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An older essay in which I make that case that big government conservatism is futile is now online.

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S.L. Toddard| 10.28.09 @ 12:41PM

I hope I don't sound as though I'm descending into fawning obsequiousness when I say that you are truly an asset to the Right, Mr. Antle. The linked piece is marvelous, as is the piece on the great Murray Rothbard you've published at that same outlet.

I hope my credit doesn't do you a disservice here, considering my popularity (or lack thereof) with the the GOPers. To those (more) mainstream conservatives here, I would say this: Read these pieces (the Rothbard one is posted below) - we will agree on much, I wager, and perhaps once this common ground is realized we may some day constitute a Right where "friendly disagreement on positive principles mean(s) genuine and healthy diversity and freedom of discussion within right-wing circles."

Here is the Rothbard piece by Mr. Antle which I read earlier today. What a giant that man was:

http://www.yaliberty.org/yar/anarchist-s-playbook

wjc| 10.28.09 @ 1:53PM

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