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R.W. Bradford
(1947–2005)
founder

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editor

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managing editor

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senior editors

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Jim Walsh
assistant editors

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Sarah McCarthy
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William E. Merritt
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Ross Overbeek
Durk Pearson
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Scott J. Reid
Ralph R. Reiland
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Mark Skousen
Tim Slagle
Fred L. Smith Jr.
Martin M. Solomon
Clark Stooksbury
Thomas S. Szasz
Martin Morse Wooster
Leland B. Yeager
contributing editors

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Rex F. May
cartoonists

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On Newsstands Now: The December 2008 Issue

Activist Judges Under Fire: Is an activist judiciary bad news for limited government? Sometimes, yes . . . but an unrestrained legislature is worse, contend Robert A. Levy and William Mellor.
Trillion Dollar Failure: Good Money After Bad: Liberty's editors and contributors analyze the financial crisis: what happened, why it happened, and what's to come.
Schools Still at Risk: The public education bureaucracy continues to resist school vouchers — and choice, generally. Gary Jason takes a hard look at the state of affairs in education.
How "Reform" Cripples Our Economy: It wasn't a lack of government regulation, argues Jim Walsh, that caused the economic crisis.

Also: Bruce Ramsey analyzes Ron Paul's problems, Stephen Cox revisits the days when Hollywood was anti-communist, Gary Jason considers the prospects for libertarian thinktanks . . . plus other articles, reviews & humor.

About Liberty

Liberty was founded by R.W. Bradford in 1987 as a national journal of libertarian opinion, news, investigation, and intellectual exploration. For nearly two decades, Liberty has exemplified the richness and range of classical liberal writing. It has published the leading figures of libertarian economic, political, historical, and literary thought.

Liberty is not just current events. It opens its columns to whatever is exciting, charming, or engaging in every field, from poetry and fiction to politics and philosophy — and the cartoons of Scott Chambers and "Baloo."

Liberty is impatient with boundaries and unafraid of controversy. It takes no party line. In every issue you can expect to see reflections, reviews, and reporting that challenge the individual mind.