Sandefur on Conservatism and Libertarianism

Like Jon Rowe, Timothy Sandefur has been on quite a roll lately with great writing. Today he has a three-part post on the differences between libertarian thinking (or "classical liberalism") and conservative thinking: part one, part two and part three. Go thither (thanks, Wesley) and read.

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