The FDP is liberal in the European sense, favoring free markets and the protection of civil liberties. Die Linke (the Left) is a democratic socialist party.

The party began distancing itself from classical liberalism on one issue after another. There was no truth, post-modernists proclaimed, only our personal truths.

Thus each party inspires its partisan members by fear of the threat the other party represents. But despite appearances, both parties, in fact, jointly work to expand both the state and the market.

But of course, the most representatives defenders of that classical liberal tradition were southerners such as Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens, who perceived the Republicans as the party of ...

What is Classical Liberal History? Edited by Michael J. Douma and Phillip W. Magness,Lexington Books, 2018, 268 pages. Ever since choosing history as a profession, I’ve been as fascinated with ...

In a recent private exchange, I was once again trying to articulate the philosophical difference between conservatives and (classical) liberals. This is very difficult when talking to a classical ...