Two of my heroes are Ludwig von Mises and Ayn Rand, but for several reasons I could never consider myself a full-blown libertarian.  First off is the fact that you can and should legislate morality, and in fact every libertarian without exception does.  His government is an extension of his moral ideas.  He won't prosecute you for stealing a wife, but he'll put you in jail for stealing a loaf, and beyond this he'll do the same thing for murder, and fraud, and kidnapping, and assault — all sins featured in the Book of Deuteronomy, and all 100% within the realm of morality. Libertarians like fewer laws, and the ones they do like they take too seriously.  In fact, libertarianism is an enforcement of the one commandment nobody else tries to enforce, which is the second-most impossible one after the First.  What I mean here is the Tenth: Thou Shalt Not Covet.  You want your neighbor's property?  Don't be...(Read Full Article)