Nick Gillespie – The Voice of Reason

06/20/11 • -1 min

Libertarian Radio - Best of The Bob Zadek Show

Last Sunday, Nick Gillespie was Bob’s special guest. He is the Editor-In-Chief of Reason.tv and Reason.com. Reason’s tagline is “Free Minds and Free Markets.” Nothing says it better. Bob and Nick discussed the evils of government subsidized art (indeed, the evils of government subsidized anything) and Nick’s new book “The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong with America” which will be published on June 28. They also put the Republican Presidential candidates through a Libertarian filter to see who makes it through. Nick is a frequent television guest of John Stossel and Judge Napolitano.

Previous Episode

Energy Policy is a Dirty Business!

Under the rubric of avoiding climate change, American have become a dirty bunch. Energy- saving washing machines don’t wash, low flow toilets leave smelly bad stuff in sewer pipes and the water flow from shower heads (by compliments of federal law) is insufficient to wash off dirt and soap. In this encore episode of Bob’s show “Dirty Smelly Americans Save the Glaciers,” Washington bureaucrats are linked to rather unpleasant aroma of crowded trains, planes and elevators. Libertarians for privacy and cleanliness.

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Crime Down: Prison Costs Up

Fear of crime is so yesterday. At one time, violent crime was on everyone’s mind but today, money is the big issue. We are plagued by out of control deficits, powerful public employee union rip-offs, out of control government spending and the expensive failed war on drugs. These issues all come together in this episode as Veronique de Rugy, Senior Research Fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center discusses “Prison Math” with Bob. American Exceptionalism is at risk because the United States hosts the world’s largest prison population. Are we truly “the land of the free” or are we all prisoners of our failed prison system?