Conjectural History

Robert Bidinotto's Hunter

Ayn Rand objectivists are more neocon than libertarian. Podcast episode for 11 August 2011.

Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007)

Wilson's best known work was Illuminatus - an arcane conspiracy-based cult classic that won libertarian futurist awards. Wilson referred to his own beliefs as generalized agnosticism about everything. The biggest success of his freelance career was this three-volume satirical novel.

Conjectural History

Historians must use Rand's sense of life to make their best guess of how things happened when the past facts are lost. All history is partly conjectural, because our knowledge is always limited.

Eight Ways to Run the Country

Riggenbach's review of Mitchell's book is mixed because he does not find a fit with the political perspectives described as individualist or paleolibertarian.

Libertarianism and Psychology II

Nathaniel Brandon and Sharon Presley saw the importance of psychology and the self-esteem movement for libertarians. People who lack self-confidence aren't likely to support efforts to achieve a free society, or even to understand why a free society is a desirable goal.