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'''LewRockwell.com''' (LRC) is a ] libertarian web magazine<ref name=ccp>{{cite news|url=http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A42026|title=William F. Buckley and the damage done: A Tale of Two Rights|author=Hunter, Jack|work=]|date=2008-03-12|accessdate=2008-03-25}}</ref> operated by ] (publisher, died on March 30, 2009), ] (]),<ref name=principle/> ] (webmaster), and others associated with the ] (CLS); its motto is "anti-state, anti-war, pro-market".<ref name=sf>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/02/25/moneytales.DTL|title=The gold standard: A precious metal that's not just an investment but a worldview too|author=Baedeker, Rob|work=]|date=2008-02-25|accessdate=2008-03-25}}</ref> Rockwell has commented that off-point association with ] has been an unfortunate association of the term "]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/liberal-post-interview.html|title=Do You Consider Yourself a Libertarian?|author=Johnsson, Kenny|publisher=Liberal Post|date=2007-05-25|accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref> ] in his book ''Lies the Government Told You'' has described LewRockwell.com as "the best monitor of government excess in America today."<ref>{{cite book|last=Napolitano|first=Andrew |title=Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History|publisher=]|date=2010|pages=314|isbn=9781595552662}}</ref> '''LewRockwell.com''' (LRC) is a ] libertarian web magazine<ref name=ccp>{{cite news|url=http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A42026|title=William F. Buckley and the damage done: A Tale of Two Rights|author=Hunter, Jack|work=]|date=2008-03-12|accessdate=2008-03-25}}</ref> operated by ] (publisher, died on March 30, 2009), ] (]),<ref name=principle/> ] (webmaster), and others associated with the ] (CLS); its motto is "anti-state, anti-war, pro-market".<ref name=sf>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/02/25/moneytales.DTL|title=The gold standard: A precious metal that's not just an investment but a worldview too|author=Baedeker, Rob|work=]|date=2008-02-25|accessdate=2008-03-25}}</ref> Rockwell has commented that off-point association with ] has been an unfortunate association of the term "]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/liberal-post-interview.html|title=Do You Consider Yourself a Libertarian?|author=Johnsson, Kenny|publisher=Liberal Post|date=2007-05-25|accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref> ] in his book ''Lies the Government Told You'' has described LewRockwell.com as "the best monitor of government excess in America today."<ref>{{cite book|last=Napolitano|first=Andrew |title=Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History|publisher=]|date=2010|pages=314|isbn=9781595552662}}</ref>


Closely associated with the ], the site is known for advocating ] economics and ], and ] and ]. For instance, a Blumert article referred to criticisms of gold investors as "scurrilous" marginalization.<ref name=sf/> Its writers also sometimes express positions on topics such as the ]. Polemics have been directed against ] abuse of ].<ref>{{cite news|author=Setliff, Ryan|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/setliff3.html|title=''Constitutional Chaos''|publisher=LewRockwell.com|date=2006-04-08|accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref> Occasional articles criticize ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/lincoln-arch.html|title=King Lincoln Archive|publisher=LewRockwell.com|accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref> usually in context of the libertarian doctrine of the right of ] and the tendency for government powers to be increased during wartime.<ref name=gonella>{{cite news|author=Gonella, Jason|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/gonella4.html|title=The Decline and Fall of the United States Empire|publisher=LewRockwell.com|date=2004-12-09|accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref> Closely associated with the ], the site is known for advocating ] economics and ], and ] and ]. For instance, a Blumert article referred to criticisms of gold investors as "scurrilous" marginalization.<ref name=sf/> Its writers also sometimes express positions on topics such as the ]. Polemics have been directed against ] abuse of ].<ref>{{cite news|author=Setliff, Ryan|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/setliff3.html|title=''Constitutional Chaos''|publisher=LewRockwell.com|date=2006-04-08|accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref> Occasional articles criticize ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/lincoln-arch.html|title=King Lincoln Archive|publisher=LewRockwell.com|accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref> usually in context of the libertarian doctrine of the right of ] and the tendency for government powers to be increased during wartime.<ref name=gonella>{{cite news|author=Gonella, Jason|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/gonella4.html|title=The Decline and Fall of the United States Empire|publisher=LewRockwell.com|date=2004-12-09|accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref> The website has sometimes provided a forum for ]; the site has published critics of the ], opponents of the ], and advocates of the ], the claim that various non-infectious factors such as recreational and pharmaceutical drug use are the cause of ] and that ] (human immunodeficiency virus) is merely a passenger virus.<ref name="denying-aids">{{cite book | title = Denying AIDS: Conspiracy Theories, Pseudoscience, and Human Tragedy | first = Seth | last = Kalichman | coauthors = Nicoli Nattrass | publisher = ] | isbn = 9780387794754 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=_mtDBCDwxugC | year = 2009}}</ref> However, the columns are deliberately idiosyncratic and therefore disclaimed as not necessarily representing Rockwell.<ref name=principle>{{cite news|url=http://lewrockwell.com/about.html|title=The Principles of LRC|publisher=LewRockwell.com|accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref>


In 2007, LRC published numerous articles endorsing ]'s ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/|title=The Ron Paul File|publisher=LewRockwell.com|accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref> and, as such, it registered as a ] entity as of June 30, 2007, in order to legally separate it from the nonprofit ],<ref>{{cite news|author=]|title='Ron Paul Is a Big Problem'|publisher=LewRockwell.com|date=2007-08-06|accessdate=2008-04-03|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/blumert/blumert122.html}}</ref> at which time it moved from Burlingame, California to Auburn, Alabama. In 2007, LRC published numerous articles endorsing ]'s ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/|title=The Ron Paul File|publisher=LewRockwell.com|accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref> and, as such, it registered as a ] entity as of June 30, 2007, in order to legally separate it from the nonprofit ],<ref>{{cite news|author=]|title='Ron Paul Is a Big Problem'|publisher=LewRockwell.com|date=2007-08-06|accessdate=2008-04-03|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/blumert/blumert122.html}}</ref> at which time it moved from Burlingame, California to Auburn, Alabama.

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LewRockwell.com (LRC) is a 501(c)(4) libertarian web magazine operated by Burton Blumert (publisher, died on March 30, 2009), Lew Rockwell (editor-in-chief), Eric Garris (webmaster), and others associated with the Center for Libertarian Studies (CLS); its motto is "anti-state, anti-war, pro-market". Rockwell has commented that off-point association with paleoconservatism has been an unfortunate association of the term "paleolibertarian". Andrew Napolitano in his book Lies the Government Told You has described LewRockwell.com as "the best monitor of government excess in America today."

Closely associated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, the site is known for advocating Austrian school economics and hard money policy, and opposition to war and imperialism. For instance, a Blumert article referred to criticisms of gold investors as "scurrilous" marginalization. Its writers also sometimes express positions on topics such as the global warming controversy. Polemics have been directed against police abuse of civil liberties. Occasional articles criticize Abraham Lincoln, usually in context of the libertarian doctrine of the right of secession and the tendency for government powers to be increased during wartime. The website has sometimes provided a forum for fringe and heterodox science; the site has published critics of the 2009 swine flu vaccination, opponents of the scientific opinion on climate change, and advocates of the Duesberg hypothesis, the claim that various non-infectious factors such as recreational and pharmaceutical drug use are the cause of AIDS and that HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is merely a passenger virus. However, the columns are deliberately idiosyncratic and therefore disclaimed as not necessarily representing Rockwell.

In 2007, LRC published numerous articles endorsing Ron Paul's 2008 presidential campaign, and, as such, it registered as a 501(c)(4) entity as of June 30, 2007, in order to legally separate it from the nonprofit Center for Libertarian Studies, at which time it moved from Burlingame, California to Auburn, Alabama.

As of July 21, 2008, LRC provides a podcast called the Lew Rockwell Show on weekdays, often with interviews with economists affiliated with the Mises Institute.

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References

  1. Hunter, Jack (2008-03-12). "William F. Buckley and the damage done: A Tale of Two Rights". Charleston City Paper. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  2. ^ "The Principles of LRC". LewRockwell.com. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  3. ^ Baedeker, Rob (2008-02-25). "The gold standard: A precious metal that's not just an investment but a worldview too". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  4. Johnsson, Kenny (2007-05-25). "Do You Consider Yourself a Libertarian?". Liberal Post. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  5. Napolitano, Andrew (2010). Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History. Thomas Nelson Inc. p. 314. ISBN 9781595552662.
  6. Setliff, Ryan (2006-04-08). "Constitutional Chaos". LewRockwell.com. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  7. "King Lincoln Archive". LewRockwell.com. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  8. Gonella, Jason (2004-12-09). "The Decline and Fall of the United States Empire". LewRockwell.com. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  9. Kalichman, Seth (2009). Denying AIDS: Conspiracy Theories, Pseudoscience, and Human Tragedy. Springer. ISBN 9780387794754. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  10. "The Ron Paul File". LewRockwell.com. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  11. Blumert, Burton (2007-08-06). "'Ron Paul Is a Big Problem'". LewRockwell.com. Retrieved 2008-04-03.

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