Policy Groups

Social & Healthcare Policy Groups

• Cato Institute - the premier libertarian think tank

• Future of Freedom Foundation - smaller, more radical, more opinions than studies

• Advocates for Self-Government - "The job of the Advocates is to present the freedom philosophy to opinion leaders. We help them encounter, evaluate, and if appropriate, embrace the ideals of self-government."

• Libertarian Party - The Libertarian Party is committed to America's heritage of freedom:

  • a free-market economy of abundance and prosperity
  • individual liberty and personal responsibility
  • a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and free trade.
• Libertarian Politics - About.com's libertarian site
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research - "The Manhattan Institute is a think tank whose mission is to develop and disseminate new ideas that foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility."
• Drug Reform Coordination Network - For those who believe the "drug war" is the wrong approach
• American Council on Science and Health - "...was founded in 1978 by a group of scientists who had become concerned that many important public policies related to health and the environment did not have a sound scientific basis. These scientists created the organization to add reason and balance to debates about public health issues and bring common sense views to the public."
• CSICOP - the Committe for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal does a terrific job of exposing fraud, quackery, and just plain stupidity.  They were a decade ahead of anyone in exposing "repressed memory syndrome" as modern day witchcraft.  Read their articles about "alternative" medicine.
• Townhall.com - links to libertarian and conservative columnists
  • Doug Bandow - from Cato
  • James Glassman
  • Paul Craig Roberts
  • Thomas Sowell
  • Walter Williams
  • Jacob Sullum
  • Bruce Bartlett
• Great people
  • Milton Friedman