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Extremely important in classical liberal philosophy are the distinctions between negative and positive rights, and between rights and social goods. A negative right to X …

I don’t understand the commotion over oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico when a drilling operation went sour. Oil has always oozed out of …

I have very few vivid memories of early childhood. The ones I have come back to me in flash- es, like a movie clip. One …

On April 28, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Doe v. Reed. Friends of the court on one side included …

The big political news of May 6 was the British people’s vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Labour Party. The …

A core principle of the nanny state is that people do not know their best interests and must be treated like children, with the state …

With the passage of Obamacare, organized labor now feels invincible. Like a randy roué jacked up on Viagra, Big Labor has been trying to screw …

“Honey, I was pulled over by a zookeeper this morning,” Mary sobbed. Her husband Simon carefully put down his bottle of soy soda and gave …

Arrangements are underway to rescue the Greek government from its crushing debt. Allowing a member of the European Union and euro area to fail, so …

Every summer, Liberty assembles a group of editors and contributors to recommend books that other readers might want to take to the beach, the mountains, …