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What conservatives are for

Peter J. Boettke (George Mason): Fearing Freedom: The Intellectual and Spiritual Challenge to Liberalism. Charles Hill on a Burke for our time: He was an eighteenth-century Irish statesman, but Edmund Burke still has plenty to say today. Josh Barro, the loneliest Republican: Jonathan Chait on what to make of the 28-year-old columnist's contempt for the GOP — and its would-be reformers (and more by Ezra Klein and more by Mike Konczal). Aaron Leonard reviews Becoming Right: How Campuses Shape Young Conservatives by Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood. Senator Mike Lee on what conservatives are for. Matt Zwolinski on six reasons libertarians should reject the non-aggression principle (and more). John Samples reviews Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped? by W. James Antle III.