One of the more important thinkers in the realm of market liberalism was Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek. He made some important remarks about the working of markets that should be more widely discussed. He said, “What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would…

One of the problems with malignant Narcissism isn’t that the individual in question is stupid, but their fragile self-esteem rests on their dominance of others and this often translates into self-destructive, ill-considered actions. Consider how Elon Musk’s endorsement of an anti-Semitic comment on the faltering Twitter site — now…

Wium Basson was a modern gladiator, a sports hero to his fellow South Africans. At the age of 21 he toured France and England with South Africa’s rugby team, the Springboks. A neck injury ended his career and then the doctors told him he had liver cancer. …

Each day we publish a new quote on our Twitter feed—at least for the time being—and are collecting all these in our encyclopedia of quotes that deal with the great liberal tradition. Here are some of the recent quotes worth pondering. While not every source may be liberal or libertarian the sentiments expressed are. •••••• “Virtually all ideologues, of any variety, are fearful and insecure, which is why they are drawn to ideologies that promise prefabricated answers for all circumstances.” Jane Jacobs • 1916–2006

The Psuedo-History of Mike Johnson Mike Johnson, the extreme theocrat made Speaker of the House by Republicans loves a lie that the religious right promotes. He reversed historical facts to claim, “Some credit to the fall of Rome to not only the deprivation of the society and the loss of…

Classical Liberals and Conservatives — F.A. Hayek wrote conservatives are a political force with no philosophy. Was he correct? Is there any real philosophical system behind conservatism? I looked at one of the bibles of the modern conservative movement, The Conservative Mind, by Russell Kirk. It was first published in 1953 but the high priests…

I have long hoped an accurate stage version of the White Rose story would be produced. But the one that is trumpeting itself is not it. The White Rose was a small group of students in Nazi Germany who wrote and distributed leaflets attacking the Nazi regime. But right from…

One of the great classical liberals of modern history was Ludwig Mises (1881–1973) but in recent years conservative bigots have latched onto his name to justify their alliance with fascists, neo-Nazis and Klanners. They invent an endless series of goblins threatening America — woke agenda, trans groomers, political correctness —…

A Thought-Experiment for Social Conservatives — There has been a regular stream of televisions shows about time travel such as Quantum Leap or Timeless or alternative universes such as Sliders. Often these shows had the traveller end up in time or alternative reality where he or she had no choice. They were just thrust into this…