Revolution
Liberty

HOME

ABOUT

COMMENTS?

Magazine Articles on the Libertarian Party

Below is a list, collected from various reference guides, and organized by publication date, of magazine articles and Facts on File entries about the Libertarian Party or related topics. It covers from 1972 to 1986.

  • Facts on File, Nov 18 1972, 1045 E1. LP presidential vote totals: Colorado 1,111; Washington 1,537; Massachusetts 43 (total US 2,691).

  • Woodward, Kenneth. "Every Man for Himself." Newsweek, Nov 11 1974, 84:91. Overview of LP and LP NY gubernatorial candidate Jerome Tuccille.

  • Woodward, Kenneth. "You're Entitled." Newsweek, Mar 31 1975, 85:81. Review of Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia.

  • Facts on File, Aug 30-31 1975 (687 G2). LP national convention nominates Roger MacBride for President.

  • Ward, Andrew. "The Libertarian Party." The Atlantic, Nov 1976, 238:24-30. 1976 LP presidential candidate Roger MacBride.

  • Facts on File, Dec 18 1976, 979 B2. LP presidential vote total 172,750 (0.2% of total). Voter turnout 54.4%. FEC certified $24,264,593.88 for matching funds for fifteen Republican and Democratic candidates.

  • MacBride, Roger. "Why I am a Civil Libertarian." Saturday Evening Post, Oct 1977, 249:34-5.

  • Polsgrove, Carol. "In Pursuit of 'Liberty'." Progressive, Jan 1978, 42:38-40. Overview of LP.

  • Facts on File, Nov 7 1978, 856 D2. California gubernatorial election results: Jerry Brown 56%, Evelle Younger 36%, Ed Clair [sic, actually Libertarian Ed Clark] 5%.

  • No byline. "Libertarians and Conservatives." National Review, Jun 8 1979, :725. Case against libertarian utopia, notes Cato Institute's Inquiry magazine has 29,000 circulation.

  • No byline. "Cato Institute and the Invisible Finger." National Review, Jun 8 1979, :742. Faults libertarians for not being conservatives.

  • Nelson, Michael. "The New Libertarians: Stripping Government of Its Powers." Saturday Review, Mar 1 1980, 7:21-4. Overview of LP.

  • Facts on File, Aug 20 1980, 682 B1. Libertarian Ed Clark urges independent John Anderson to withdraw from presidential race.

  • van Hoffman, Nicholas. "A Vote for Ed Clark." New Republic, Aug 30 1980, 183:1114. Overview of LP and 1980 LP presidential campaign.

  • Judis, John. "Libertarianism: Where the Left Meets the Right." Progressive, Sep 1980, 44:368. 1980 LP presidential candidate Ed Clark.

  • Author/title unknown. MacLean's, Sep 15 1980, 93:37-8. Third-party efforts.

  • Jackovich, Karen. "Ed Clark is the Libertarian Party's Headstrong Candidate for the White House." People, Sep 22 1980, 14:36-7. 1980 LP presidential candidate Ed Clark.

  • No byline. "The Candidate Who Promises to Sell Dulles Airport." Fortune, Oct 6 1980, 102:11112. 1980 LP platform.

  • Facts on File, Oct 28 1980, 818 E2. Libertarian presidential candidate on all 51 ballots; platform summary.

  • Brookhiser, Richard. "None of the Above." National Review, Oct 31 1980, 32:1324-5. Libertarian and Citizen's Parties.

  • Facts on File, Nov 1 1980, 841 E3. Daily newspaper endorsements: Reagan 443, Carter 126, Anderson 40, Clark 3.

  • Buck, Rinker. "How Those Libertarians Pay Their Bills." New York, Nov 3 1980, 13:18. Overview of LP with description of 1980 vice-presidential candidate David Koch.

  • Facts on File, Jan 5 1981, 581. 1980 LP presidential vote total: 920,859 (1.05%); voter turnout 53.95%.

  • McClellan, Jim. "Two-Party Monopoly." Progressive, Jan 1981, 45:28-31. Difficulties of ballot access.

  • Facts on File, Aug 30 1981, 636 A2. Alicia Clark elected LP national chair.

  • No byline. "Judith Jones: Libertarian for Mayor." Encore, Oct 1981, 10:12.

  • Rich, John Martin. "The Libertarian Challenge to Public Education." Education Digest, Dec 1982, 48:16-19. Condensed from Summer 1982 The Educational Forum, XLVI. Analysis of libertarian stand on public education.

  • Facts on File, Sep 3 1983, 690 A3. LP national convention nominates Coast Mesa lawyer David Bergland, 48, for President.

  • No byline. "Windsurfing on Anti-Government Tide" and "Why Not a Real Money Market?". Fortune, Oct 3 1983, 108:56. Libertarian lobbyists and the case for private currency.

  • Groer, Anne. "Libertarian Lark." New Republic, Oct 3 1983, 189:15-17. Antilibertarian view of 1984 LP presidential candidate David Bergland.

  • Brookhiser, Richard. "Saving the UOS." National Review, Oct 14 1983, 35:1274. 1984 LP convention and platform.

  • Author/title unknown. Esquire, Nov 1983, 99:201-4. Interview with Robert Nozick.

  • Facts on File, Oct 1 1984, 730 G3 and 731 A1. Supreme Court declines to hear Libertarian Party v. Florida challenging ballot access requirements.

  • Facts on File, Dec 21 1984, 967 B1. 1984 LP presidential vote total: 227,949.

  • Moore, Thomas. "The New Libertarians Make Waves." Fortune, Aug 5 1985, 112:74-8. Notes powerful Libertarians and similar-minded Republicans.

  • Facts on File, May 13 1986, 404 D3. Libertarian founder of Freedom College and Rampart College Robert LeFevre, 74, died.

  • O'Conner, Colleen, with Bob Cohn. "A Baby Boomer's Think Tank." Newsweek, Sep 1 1986, 108:22. The Cato Institute.