Innovation in government

During the next couple of weeks I'll be writing posts drilling down on the principles I support regarding limited government, individual rights and free market economics. I'm rereading the third edition of History of Political Philosophy, edited by Leo Strauss and Josephy Cropsey, and it's inspiring many ideas which relate to current events and the conflict between statism and anti-statism, not only in America, but now in Eurpope as well.

I firmly believe we're at a point where political innovation is vital, and that there's a need to become more apolitical and more attuned to empowerment in the private sector. I want to go beyond the old arguments against capitalism and write about free market prinicples in the 21st century and what type of government is necessary to protect a free market and individual rights. There's not much more important than resolving the issue of the relatonship between the State and private sector, much more important than the petty personality and partisan issues whih take up so much space on the internet and in the MSM.

I want to avoid the simplistic conflicts between the liberal line and the conservative line and address the basics I believe we all have to consider going forward -- this is no time for fence-sitting or stubborn denial. There are important principles involved which I believe lead to viable solutions.

As Walter Berns wrote about John Milton --

How many men will learn to rule themselves and to truly be free, Milton does not say, although he wants all men to have the right to try.