Anthony Comegna
Libertarianism.org
Baltimore, MD, United States
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Past articles by Anthony:
A History of Libertarian Utopianism
A history of how libertarians have thought about utopias and how utopian thinking has influenced libertarianism. → Read More
Democratic Vistas by Walt Whitman and Anthony Comegna
Throughout his life, Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was dazzled by the 19th century’s seemingly endless cascade of political, economic, technological, and social revolutions. He spent his career in search of the Great American Artist who could capture the incredible nature of the country and the age. In Democratic Vistas (1871), Whitman offered his own vision of the world’s evolving liberal Manifest… → Read More
Ep. 102: What it Takes to be a Bankster
Americans thought they had slain the worst tyrants but it was up to heroes to stop the remaining monsters, who crept the earth in the form of bankers. → Read More
Ep. 99: Mushrooms & Men
What is the basis of class status? → Read More
Ep. 96: Seward's "Little Bell”
Seward’s “little bell” made for the perfect legend, whether he said the famous phrase or not. → Read More
Ep. 95: The Politics of the Confederacy
Conservative or not, the Confederates would have to revolutionize their approach to the war before they could ever hope to win it. → Read More
Ep. 94: Was the Civil War a Libertarian Moment?
It’s worth taking some time to consider the Civil War from your average early libertarian activist’s point of view. → Read More
Everything Wrong with the Presidents
We are launching an exciting new series of essays cataloging the long list of everything wrong with the Presidents. → Read More
Ep. 93: Freeborn John, with Michael Braddick
By trolling the English Court, John Lilburne helped reestablish all sorts of fundamental rights to the English legal tradition. → Read More
Ep. 92: Profiles in Locodom: William Cullen Bryant
In addition to being a poet, William Cullen Bryant was a mentor for a consistent name on our show, William Leggett. → Read More
Ep. 91: Lincoln the Colonizationist Part 2, with Phil Magness
Lincoln is idolized for the Emancipation Proclamation, but he also should be scrutinized for his support of colonization of freed slaves. → Read More
Lincoln the Colonizationist Part 1, with Phil Magness
What was Lincoln’s actual position on slavery and how did he use it to his advantage during the Presidential election of 1860? → Read More
Ep. 89: What did the Civil War Smell Like? with Mark Smith
Mark Smith gives us the entire feel of the Civil War by letting us think of it through all five of our senses. → Read More
The Secession Conventions
The complicated time of secession was defined by politicians’ desire to grab power in any way that they could. → Read More
Ep. 86: Eggnog Riot!!!!
Merry Christmas! We hope you didn’t stage a riot last night on Christmas Eve, because, as you know, Santa is always watching! → Read More
Ep. 85: America Was Founded by Runaways and Renegades, Part 2
What is the real origin story of America? → Read More
Ep. 83: Who Killed Jefferson(ianism)?
Those who profited so much from slave labor, rebuked the Declaration of Independence, but the Southern justification for slavery varied by region. → Read More
Ep. 82: The Constitution & Castle Walls
Southerners strategically supported a small & limited national government, but their motives for doing so were appalling. → Read More
In the Pursuit of Self Government, Does Quality News Matter?
This Thanksgiving, blow your relatives’ minds by exploding the myth of self government. → Read More
Ep. 81: Spooner & The Secret Six, with Phil Magness
Phil Magness breaks down Lysander Spooner’s radical activist lifestyle. → Read More