Tag Archives: Liberalism

Health care as a right?

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on July 28, 2009

To understand the background of the recent debates on health care it is instructive to look at how this issue  is being approached in “progressive” states like Oregon. Last year a Constitutional Amendment was discussed  which would declare access to … Continue reading →

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Liberal and religious creationism

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on July 14, 2009

The blog OneSTVD [One Standard Devation] has produced a useful table that outlines the similarities between religious creationists and “blank slate” liberals: These educated, liberal elitists believe their shallow acceptance of evolution distinguishes them from the ignorant “Jesus freaks”. Yet, … Continue reading →

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Political classification and economic reductionism

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on June 2, 2009

At Taki’s Magazine E. Christian Kopf writes: As conservatives and right-wingers like Oswald Spengler, Julius Evola, Whittaker Chambers and many others have pointed out for over a century, free marketeers (19th century liberals or modern libertarians) differ from Marxists and … Continue reading →

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Neo-liberalism’s dead end street blues

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on February 25, 2009

The legal scholar Frank van Dun has written an insightful essay in Libertarian Papers about the unfortunate identification of liberalism with utilitarian-pragmatic policy making. His analysis is helpful for explaining why some liberal ideas became popular and others remained ignored.  … Continue reading →

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