Lew, it is terrific that you have recently posted several wonderful items in reference to the great Randolph Bourne. Like many older LRC readers I was introduced to Bourne decades ago when Murray N. Rothbard cited him in the concluding paragraphs of his seminal essay, Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty on setting forth the spirit of radical long-range optimism which should guide libertarians. Here are those bold inspirational words for the younger LRC audience unacquainted with Bourne’s eloquence; youth is the incarnation of reason pitted against the rigidity of tradition. Youth puts the remorseless questions to everything that is … Continue reading Randolph Bourne