Search Results: Authors starting with R from Bloomsbury Books

Port Townsend, WA: Invisible Hand Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 72 pages including front and rear covers. Highlights include: Tapestry of Corruption ("Whitewater, like Watergate, was no accident. Chester Alan Arthur explores the etiology of corruption, and explains what Huey Long, Bess Myerson, and the Clintons have in common"); A Bill of Particulars ("For your convenience, a Whitewater primer. Clip 'n' save"); Trafficking in Numbers ("Gwynne Nettler takes on the dubious statistics of the seat-belt statists"); Rainy Nights in Georgia ("The Russians can still throw their weight around - in Georgia, at least. Frank Fox tells the disturbing story"); The Threat of Aristocracy ("David Brin looks into the future and sees an old enemy, ready to subvert freedom"); Back to the Libertarian Party ("Is the Republican Party a realistic option for liberty-lovers, or is it a dead-end… Read More

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 10-3/4" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: A Freewheeling Debate ("Bookstores across the nation are featuring Brian Doherty's history of the libertarian movement. Bruce Ramsey and Lanny Ebenstein study the phenomenon; Doherty provides his own account"); Borking Up the Wrong Tree: Conservatives and Judicial Activism by Timothy Sandefur ("The judicial philosophies of Robert Bork and Stephen Breyer aren't that far apart"); The Founding of the [Libertarian] Party ("John Hospers, one of the select group of Americans who have ever received a vote in the Electoral College, tells how it's done"); A Generation of Slackers by Michael Christian ("Growing older and growing up don't go together anymore"). Subscriber name and mailing address printed to lower front cover; staples rusted; a few small, light yellow stains… Read More

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 72 pages including front and rear covers. Highlights include: The Coming War on the Automobile ("Randal O'Toole tells why you'd better be worried if you drive to work, to market, or anywhere else"); The New Inquisitors ("J. Philippe Rushton finds that science can still lead to banned books and criminal investigations"); My Libertarian Adventure ("Indian radical Russell Means recalls his 1987 run for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination"); The 2000 Census: What Counts Is Legitimacy ("Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw explain how the U.S. Census Bureau plans to 'cook the books' on the next census"); The Revolution That Failed ("Aviezer Tucker shows that power corrupts, even the libertarian reformers of post-communist Central Europe"); AnOther E.E. Cummings ("Richard Kostelanetz explains why E.E. Cummings is no… Read More

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 72 pages including front and rear covers. Highlights include: Special Section - The Unraveling of Bill Clinton (with articles Clinton's Web of Lies; The Defenders of the Undefendable; Reaping the Consequences; Sex and Status; Leave the Poor Guy Alone!); The Collapse of the New World Order ("The big story is not a squirming president, but a world economy whirling into disaster - and the world's governments along with it. J. Orlin Grabbe looks at the upside of the downturn"); On the Road with the Secret Government ("Jonathan Ellis does a stint with FEMA"); "A Naked, Arbitrary Exercise" ("Bruce Ramsey retells the glories of past battles for the U.S. Constitution and against the minimum wage"). Staples lightly age-rusted; small mailing label to front cover; a clean and bright copy. . Near Fine. Magazine. 1st Edition. 1998.

Port Townsend, WA: Invisible Hand Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 72 pages including front and rear covers. Highlights include: Trading Away Free Trade ("Fred L. Smith, Jr. examines the World Trade Organization, and espies a nascent globalized Interstate Commerce Commission"); Deep Ecology Meets the Market ("Gus diZerega unveils the next development in individualist thought: radical environmentalism"); Talking Sex, Not Gender ("Wendy McElroy explores the finer points of pornography"); One Strike, You're Out! ("R.W. Bradford celebrates the baseball strike"). Staples lightly age-rusted; a few very small light spots to front cover; else a clean and bright copy. . Near Fine. Magazine. 1st Edition. 1994.

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Articles include: The Real Kosovo Tragedy ("David Ramsey Steele wonders whom to cal when you suspect World War III has started and our side is the Nazis"); Serbs Up! ("Stephen Cox wonders how much courage it takes to massacre people thousands of miles away"); The Case for Intervention ("Luis Garcia Dopico makes the case for opposing the Serbs"); Sympathy for the [Rolling] Stones ("Sarah McCarthy wonders why feminists 'can't get no satisfaction'"); The Dictator as Hero? ("Adrian Day questions whether Augusto Pinochet should be regarded as dictator or savior - or both"); Morality, State and Anarchy ("Barry Loberfeld looks at anarchism and the non-aggression imperative"); It Really Didn't Begin With Roy Childs ("R.W. Bradford recalls the 'anarchist… Read More

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 10-3/4" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: Special Section - Immigration: Yes, No, and Maybe ("Three of Liberty's writers come in with three very different takes on what is perhaps the most contentious issue facing American libertarians today") with the following articles: The Land of Opportunity ("Once it was King George who 'endeavored to prevent the Population of these States.' Richard Fields wonders why so many free-marketeers are so eager to join him"); The Fallacy of Open Immigration ("Stephen Cox warns that if some libertarians get what they say they want, they aren't going to be happy with the results"); To Filter the People ("For those who wish to enter the U.S., Bruce Ramsey is willing to keep the door open - but only halfway"). Other features include: Roman Virtues ("Whether they were… Read More

Reno, NV: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 10-3/4" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: The Great Man Speaks ("How did President Obama's inaugural speech compare to the others? Ask Stephen Cox, the only man to read them"); Teaching to the Lowest Common Denominator ("If you care about children, Don Crawford maintains, it's time to talk sense to educators"); What's Left of the American Left ("Jacques Delacroix discovers that the blessings of laissez faire are most pronounced when you're surrounded by those who hate capitalism"); Peak and Trough ("Is the business cycle inevitable, Fred E. Foldvary asks, or is it only human nature?"); Get Your Hands Off My Urine! ("Wesley J. Harris, M.D. wonders, how much should government intervene in women's health?"). Subscriber name and mailing address printed to lower front cover; staples rusted. . Near Fine.… Read More

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 10-3/4" and containing 48 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: I Vote Against Liberty ("Just what can one freedom-loving individual accomplish as a member of a small-town planning board? Jane S. Shaw finds out firsthand"); The Roots of Liberty ("Dave Kopel discovers the bright roots of liberty, in the Dark Ages"); Pearl Harbor: Japan's Gift to FDR ("What did the president know about the Pearl Harbor attack, and when did he know it? Bettina Bien Greaves assesses the evidence"); The Anti-Semitism of My Youth ("Colleges, golf courses, government agencies: it wasn't that long ago that their gates were open only to a select many. Richard Kostelanetz grows up in mid-century America"). Small mailing label to front cover; staples lightly rusted; front cover lightly sunned. . Near Fine. Magazine. 1st Edition. 2006.

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 10-3/4" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: Special Section "Victory" in Iraq (with articles We Are the Borg; Behind the Smoke and Mirrors; Why We Conquer); The Rorschach Test of Limited Government ("Robert A. Levy has the results: left-liberals and conservatives ignore the 'inkblot' amendment [the 9th and 10th Amendments], and find only what they want to find in the Bill of Rights"); Michiganistan? ("The Wolverine State joins a handful of conservative Islamic states in its retribution against people having the wrong kind of sex [state sodomy laws]. Leon Drolet looks at the curious history and geography of repression"). Small mailing label to front cover; several small light smudges to front cover. . Near Fine. Magazine. 1st Edition. 2003.

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Publishing. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 80 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: Europe's Money Mess: We've Heard It All Before by Leland B. Yeager; Drafting School Kids by Loren E. Lomasky (to do community service: "A moronic idea, loved both Left and Right, will be tried out in Maryland"); The First Time: I Run for President by John Hospers; Why Argentina Stopped Crying for Evita [Peron] by Paul Terhorst ("The land of the gaucho is also the land of Peron, military tyranny, and absurdist economic policies. That is, until recently"); Raising Hell in Houston: Partying With the GOP and the "Buchanan Brigade" by Thomas D. Walls (on the 1992 Republican Convention); The Czechs Bounce Back by Gabriel Hocman; John Cage, Inventor by Richard Kostelanetz; Marxism's Post-History in Contemporary China by George Jochnowitz ("Taxi drivers are protected by Mao icons,… Read More

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 10-3/4" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: Iraq: the Wrong Place, the Wrong Time, the Wrong War by Gene Healy ("Invading and occupying Iraq will likely undermine American national security, perhaps catastrophically so"); Fraud in the Forest by Randal O'Toole ("If fraud is committed deep in the National Forest, and no taxpayer is there to discover it, does it make any difference?"); Liberty and the Taxonomy of Felis Catus ("Newborn kittens are not just cute, observes Nelson Hultberg. They can teach us a lot about liberty and servitude"); My Schizophrenia ("Some schizophrenics can free their own minds. Elizabeth A. Richter did"); The Drug Club ("Kirby Wright describes how coming of age in Hawaii leaves fond memories of innocence, discovery - and the drug culture." Small mailing label to front cover; a clean… Read More

Port Townsend, WA: Invisible Hand Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 72 pages including front and rear covers. Highlights include: That's Orenthal, Folks! ("Randy E. Barnett explains why the O.J. Simpson case matters. R.W. Bradford explains why it doesn't"); With [Louis] Farrakhan's Flock ("Matt Asher covers the cabalistic revolutionaries of the Million Man March"); Goodbye, DMV ("After all, why SHOULD the government handle drivers' licensing and vehicle registration? John Semmens makes the case for privatization"); The New Separatists ("The Quebec secessionists struck out once, but they still have men on base. Eric Duhaime tells how and why"); Faith and Freedom ("Jane Shaw asks whether liberty can survive without religion - and whether religion can survive"). Staples lightly age-rusted; small mailing label to front cover; a clean and bright copy. . Near Fine. Magazine. 1st… Read More

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 10-3/4" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: Special Section - The Intelligent Person's Guide to Presidential Politics with the following articles: Not Just for Libertarians ("The Libertarian Party candidate [Bob Barr], J. Bradley Jansen maintains, is more than just the protest candidate"); The Case for Obama ("Bruce Ramsey admits [Barack] Obama's platform may not be what libertarians want, but it's better than 'more of the same'"); The Case for [John] McCain ("Stephen Cox asks, 'Do you really want to vote for the greater evil?'"); None of the Above ("Nothing could be plainer, Doug Casey argues, than the reasons for boycotting the polls"). Other articles include: Welfare, Workfare, and Nation Building ("Why is it that the enormous U.S. Army is said to be 'spread too thin'? Peter… Read More

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 10-3/4" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: Ten Great Books of Liberty ("The 20th century was a bad era for liberty but a great era for libertarian thought. Liberty's editors and contributors celebrate ten intellectual achievements that helped to produce the modern libertarian movement"); Germany Invites the World ("Italy may have taken home the trophy, but the World Cup was about more than the results of a few games of soccer. Andrew Ferguson takes in the biggest spectacle on earth"); A Party in Search of Itself ("How can a small, ideological party hope to affect U.S. politics? Patrick Quealy and Mark Rand report from the national convention of the Libertarian Party"). Subscriber name and mailing address printed to lower front cover; staples lightly rusted. . Near Fine. Magazine. 1st Edition. 2006.

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 64 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: The Enron Mess ("The collapse of Enron has revealed a tangled web of fraud and corruption, and set off a new round of attacks on the free market. R.W. Bradford, Tom Isenberg, William Fielder, and Sheldon Richman investigate"); "Seize All West Coast Japs" ("Bruce Ramsey examines the infamous Japanese internment - from the vantage of 1942"); The Libertarian Return ("A streak of bad luck for British right-wingers has brought good luck for libertarian ideas there. Adam Hume reports"); Cutting Back the State in Canada ("The new government of British Columbia is delivering big tax cuts. But, Paul Geddes argues, it's not yet time to apply for immigration papers"); Szasz and Mises ("Did the 20th century's greatest economist misunderstand the human mind? Bettina Bien… Read More

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 10-3/4" and containing 48 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: From the Soviet Union to the European Union ("Bulgaria has broken free of one empire, but now it's in an awful rush to join another. Doug Casey shows Bulgarians a better way forward"); Why Do Houses Cost So Much? ("Randal O'Toole examines the staggering price tag on the little place with the picket fence, and finds a danger to the world economy"); Development by Democracy ("Between fruit trees for the homeless and tunnels for toads, Davis, California, has it all - except votes for affordable housing. Richard Fields digs at the roots of green-friendly housing"); The Opiate of Almost Everyone ("Strict separation of church and state has become impossible, argues Robert H. Nelson, because the state has become a church"); The Politics of Hatred ("The Left harps on the… Read More

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 10-3/4" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: Why the Surge Will Fail ("Jon Harrison scrutinizes the president's plan to see if it's anything more than sand and mirrors"); Waiting for Fidel ("When Castro took Cuba, the struggle for human dignity began. Robert H. Miller remembers"); To Your Tents, O Israel ("David Kopel finds biblical roots for the right to keep and bear arms"). Subscriber name and mailing address printed to lower front cover; staples lightly rusted. . Near Fine. Magazine. 1st Edition. 2007.

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 10-3/4" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: A License to Discriminate ("In two recent affirmative action cases, writes Robert A. Levy, a schizophrenic Supreme Court decided that institutions of higher education may discriminate - but only if they disguise it"); TIA Lives! ("'Total Information Awareness' has been rechristened 'Terrorism Information Awareness,' warns Chip Pitts, but it's still the same high-tech invasion of every American's privacy"); A Day in Court ("Ed Rosenthal could have got 60 years in prison for medical marijuana, yet the judge sentenced him to only one day. But if you think the system did him a favor, think again, writes Alan W. Bock"); The Market for Ecology ("Free-market environmentalism is finally being taken seriously, reports Terry Anderson, but much work must yet be done to… Read More

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 10-3/4" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: To Judge or Not to Judge ("Is an activist judiciary bad news for limited government? Sometimes, yes - but an unrestrained legislature is worse, contends Robert A. Levy and William Mellor"); From Reform to Crisis ("It wasn't a LACK of government regulation, argues Jim Walsh, that caused the economic crisis"); A Nation Still at Risk ("The use of school vouchers was one of Milton Friedman's great ideas. A generation later, it remains controversial. Why? Gary Jason takes a hard look at the state of affairs in public education"). Subscriber name and mailing address printed to lower front cover; staples lightly rusted. . Near Fine. Magazine. 1st Edition. 2008.