Ask Dr. Ruwart


	Ask Dr. Ruwart Dr. Mary Ruwart is a leading expert in libertarian communication and author of the international bestseller "Healing Our World." Her new book is "Short Answers to the Tough Questions." In this column she provides Liberator Online readers with "Short Answers to the Tough Questions" that libertarians are frequently asked. If you'd like Dr. Ruwart to provide effective answers for your "tough questions" on libertarian issues, just email the questions to her at: mailto:ruwart@self-gov.org. Due to volume, Dr. Ruwart can't personally answer or acknowledge all email queries. But we'll run the best questions -- and Dr. Ruwart's answers -- in upcoming issues. Extra Tip: Dr. Ruwart suggests that answers are often best preceded by a "Ransberger Pivot" statement, to establish common ground with the questioner. (Example: "Like you, I too want to live in a world where the environment is clean... Like you, I too want to see greater abundance for all people...") Is libertarianism inherently impossible? The seizure of Elian Gonzalez Pollution, government, and libertarianism Are women anti-libertarian by nature? Does the minimum wage increase productivity? Unions: Good or bad? Libertarians, Abortion, Unity, and Respect Which way to libertarianism: logic, emotion, or love? An Anti-Flag-Burning Amendment Colleges and lower-income students Corporations and Charities Who should choose your doctor? Should 'hate crimes' receive harsher punishments? How would addicts get drugs in a libertarian society? Should libertarians take over the schools and force-feed libertarianism? When Will Americans Stand Up For Their Freedom? Three Answers to One Question About Pollution Government Licensing: Convincing Others It Doesn't Work When Will Americans Stand Up For Their Freedom? Traditional Values or Alternative Lifestyles? Should Libertarians Force You To Pay Taxes? What Can I Do? Will Libertarian Ideas Be More Widely Accepted? Should The Government Deliver The Mail? More Minimum Wage Arguments Doesn't NAFTA Mean Free Trade? Are There 'Pro-Life' Libertarians? Discrimination: The Majority Against the Minority Smoking: Should It Be Banned In Public Places? Smoking: Is A Better Analogy Needed? Government Regulation and Herbal Remedies When Can You Coerce Cooperation? Private Roads and Sidewalks The Bleeding Stranger: Offenses of Default Minimum Wage in the Classroom Safety Questions in the Classroom Thalidomide and the FDA Selfishness, Charity and Libertarianism Prayer and the Ten Commandments In School The Nanny State 'Deadbeat Dads' Revisited Good As Gold? Is Government Necessary? Guns and Fear Marriage Contracts and Deadbeat Dads Useful Projects, or Pork Barrel Spending? Selling Weapons to America's Enemies Property Rights in the Ocean? Greed Terrorism and Libertarianism Let 'Em Starve? Greed, Selfishness, Disregard For Others? Farm Subsidies Tariffs The Minimum Wage What About The Poor? Monopolies and Liberty A-Bombs in the Basement? Libertarian Foreign Policy Will Libertarianism Lead to Feudalism? Orphanages and Adoption What If All Private Charities Suddenly Close Down? Who Will Monitor the Environment? Propaganda vs. Truth Corporate Power and Liberty Can They Really Take My Property? Two Questions on Immigration: Open Borders Now or Later? Is There A Model Libertarian Country? 'Trash, Slash, and Burn' Environmentalism? Who Is Stopping Worker Training? Animal Rights Age Restrictions Abortion: 'Right' or Wrong? Help for Unemployed Bureaucrats For Sale: U.S. Post Office A Volunteer Congress? Health Care for the Poor Follow-up On Free Trade Why Open Borders? 'That Giant Sucking Sound...' Are There Any Libertarian Countries? Four Tough Questions About Private Roads Libertarians and Taxation Will We Be Poorer Without Taxes? Are Land Covenants A Restriction on Liberty? Why Is Libertarianism Growing So Fast in the U.S.? Gold Exchange Should the Government Engage in Business Activities? Can They Keep Me Off The Road? Government and Marriage Medical Research in a Free Society Three Questions on Land Ownership 'Bio-Piracy' and Intellectual Property What About the Poor and Disabled? Selling Military Technology To Enemies Fishing, Sea Life Extinction, and Property Rights Libertarian Foreign Policy Will Crime Pay In A Libertarian Society? Too Few Jobs? Do Libertarian Ideas Go Too Far? Should Government Engage In Business Activities? Restaurant Inspection Without the State Free-Riders, The Prisoner's Dilemma, and the Tragedy of the Commons Libertarianism at the Local Level Radio Without the FCC Traffic Laws and Private Roads Banks, Banking and the Fed Punching Out Smokers? The Pig Farm Next Door What About State And Local Governments? Murdercycline Polluters in a Libertarian Society Handicapped in a Libertarian Society Business and the Environment Libertarian Response to Carville In a Free Economy, Wages Increase Immigrants Lower Prices The Job of Government Government and Student Loans Libertarians and Foreign Military Assistance Libertarians and Rights of Smokers The Best Interest of the Public Is Libertarianism a Failure? Should NASA be privatized? Rights and Sexual Preference Is Regulation Inevitable to Ensure Competition Libertarians and Civil Rights Libertarians and the War on Drugs Should NASA be privatized? Libertarians and Slam-Dancing Libertarians and Roads Libertarians and Free Trade Do libertarians want any government at all? Prisons without Taxes If Taxes are Abolished Who pays for long term R&D? Libertarians, Smoking, and Seat-Belt Laws Libertarians on Smoking Bans Does the War on Drugs Save Lives? Libertarians and Compulsory Education Government and Business Dr. Ruwart's book 'Healing Our World' features persuasive arguments for liberty, backed with over 500 references showing how liberty works. You can browse the entire book online at: http://www.ruwart.com/Healing/ You can order it at a special reduced price of only $12.95 (plus shipping) from the Advocates. Check out our online catalog at: http://www.reliablehost.com/self-gov/opp.html Dr. Ruwart's newest book is "Short Answers to the Tough Questions," also available from the Advocates for $12.00 (plus shipping).