LewRockwell.com

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LewRockwell.com (LRC) is a widely read 501(c)(4) libertarian or paleolibertarian web magazine^[1] operated by Burton Blumert (its publisher), Lew Rockwell (its editor-in-chief),^[2] and others associated with the Center for Libertarian Studies (CLS); its motto is "anti-state, anti-war, pro-market".^[3]^[4] Philosophically, its position is distinguished from both the neoconservatism of William F. Buckley and the libertarianism of the Cato Institute.^[4] Neoconservative journals and media like National Review, the Weekly Standard, and Fox News often do not reference organizations like LRC where it is said "the 'new' Old Right, paleoconservatism, is alive and well".^[1]^[4] Rockwell has commented that off-point association with paleoconservatism has been an unfortunate association of the term "paleolibertarian".^[5]

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.^[3] Other editorial themes include links to outside science and history articles. It sometimes features essays that include arguments against United States participation in the Second World War,^[4]^[6] speculation about an end of the United States as a cohesive nation-state,^[7] and accusations of fascism on the part of countries often considered free.^[8] Its writers also sometimes express positions on topics such as the global warming controversy and AIDS denialism.^[9] Polemics have been directed against police abuse of civil liberties.^[10] Occasional articles criticize Abraham Lincoln,^[11] usually in context of the libertarian doctrine of the right of secession.^[4]^[7]

In 2007, LRC published numerous articles endorsing Ron Paul's 2008 presidential campaign,^[12] 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.^[13] As an independent entity, its articles are deliberately idiosyncratic and therefore disclaimed as not necessarily representing Rockwell.^[2]