Political Theory

So long as we get liberty, the name doesn't matter, writes Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. But it does matter that the Bush campaign would take unto itself a term like "ownership" in an attempt to dupe people.

There was a natural law tradition from antiquity and the middle ages. Natural law is the oldest and most frequently used concept of political theory.  Natural law is the principles that are to be established if justice were to prevail. Or, it is the scientific laws of man and his environment.

Katy Delay writes of a group of Democrats who are working to revive the "third way" fashion from the 1990s.

Roderick Long leads The Mises Circle: An Informal Discussion of Anarchy at Mises University 2004.

Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Austrian Workshop series in Auburn, Alabama, on 29 July 2004.

Moore's film strikes a universal chord within the consciousness of all people: the fear of power and the love of freedom. Eric Mattei, however, asks whether Moore's motives are rooted in liberty or detraction.

For two years, we have been innudated with denunciations of "corporate greed" that has supposedly created scandal and led to prosecutions of CEOs, writes Gary Galles.

The skinny on Spiderman 2 is that this is a movie that even movie snobs can love, and there's certain truth in this view. Its characters are more introspective and thoughtful than other superhero fare, and its social-critical undercurrent isn't overtly political enough to become annoying, writes Jeffrey Tucker. 

Colleges offer their students a taste of reality by simulating the political atmosphere of society with the presence of student government associations (SGAs), writes Daniel D'Amico. It's a dreadful reality indeed.

A great many people have learned from Mises and Rothbard, but Lew Rockwell belongs to a much more select class: he has developed their thought in an original way.