It is highly likely that Hume and Smith were acquainted with speciation. Here we suggest that Hume and Smith were ...

During the year of the 250th anniversary of American independence, Paul Meany reflects on how the American Declaration ...

The 17th- century Englishman John Cooke was one of the tyranny’s greatest enemies, being the first- ever person to prosecute a head of state for crimes against humanity.

Madison attempts to allay concerns about the expansion of federal powers under the Constitution. One of the more well-known founding fathers, James Madison was the primary author of the U.S.

Prosperity and property rights are inextricably linked. The importance of having well-defined and strongly protected property rights is now widely recognized among economists and policymakers. A ...

Crypto- anarchism is a philosophy whose advocates think technology can assist them in creating communities based on consent rather than coercion. Crypto- anarchists wish to be free from state ...

The origin of the idea that liberty could be preserved through the separation of powers endures through the arguments of Polybius. Paul Meany is the editor for intellectual history at Lib er tar i an ...

Anoba’s second of three pieces covers Egypt’s powerful southern neighbor(s): Nubia and Kush. Ibrahim Anoba is the Editor of African Lib er ty .org. He is an expert in the African political economy ...

Jeremy Bentham is known today chiefly as the father of utilitarianism. During his lifetime, Bentham was famous as the proponent of a scientific approach to social reform. Born in London, the son of an ...

David S. D’Amato is an attorney, a regular opinion contributor at The Hill, and an expert policy advisor to the Future of Freedom Foundation and the Heartland Institute. His writing has appeared in ...

Although relatively few libertarians are pacifists, libertarians tend to be substantially less bellicose than the average citizen. Modern libertarianism has deep roots in classical liberalism, an ...