Category Archives: Libertarian

A Jewish Libertarian Perspective

Chaim Amalek writes me: “Pesach is soon to be upon us, and all I see here are white nationalism posts. Nothing on how it feels for you, a Jew, to prepare for Passover. Nothing about Torah. Nothing. It makes Torah … Continue reading

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What’s Wrong With Kids Picking Berries?

I used to pick berries when I was a kid. I remember picking blackberries at Pacific Union College from age 11 on. Kids are good at picking berries. They’ve got the little fingers adept at reaching into vines and brambles … Continue reading

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The Dark Side Of Ayn Rand

I read Ayn Rand’s books as a teenager and they had a big effect on me. They fit in naturally with my narcissistic and selfish dreams of greatness. I wanted to life for myself and no one else. I wanted … Continue reading

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Is Suffering Good?

I’m reading the superb book Ayn Rand and the World She Made by Anne Conover Heller. Ayn Rand never liked to acknowledge that she was Jewish. Ayn considered herself an atheist and no part of the Jewish people. In 1940, … Continue reading

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Freedom Fetishists

Kay Hymowitz writes for Commentary Magazine: Murray Rothbard, for example, became a fan of Che Guevara and the Black Panther leader H. Rap Brown. Karl Hess, a libertarian/anarchist said to have written Barry Goldwater’s famous lines about “extremism in the … Continue reading

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