George H. Smith

Smith examines Lincoln’s views on slavery and some of his many disagreements with abolitionists.

Smith explores Hayek’s views on intellectuals, whom Hayek called “professional secondhand dealers in ideas.”

Smith discusses Acton’s thesis that the conflict between church and state in medieval Europe was vital to the progress of freedom.

George H. Smith discusses some common criticisms of Lord Acton and other classical liberal historians.

George H. Smith discusses some of Lord Acton’s ideas about freedom and their relevance to the modern libertarian movement.

Smith discusses his ideas about “strategic Taoism.”

George H. Smith concludes the series with a look at Roy Childs’s evolving views on anarchism.

Smith begins his series on Roy A. Childs, Jr., with the impact Childs’s anarchism had on his own thinking.

Jefferson drew on a rich intellectual tradition when he drafted the Declaration of Independence. But did he also draw directly from contemporary works?