September 23, 2026

The ‘Strange Death’ of Libertarianism Is Greatly Exaggerated

 The ‘Strange Death’ of Libertarianism Is Greatly Exaggerated

On some of the key policy questions of the second Trump administration, libertarians are clearly punching above their weight.

Is libertarianism effectively dead? Daniel McCarthy, a fellow at the Heritage Foundation and former editor of The American Conservative, certainly thinks so.
“Libertarians have disappeared, just as t…