# …Of Cabbages and Kings (December 1971)

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/of-cabbages-and-kings-december-1971>

**By** Gary Greenberg

**Published:** December 1, 1971

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“Libertarian clubs and groups have been continually springing up in the New York area.”

The Sunday edition of the _Daily News_ (October 17) had an article on Murray Rothbard’s views of Nixon’s NEP....Jeffrey St. John, a regular commentator on the CBS Spectrum Series used that forum to celebrate the 90th birthday (Sept. 29) of Ludwig von Mises and also to praise the libertarian orientated National Taxpayer’s Union....Ralph Fucetola and Walter Block have been doing a series of pilot tapes or WBAI. So far they have aired interviews with Murray Rothbard and Jerome Tuccille...Gary Greenberg appeared with John Zeigler on WRVR’s Bostia Hammerstein Show to discuss the libertarian philosophy. Zeigler heads an advertising agency that handles cause advertising related to individual rights....Also on the air locally was Harry Brown, author of _How To Profit From The Coming Devaluation_, guesting on NBC radio’s Long John Nebel show, one of the most widely heard nighttime shows (Oct 20.).....Gene Guccione will be following up his pollution article for the _Times_ Op Ed page with an appearance on TV’s Kup show syndicated here in NYC sometime in Nov, or Dec....Edith Effron’s new book, _The News Twisters_, has stirred up a storm of controversy. Not only has she been making several media interviews, CBS is launching two separate studies to investigate her charges. It has been a hot book in media circles...Jerry Tuccille’s new book, _It Usually Starts With Ayn Rand_, has received favorable reviews in prepublication stages from prominent review Journals...Incidently, Jerry, along with Murray Rothbard has edited _The Right Wing Individualist In America_, a thirty eight book series reprinting libertarian classics of the past and present. The publisher is Arno Press, a subsidiary of _The New York Times_.... David Friedman will soon have a book out by a major publisher.... Libertarian clubs and groups have been continually springing up in the New York area. New clubs include the Radical Free Market Club at Baruch College, the Borough of Manhattan Community College Libertarian Coalition, the Rutgers Libertarian Organization and the American Freedom Alliance, a high school oriented group with members at various NYC high schools and loosely affiliated with the libertarian oriented New Right Coalition split-off from YAF.