Liberty Fund Symposium on “The Legacy of David Boaz” Continues
The Liberty Fund symposium on “The Legacy of David Boaz” – prominent libertarian thinker and longtime Cato Institute leader—is continuing. We now have initial essays by all five participants—Andy Craig, Tarnell S. Brown, Aaron Powell, Jonathan Blanks, and myself. Each person will also have two response essays commenting on others’ contributions, and some have already been posted, including my own.
Here are the contributions posted so far:
Andy Craig, “David Boaz Understood Liberty and the Rule of Law are Inseparable“
Ilya Somin, “ David Boaz on Immigration“
Tarnell Brown, “Perspective Essay Invasive Illiberalism: David Boaz and the Russo-Ukrainian War”
Aaron Ross Powell, “David Boaz and Trans Rights“
Jonathan Blanks, “The Expansion of Liberty makes America Great“
Jonathan Blanks, “Embracing a Liberalism beyond Policy” (Response Essay)
Ilya Somin, “Liberal Universalism and the Menace of Nationalism” (Response Essay)
Here is an excerpt from my response essay:
I have few disagreements with the other contributors to the symposium in honor of David Boaz. But I want to take this opportunity to highlight some common themes that run through all our essays. Most notable is the imperative of extending liberty to as wide a ra
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