Exploring and celebrating the history, theory, and practice of free, prosperous, and tolerant societies.

Joel Feinberg’s work on desert plays a pivotal role in modern libertarian moral philosophy.

A small collection of works about F. A. Hayek to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his winning the Nobel Prize.

Friedrich Hayek stressed the limits of our knowledge and the need for humility to understand the economy.

A book review of Yuval Levin’s American Covenant.

The decision in Jarkesey v. SEC offers an opportunity to reflect on the importance of checks and balances and the separation of powers.

Haynes argues that there is no principled reason to deny people their natural rights on the basis of race, and that as such, slavery must be abolished.

Paine urged the colonists not to replicate the aspects of the English constitution that caused it to degenerate.

Remembrances of how David Boaz helped foster the libertarian student movement.

A selection of pieces by or about the abolitionists to celebrate the holiday.

In this editorial from the first issue of The Liberator, Garrison pledges himself to radical abolitionism.

Some highlights from the career of a modern champion of liberty.

A painting commissioned by Thomas Jefferson ties together the foundations of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment liberalism.

Washington’s letter is an important expression of the early American republic’s commitment to freedom of religion.

Jefferson explains that the Declaration of Independence sought to capture a particular strain of political thought that was important and prevalent in the time leading up to the American Revolution.