Liberty

Liberty

Liberty is a journal of culture and politics written from a classical liberal point of view.

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How Smart Are Those Machines, Really?

You can lead an AI to culture, but you can’t make it think.

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Get in Line for Your Second Amendment Rights

What liberalization means.

By Michael Christian

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An End Run Around Citizens United

No xenophobia in these parts!

By Bruce Ramsey

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The Best Electoral Vote

John Hospers and the roots of the libertarian movement.

By Michael F.S.W. Morrison

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chambers lab

Review

The Best Electoral Vote

Jesse Stuart, I believe it was, told the story of the hillbilly mama who approached him at the graduation ceremony of her son. To Stuart she said, “Wal, he ain’t what he oughta be, and he ain’t what he’s gonna be, but he shore ain’t what he

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How Smart Are Those Machines, Really?

Currently there is fear and trembling about the alleged possibility that machines can attain humans’ alleged intelligence. Not much of a feat, you may think. My own idea is that they are not and will not be able to do so. They can only pile

Terra Incognita

Greensburg, Pa.

Democracy in action, from the intrepid reporters at KDKA-2, CBS (Pittsburgh): In Westmoreland County earlier this month, 39 election races ended up tied. The county had to draw lots, using bingo balls to decide the winners. The bingo balls

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How Smart Are Those Machines, Really?

Stephen Cox June 26, 2023 June 28, 2023

You can lead an AI to culture, but you can’t make it think.

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Get in Line for Your Second Amendment Rights

Michael Christian June 17, 2023 June 19, 2023

What liberalization means.

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An End Run Around Citizens United

Bruce Ramsey June 9, 2023 June 11, 2023

No xenophobia in these parts!

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The Best Electoral Vote

Michael F.S.W. Morrison June 2, 2023 June 5, 2023

John Hospers and the roots of the libertarian movement.

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Comedy Is a Serious Subject

Douglas Young May 22, 2023 May 24, 2023

Kat Timpf rocks the house.

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Lab Leak

S.H. Chambers May 14, 2023 May 14, 2023

Questionably intelligent design.

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Yes! You Too Can Write Without Reading

Stephen Cox May 13, 2023 May 14, 2023

The heightening wall between knowledge and power.

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The Course of Devolution

Wayland Hunter May 7, 2023 May 14, 2023

Social Darwinism 101.

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Why They Join

Gary Jason May 2, 2023 May 8, 2023

The Winter War persists.

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Escape from Sing Sing

Jo Ann Skousen April 22, 2023 April 24, 2023

Not all who are sentenced are lost.

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Dead Cows and Bitter Sugar

Robert H. Miller April 10, 2023 April 11, 2023

Cuba now.

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Trumped

Bruce Ramsey April 2, 2023 April 3, 2023

What exactly was the crime?

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Bank Collapse! How, Why, and Why It Matters

Bruce Ramsey March 22, 2023 March 23, 2023

Free market economics is right again.

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How Good Is the Big Oscar Winner?

Jo Ann Skousen March 16, 2023 March 17, 2023

All about Everything, Everywhere.

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Homeschooling: A Tool Against Indoctrination

Elizabeth Weiss March 12, 2023 March 15, 2023

Stay at home, and find a wider world.