Author: Jonathan Trager

By Jonathan Trager • Mar 05,2006

A tribute to Harry Browne

On March 1, bestselling author and former Libertarian Party presidential candidate Harry Browne finally succumbed to a neurological disease. He was 72. I’m not claiming to have been a close...

By Jonathan Trager • Nov 01,2004

Playing ‘Pretend’ with Bush and Kerry

At a recent family gathering, an uncle asked me which major presidential candidate I’d support if I weren’t a Libertarian. When I told him that I don’t see a dramatic...

By Jonathan Trager • May 02,2004

The libertarian electoral dilemma

Circus showman P. T. Barnum once said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Amongst libertarians, millions of suckers are reborn every four years–just in time for the next presidential election....