Every time I re-read one of Murray Rothbard’s articles or books I am instantly reminded of his incredible, lazer beam logic, his voluminous knowledge, and his unsurpassed ability to quickly get to the essence of very complicated issues and events. Here’s one example from his essay, “America’s Two Just Wars: 1775 and 1861,” in John Denson, ed., The Costs of War (Mises Institute/Transaction Publishers, 1997), p. 126: “The hotly contested decision to scrap the Articles of Confederation and to craft a new Constitution demonstrates conclusively that the central government was not supposed to be perpetual, not to be the sort … Continue reading Rothbard on the ‘Natural, Contractual, and Constitutional’ Right of Secession