"Are All Libertarians Socially Liberal? No way."

TokenLibertarianGirl weighs in on what she calls the "Reason v.
Mises Debate":





Relevant links at the source. And
since Token brought up (and recommended!)
The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can
Fix What's Wrong with America, here's some interesting
policy discussion that references the book from National
Review's Reihan Salam. Excerpt:

The
traditional approach to making the basics of a middle class life
more widely available is to increase the resources devoted to
dysfunctional public sector institutions, to increase the number of
regulations, and perhaps to create new public sector institutions
in the hope that they will escape the sclerosis that plagues older
ones. This approach hasn?t turned out very well.
Note, however, the trajectory of various other consumption
goods: appliances, automobiles, and amenities; personal services in
domains that are not burdened by licensing restrictions; the cost
and quality of housing in regions that aren?t severely
capacity-constrained by zoning restrictions and other
regulations.
Somehow libertarians and conservatives need to connect these
threads, as Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch try to do in their
The Declaration of Independents: the assumptions need to
flip so that voters start wondering why the public education system
isn?t offering higher quality at lower cost, in marked contrast to,
say, fast-casual dining chains or the manufacturers of consumer
electronics or the purveyors of coffee.

Over at The Huffington Post, Jigar Singh, CEO of
The Carbon War Room, declares the book "fascinating."
The Libertarian Party of California deems
it "an awesome volume, sure to guide you to a more libertarian
future....an entertaining manifesto." Bill Conerly calls it
"a
really fun read," and takes our implicit recommendation to buy
(for free!) a copy of
Benjamin Franklin's autobiography. Over in Bangkok, Paul
Salvette
says "the book is quite enjoyable, regardless of where you sit
on the political spectrum," and cogitates a bit on how it applies
to "the self-publishing and indie author community." And for
balance, here's a
disappointed review from Alex Chiang:

Two editors from Reason magazine write a book subtitled "How
Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America", which I
don't understand, because they spend a lot of time talking about
case studies where non-traditional thinking was advantageous, but
in my opinion, failed to connect that to any sort of concrete
action about how to create a viable, politically electable
Libertarian candidate. Had high hopes; I give it a B-.

There's a big pile of reviews and reactions over at the
Declaration2011 site.

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