December 2, 2011 1:43PM 

# This Week at Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org 

By [Aaron Ross Powell](https://www.cato.org/people/aaron-ross-powell) 

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The day after Thanksgiving didn’t see one of these updates, so we’ve got two weeks of new content at [Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org](http://www.libertarianism.org) to cover.

George H. Smith continued his *[Excursions](http://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/excursions)* series with the first two parts in an extended look at the Declaration of Independence. In part 1, Smith discussed the [intellectual history behind the document’s famous reference to “unalienable” rights.](http://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/excursions/philosophy-declaration-independence-part-1) In part 2,[ he turned to two instances of curious wording](http://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/excursions/philosophy-declaration-independence-part-2): the use of “self-evident” and the lack of “property” in Jefferson’s list of inalienable rights.

We had a few new videos, too. In an addition to our [“Libertarian View”](http://www.libertarianism.org/media/libertarian-view) series, Penn Jillette—magician and H. L. Menken research fellow at the Cato Institute—[talks about what he sees as the important distinction between trying to convince someone that what you believe is true and just stating sincerely what you believe.](http://www.libertarianism.org/media/libertarian-view/penn-jillette-why-i-am-libertarian)

On November 29, we posted [our first talk from Thomas Szasz.](http://www.libertarianism.org/media/video-collection/thomas-szasz-socialism-health-care) Speaking in 1994, the famous psychiatry skeptic addressed the problem of socialism in health care—an issue very much with us today.

And just today, we added [a talk by Roger Garrison on monetary policy and central banking.](http://www.libertarianism.org/media/video-collection/roger-garrison-case-against-central-banking)

Finally, we had an [extended](http://www.libertarianism.org/blog/morality-its-discontents)—and [ongoing](http://www.libertarianism.org/blog/is-contractarianism-serious-or-just-clever)—[debate](http://www.libertarianism.org/blog/rational-selves-moral-communities-ethics-sociopaths) in the [Free Thoughts](http://www.libertarianism.org/blog) blog between Julian Sanchez and Miles Pope on conceptions of morality in Jan Narveson’s *The Libertarian Idea*.

As always, there’s much more at [Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org.](http://www.libertarianism.org) Keep up to date with everything new on the site by following us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/4Libertarianism), [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/Libertarianism.org), and [Google+](https://plus.google.com/111771830200876745023?prsrc=3).

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