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Twenty-five years ago this month, a Centre College student was feverishly
putting finishing touches on a senior paper entitled "Libertarianism: An
Examination With Emphasis on the Modern American Libertarians." This young
government major's magnum opus opined that organized libertarianism faced
poor political prospects, but played an important role in stimulating and
limiting major party policy proposals. Pretty profound, huh? According to
the Libertarian Party, America's third largest, "Libertarians believe that
you have the right to live your life as you wish, without the government
interfering -- as long as you don't violate the rights of others.
Politically, this means Libertarians favor rolling back the size and cost of
government, and eliminating laws that stifle the economy and control
people's personal choices." Not all libertarians are card-carrying party
members, of course, and last week was a big one for the broader movement,
especially in Kentucky. Monday, Charles Murray, one of America's most
brilliant social scientists and author of What it Means to be a Libertarian,
spoke at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center for Political
Leadership.