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...These two sects are thought to be the major types of libertarianism, but the range and gradations within the system of thought are extensive. Assistant Professor of Government Eric A. Beerbohm says that “the term ‘libertarianism’ is increasingly an omnibus term. It’s grown increasingly beyond the [High-Churchman of Ayn Rand] and economics...
...Harris, who agreed with the libertarian philosophy before he “even knew the name,” learned at a very early age how and when he could win his political battles. Which is probably a good thing, as even the Libertarian Forum’s two major officers (Harris and Sheffield) disagree on significant aspects of libertarianism...
...Boaz of the Cato Institute thinks that the media has a large part to play in this confusion with their emphasis on only the two major parties. Boaz says that “political scientists in the media have tended to ignore people who have fairly coherent views that don’t fall into liberal and conservative.” Which results, in Boaz’s opinion, in a general misplacement of political tendencies...
...Harris sees the lack of self-identification and organization as a problem as well. “A major minority are libertarian leaning people,” he says, “but they are a sizable group that is not nearly organized or self identified enough to vote as a block. People have no idea that they are libertarian...
...decade that followed, it was known only as the Strike. This six-day student boycott of classes in April of 1969—a reaction to the administration’s brutal put-down of a University Hall sit-in—soon solidified its goals into three major points. One was the creation of an Afro-American Studies Department, an objective that was affirmed by a majority of 6,000 voters at a mass meeting in Harvard Stadium. By the end of the month, the University had agreed to set up an independent department for the study of African...