Comments on: Monday Morning Poll

By: Yahoo Answerer

Yahoo Answerer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:58:58 +0000

Thanks for the poll! Some of those I have never heard of before!

By: Marcia

Marcia — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:28:48 +0000

Mine is very new, but I am a libertarian and I think it’s pretty good.

http://libertarianforfreedomblog.blogspot.com/

By: Brian Holtz

Brian Holtz — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:38:58 +0000

My answer would have been Marginal Revolution, but these days Overcoming Bias is better at what had made MR the world’s best blog, so my vote for best “libertarian” blog is now EconLog. For a list of the top 30 libertarian blogs (in Alexa reach and Technorati ranking) as of August 2006, see http://knowinghumans.net/2006/08/top-30-libertarian-blogs.html

By: RWW

RWW — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:42:31 +0000

I quite enjoy Billy Beck’s writings.

By: Thomas L. Knapp

Thomas L. Knapp — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:31:00 +0000

Gotta go with Unqualified Offerings.

I’m not immodest enough to suggest that mine should make any “Top X” list, but hell, I’ll grab for some link love when invited to:

Kn@ppster

By: Micha Ghertner

Micha Ghertner — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:54:05 +0000

Greg Newburn is correct: The defunct and unavailable Liberteaser remains the best libertarian blog ever. What other blog can claim to have comments from the fake David Boaz, scaring the bejezus out of Ghertner to get back to work and stop blogging?

By: cerebus

cerebus — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:51:23 +0000

I voted Julian Sanchez, as the sharpest individual blogger listed. Group blogs like Volokh are too variable (Ilya Somin is excellent, David Bernstein not so much).

Shout-outs to Jacob Levy, Micha Ghertner, Will Wilkinson, Brian Micklethwait. And honorable mention for Alex Harrowell, despite being a raving socialist.

By: zero

zero — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:01:59 +0000

I heard that Ron Paul supporters have been spamming this poll.

By: mmX

mmX — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:40:19 +0000

Since the Paul blowup, I’ve been reading Tom G Palmer’s blog, in particular the Fever Swamp section, which has lots of stuff about Rockwell & Co.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:07:31 +0000

While I love mises and the austrianeconomists site I think they’d be better saved for a list of favorite austrian econ blogs. While Austrian Economics rightly leads to classical liberalism, it isn’t necessarily libertarian itself. It’s not a political position it’s an understanding of economic realities. (Though to be fair, Mises itself tends to cross back and forth over those lines, making practical application of the principles into the political realm.)

I do concur with Vox Popoli - though he can sometimes be a bit inflammatory for my taste. I know what this is going to sound like, but honestly I would’ve named this site as my favorite libertarian blog before the Ron Paul meltdown the last couple of days.

I love the work you do on Prohibition. Both alcohol and the war on (some) drugs. I appreciate your being willing to slay sacred cows, and that you have historically made considerable effort to be accurate in your reporting. I appreciate your efforts with the innocence project, and with similar work to free people unjustly accused.

I appreciate your candor and analysis of all kinds of issues - even when I disagree. In the past, when looking for a site to get people thinking in a better way this has been the site I’ve sent them too. It’s not overly inflammatory and doesn’t often make the mistake of assuming its audience is already on the same page. This makes it ideal. I was dead serious when I commented on my disappointment. That wasn’t rhetoric meant to shame you, or otherwise evoke some reaction from you - it’s truly my response to what I read because it fell so far below what I expect from you and this site.

Unfortunately, I don’t have any additional blogs to recommend, because this, and LRC, Reason, and a couple others from the poll are the only blogs really dedicated primarily to libertarianism/classical liberalism. The rest of the blogs I read are generally dedicated to more specific areas but are written by libertarians/classical liberals.

By: Tom G

Tom G — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:39:51 +0000

I used to love reading Hammer of Truth. They had a very extensive list of links to other sites, and it’s gone for good now. I wish the site had been able to just post that set of links while it was on “hiatus”…

By: Klintron

Klintron — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:20:52 +0000

Wendy McElroy:

http://www.wendymcelroy.com/news.php

By: GreginOz

GreginOz — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:50:59 +0000

Oooh goody, new links to plunder! Agree LRC should be included, also Mises Institute. Love http://www.lastfreevoice.com , good contributers and an irreverent attitude. Also Reason Magazine of course:-) Pity about Hammer of Truth…

By: MichaelB

MichaelB — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:24:27 +0000

Volokh is definitely the one I enjoy the most, but Strike The Root wins the “purity” contest.

By: Persona non grata

Persona non grata — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:09:21 +0000

Strike The Root “There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striing at the root.” ~Henry David Thoreau

By: John Harrold

John Harrold — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:23:38 +0000

I’d throw in right thinking from the left coast (http://right-thinking.com) and a stitch in haste (http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/)

I consider instapundit to be a LINO (libertarian in name only), but that is only my opinion.

By: Ed Brayton

Ed Brayton — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:23:31 +0000

I’ll actually agree with Sjenks that my personal blog, Dispatches from the Culture Wars, should be replaced by Positive Liberty. Jason Kuznicki and Jon Rowe are brilliant writers and thinkers, and certainly are more consistent libertarians than I am. But thanks for thinking of me anyway.

By: bw

bw — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:06:52 +0000

voxday.blogspot.com

By: Greg Newburn

Greg Newburn — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:01:07 +0000

Even defunct and unavailable, the best libertarian blog ever was (and is) Liberteaser. With its omission, this poll is worthless.

By: Tom G

Tom G — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:45:49 +0000

I can’t narrow it down, but I’m glad to see this because apparently I missed a few sites.

I second the question of why Sullivan and Reynolds (Instapundit) were included. I enjoy Sullivan but I (speaking personally) would never consider either of them to be a libertarian blog.

Oh, also - The Liberty Papers ought to be included.
http://www.thelibertypapers.org/