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'Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.' (born 14 October 1944, Boston), more commonly known as 'Lew Rockwell', is an American libertarian political commentator and activist.
Rockwell is the founder and President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, Vice President of the Center for Libertarian Studies in Burlingame, California, and publisher of the political weblog LewRockwell.com. Rockwell was closely associated with his teacher and colleague Murray Rothbard until Rothbard's death in 1995, and Rockwell's political ideology, like that of Rothbard in his later years, combines an anarcho-capitalist form of paleolibertarianism with cultural conservatism and the Austrian School of economics. Rockwell also espouses the political concepts of federalism, secession, and political decentralization. Rockwell is a Roman Catholic. He served as Ron Paul's congressional chief of staff between 1978 and 1982.^[1]
He is the author of ''Speaking of Liberty'', an anthology of his editorials (originally published on his web site) and transcripts from some of his speaking engagements. Rockwell is also publisher, along with the Mises Institute, of the ''Journal of Libertarian Studies''.

Contents

LewRockwell.com

Books by Lew Rockwell

As author

As editor

Notes

External links

LewRockwell.com

Lew Rockwell's eponymous web site features a selection of articles, including opposition to war and imperialism, and occasional articles criticizing the presidency of Abraham Lincoln.^[2]The site also includes essays against the United States's participation in the Second World War^[3], speculation about an end of the United States as a cohesive union^[4], and accusations that fascism and socialism alike threaten the Western world as states and leaders centralize their power.^[5] These writings are sometimes controversial, and have brought on harsh criticism from both the political left and right.^{[6] [7]}

Books by Lew Rockwell

As author

★ ''Speaking of Liberty'' (2003), (online e-book) ISBN 0-945466-38-2

As editor

★ ''Man, Economy, and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard'' (with Walter Block) (1986), ISBN 99911-786-2-7

★ ''The Free Market Reader'' (1988), ISBN 0-945466-02-1

★ ''The Economics of Liberty'' (1990), ISBN 0-945466-08-0

★ ''The Gold Standard: Perspectives in the Austrian School'' (1992), ISBN 0-945466-11-0

★ ''The Irrepressible Rothbard'' (2000), ISBN 1-883959-02-0

Notes

1. Berlau, John. "Now Playing Right Field." ''Insight on the News'' 10 February 1997.
2. ''LewRockwell.com'' Lincoln archive [1]
3. Rogers, Mike. "Dying For the Emperor? No Way." ''LewRockwell.com''. 12 October 2005. [2]
4. Gonella, Jason. "The Decline and Fall of the United States Empire." ''LewRockwell.com''. 9 December 2004 [3]
5. DiLorenzo, Thomas J. "Economic Fascism" ''LewRockwell.com''. 23 November 2004. [4]
6. Laksin, Jacob. "The Right’s Left Turn." ''FrontPageMag''. 5 October 2005. [5]
7. Goldberg, Jonah. "Farewell, Lew Rockwell: The final word." ''National Review Online''. 7 March 2001. [6]

External links

★ LewRockwell.com

★ Ludwig von Mises Institute

★ "My Speech at the Antiwar Rally," LewRockwell.com, 25 September 2005

★ "My Visit to DC: An Interview with Lew Rockwell," Mises.org Podcast, 9 December 2005

★ Lew Rockwell's Articles: at LewRockwell.com, on Mises.org's "Daily Articles", The Free Market & more here, and WorldNetDaily.