Contacts and Links 

John F. Welsh can be contacted at john@johnfwelsh.com.

Links to Web Sites

There are many resources on the web that include information about individualist and libertarian ideas. I have included a few that I think do a good job of conveying the fundamental elements of individualist and libertarian ideas.

Objectivism and Ayn Rand Studies

http://www.aynrand.org  The site for The Ayn Rand Institute, which purports to be the "official" one-stop shop for Objectivism.

http://www.objectivistcenter.org/   The site for the Atlas Society, which purports to be the most respected independent Objectivist organization. Both organizations have many interesting resources about Rand and Objectivism.

http://www.aynrandstudies.com/jars/index.asp  This is the site for the Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, an academic journal that critically explores all facets of Rand's thought.

www.nyu.edu/projects/sciabarra/  This is the site for Chris Matthew Sciabarra. I have placed Chris' site in this category because of his outstanding scholarship on Rand. It is important, however, to note that his scholarship and perspective goes far beyond the study of Objectivism and Ayn Rand.

atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/  This is the website of Pamela Geller. It is consistently pro-liberty, pro-individualist, and pro-Israel. It is not really a theoretical site, instead, she applies this perspective to ongoing struggles. 

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Anarcho-Capitalism and the Austrian School of Economics

http://www.mises.org  This is the web site for the von Mises Institute at Auburn University. It is an outstanding clearinghouse for information about Austrian economics, von Mises, Rothbard and Libertarianism.  It is also the site for the Journal of Libertarian Studies.  

http://www.lewrockwell.com This is a smaller but more politically engaged site for Austrian economics and market-oriented anarchism. 

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Libertarianism

http://www.libertarianism.com/  This is the web site for the Advocates for Self-Government. It includes a considerable amount of introductory material for persons interested in a broad view of libertarianism.

http://www.lp.org/  This is the web site for the National Libertarian Party.

http://isil.org/  This site is the vehicle for the International Society for Individual Liberty. The ISIL sponsors an annual conference and it really is international in scope.

http://www.cato.org/  The Cato Institute is an outstanding libertarian think tank. The web site has many outstanding resources.

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Individualist Anarchism

http://www.wendymcelroy.com/news.php  Wendy McElroy is an individualist anarchist author and individualist feminist. She has written some very good books on a variety of important topics.

http://www.lysanderspooner.org/  This site is devoted to Spooner's writings. Most of Spooner's writings are available on this site. It is a very good resource once you get into Spooner's writings.

http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/anarchist_archives/  This site has some information about Tucker and Spooner, but it is primarily a communist anarchist site.

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Egoism and Dialectical Egoism

http://www.nonserviam.com/  This is the best resource for Stirner and Stirnerite materials on the web. It has some materials on other egoist writers, including Dora Marsden.

http://tmh.floonet.net/ego2.html  The Memory Hole has resources on a variety of individualist and libertarian tendencies. It has a substantial number of resources on egoism.  

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Left Libertarianism and Social Anarchism

http://leftlibertarian.org/  This is a site that serves as a clearinghouse for many left-oriented libertarian sites.

http://libertarianleft.bravehost.com/  This is another clearinghouse for left libertarian bloggers.

http://www.ewayneross.net This is the site for Wayne Ross, Professor of Curriculum Studies at University of British Columbia and author and editor of many books that apply libertarian theory to educational issues.

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Libertarian-leaning Conservative Sites

http://www.americanthinker.com  This is a site that publishes several new articles Monday - Friday. It also has a blog and cartoons that lampoon the left. The site is consistently pro-American and pro-liberty. Recently, many articles have focused on the prevarications of Barack Obama - a target-rich topic.

http://michellemalkin.com/ Conservative, but consistently amusing, pro-liberty and pro-American. Her site is especially effective in revealing the idiocy of Hollywood liberals and the authoritarian implications of liberal political correctness.