Bradley J. Birzer

Latest work

Russell Kirk’s “Libertarians, the Chirping Sectaries”

07/30/2021 Jeff Deist Bradley J. Birzer

Professor Bradley Birzer from Hillsdale College joins the show to dissect Russell Kirk's famous 1981 essay condemning libertarians.

Three Cheers for the Articles of Confederation

12/09/2016 Mises Wire Bradley J. Birzer

The Articles of Confederation have been denounced for so long that no one bothers to denounce them anymore. Almost every American and almost every single person around the world who studies American...

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