Concerning the ridiculous piece this morning in the Wall Street Journal, purporting to define and discuss libertarianism within the ranks of Republicans, is supposed to be a humor piece, but Steven Horwitz at Liberty and Power is right: “I can’t tell you how much I hate the “libertarians are Republicans who want to smoke pot/have an abortion/watch porn” line of thought.”
He also grants, with regret, that the caricature too often applies: “When libertarians who feel comfortable with the GOP are going to wake up and smell the imperialism, Keynesianism, and theology remains a good question.”
By the way, this good article by Daniel McCarthy defending libertarianism has received too little attention.
