Too Liberal For Cato?

by Chris Bodenner

Weigel wonders why Brink Lindsey and Will Wilkinson are both suddenly leaving the libertarian think tank:

[Y:]ou have to struggle not to see a political context to this. Lindseyand Wilkinson are among the Cato scholars who most often find commoncause with liberals. In 2006, after the GOP lost Congress, Lindsey coined the term"Liberaltarians" to suggest that Libertarians and liberals could worktogether outside of the conservative movement. Shortly after this, helaunched a...