LewRockwell.com

LewRockwell.com (LRC) is a widely read 501(c)(4) anarcho-capitalist and paleolibertarian web magazinecite news|url=http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A42026|title=William F. Buckley and the damage done: A Tale of Two Rights|author=Hunter, Jack|work=Charleston City Paper|date=2008-03-12|accessdate=2008-03-25] operated by Burton Blumert (publisher), Lew Rockwell (editor-in-chief), Eric Garris (webmaster), and others associated with the Center for Libertarian Studies (CLS); its motto is "anti-state, anti-war, pro-market".cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/02/25/moneytales.DTL|title=The gold standard: A precious metal that's not just an investment but a worldview too|author=Baedeker, Rob|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=2008-02-25|accessdate=2008-03-25] cite news|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/nr_comment/nr_comment030701b.shtml|title=Farewell, Lew Rockwell: The final word|author=Goldberg, Jonah|date=2001-03-07|accessdate=2008-04-03|work=National Review] Philosophically, its position is distinguished from both the neoconservatism of William F. Buckley and the libertarianism of the Cato Institute. Neoconservative journals and media like "National Review", "the Weekly Standard", and Fox News often do not reference organizations like LRC where it is said "the 'new' Old Right, paleoconservatism, is alive and well". Rockwell has commented that off-point association with paleoconservatism has been an unfortunate association of the term "paleolibertarian". [cite news|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/liberal-post-interview.html|title=Do You Consider Yourself a Libertarian?|author=Johnsson, Kenny|publisher=Liberal Post|date=2007-05-25|accessdate=2008-04-03]

Closely associated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, the site is known for advocating Austrian school economics and hard money policy, and opposition to war and imperialism. For instance, a Blumert article referred to criticisms of gold investors as "scurrilous" marginalization. Other editorial themes include links to outside science and history articles. It sometimes features essays that include arguments against United States participation in the Second World War, [cite news|author=Rogers, Mike|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/rogers/rogers178.html|title=Dying For the Emperor? No Way|publisher=LewRockwell.com|date=2005-10-12|accessdate=2008-04-03] speculation about an end of the United States as a cohesive nation-state,cite news|author=Gonella, Jason|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/gonella4.html|title=The Decline and Fall of the United States Empire|publisher=LewRockwell.com|date=2004-12-09|accessdate=2008-04-03] and accusations of fascism on the part of countries often considered free. [cite news|author=DiLorenzo, Thomas J|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo85.html|title=Economic Fascism|publisher=LewRockwell.com|date=2004-11-23|accessdate=2008-04-03] Its writers also sometimes express positions on topics such as the global warming controversy. Polemics have been directed against police abuse of civil liberties. [cite news|author=Setliff, Ryan|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/setliff3.html|title="Constitutional Chaos"|publisher=LewRockwell.com|date=2006-04-08|accessdate=2008-04-03] Occasional articles criticize Abraham Lincoln, [cite news|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/lincoln-arch.html|title=King Lincoln Archive|publisher=LewRockwell.com|accessdate=2008-04-03] usually in context of the libertarian doctrine of the right of secession.

In 2007, LRC published numerous articles endorsing Ron Paul's 2008 presidential campaign, [cite news|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/|title=The Ron Paul File|publisher=LewRockwell.com|accessdate=2008-04-03] and, as such, it registered as a 501(c)(4) entity as of June 30 2007, in order to legally separate it from the nonprofit Center for Libertarian Studies, [cite news|author=Blumert, Burton|title='Ron Paul Is a Big Problem'|publisher=LewRockwell.com|date=2007-08-06|accessdate=2008-04-03|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/blumert/blumert122.html] at which time it moved from Burlingame, California to Auburn, Alabama. As an independent entity, its articles are deliberately idiosyncratic and therefore disclaimed as not necessarily representing Rockwell.cite news|url=http://lewrockwell.com/about.html|title=The Principles of LRC|publisher=LewRockwell.com|accessdate=2008-04-03]

As of July 21, 2008, LRC provides a podcast called the Lew Rockwell Show on weekdays, often with interviews with economists affiliated with the Mises Institute.

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