Sunday, November 7, 2010

Left-Libertarianism and a Broader Political Spectrum | Lefty Parent

Left-Libertarianism and a Broader Political Spectrum | Lefty Parent

Left-Libertarianism and a Broader Political Spectrum

November 7th, 2010 at 16:10

George Will’s piece, “A Recoil Against Liberalism”, from the November 4 Washington Post seems to me mostly an attempt to add insult to injury to progressives, now that conservatives are in political ascendancy (at least for the moment) based on our recent election. But when Will gets beyond his own “your mother wears army boots” rant and quotes maybe a more thoughtful conservative, now we’re talking some real ideas worth wrestling with. Will quotes George Mason University economist Don Boudreaux who is reacting to Obama’s quote that progressives failed to successfully communicate their