis, Tenn., for FreedomFest conference, it's a good time to ask if the country is becoming more free or less free. The glass is half full, with plenty of signs for optimism and plenty of signs for pessimism — in particular, the sense that today's Republican Party is much less interested in reducing the size of government and expanding freedom, and much more interested in using big government as a cudgel against its enemies in the culture war. Perhaps the biggest problem for libertarians is that our political debates are increasingly dominated by larger-than-life personalities, and not what government ought to do, and what areas of American life it should stay out of completely.

Is Libertarianism Merely Resting, or Is It Pining for the Fjords?

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — I'm here in Bluff City for FreedomFest, a libertarian-minded conference that describes itself as focusing upon "all the ways we experience liberty in our lives — political, financial, social, creative, ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 13 2023 WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 13 2023 Are the Libertarians Winning or Losing? On the menu today: As libertarian-minded activists gather in Memphis, Tenn., for FreedomFest conference, it's a good time to ask if the country is becoming more free or less free. The glass is half full, with plenty of signs for optimism and plenty of signs for pessimism — in particular, the sense that today's Republican Party is much less interested in reducing the size of government and expanding freedom, and much more interested in using big government as a cudgel against its enemies in the culture war. Perhaps the biggest problem for libertarians is that our political debates are increasingly dominated by larger-than-life personalities, and not what government ought to do, and what areas of American life it should stay out of completely. Is Libertarianism Merely Resting, or Is It Pining for the Fjords? MEMPHIS, Tenn. — I'm here in Bluff City for FreedomFest, a libertarian-minded conference that describes itself as focusing upon "all the ways we experience liberty in our lives — political, financial, social, creative, ...   READ MORE

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