posts from matt welch

The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong With America by Nick Gillespie & Matt Welch

by August 15th, 2011 - Politics » Culture » The Written Word »

I don’t wanna be a candidate for Vietnam or Watergate… Luckily, Reason writers Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch – they of the Free Minds, Free Markets persuasion – have co-written a new book which recognizes this preference, celebrating our modern world, one of competing luxuries and increasingly expressive and diverse individuals that have prevailed in […]

Declaration of Independents Stossel Preview – Kurt Loder and Kennedy’s Fox News Power Hour

by June 23rd, 2011 - Culture » Politics »

This evening, I had the pleasure of attending a Stossel recording centered around the new book Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong With America. Now, normally I would implore you to tune in just to catch occasional life-changing glimpses of my beautiful person seated in the audience, but there were really […]

Do You Take Your Prigs Smarmy? The Declaration of Independents Promotional Tour!

by June 21st, 2011 - Politics » Society » Culture » The Written Word »

Smarmy Prigs… You can tell I don’t work in marketing, right? And that designation, while fairly damn comical to me, doesn’t fairly reflect authors Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch and their newly released book, The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong With America. The prologue “Pursuing Happiness, Not Politics” puts forth […]

The Libertarian Conspiracy Cruise

by December 30th, 2010 - Politics » Culture » Travel »

reason, the print and digital warriors of free minds and free markets (collectively known as freedom), have put together a seven day cruise through the Caribbean for relatively like-minded vacationers. Unfortunately, it’s a bit out of my current price-range, particularly given that I’ve already spent a sum on a similarly, though quite singularly, themed trip […]

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