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Conservative Magazines Not For Liberty
Matthew Yglesias — Via Tyler Cowen, Daniel Klein offers up a study that proves the obvious: Conservatives say they are for small government and individual liberty, but a content analysis of leading conservative magazines shows that most have preponderantly failed to take pro-liberty positions on sex, gambling, and drugs. Besides many anti-liberty commissions, the magazines may be criticized for anti-liberty omission—that is, failing to oppose anti-liberty policies. Magazines investigated include National Review, The Weekly Standard, ...

Conservative Magazines and Liberty
The American Scene — Tyler Cowen points us to this working paper investigating the presumption of liberty in conservative magazines. Here’s the abstract: Conservatives say they are for small government and individual liberty, but a content analysis of leading conservative magazines shows that most have preponderantly failed to take pro-liberty positions on sex, gambling, and drugs. Besides many anti-liberty commissions, the magazines may be criticized for anti-liberty omission—that is, failing to oppose anti-liberty policies. Magazines investigated include ...