Sheldon Richman is an American political writer and academic, best known for his advocacy of libertarianism

Libertarianism

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He is the editor of The Freeman

The Freeman

The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty is one of the oldest and most respected libertarian journals in the United States. It is published by the Foundation for Economic Education . It started as a digest sized monthly study journal; it currently appears 10 times per year and is a larger-sized magazine. FEE...

, a magazine published by The Foundation for Economic Education

Foundation for Economic Education

The Foundation for Economic Education is one of the oldest free-market organizations established in the United States to study and advance the freedom philosophy. Murray Rothbard recognizes FEE for creating a "crucial open center" that he credits with launching the movement...

, a Senior Fellow at the Future of Freedom Foundation

Future of Freedom Foundation

The Future of Freedom Foundation is a nonprofit libertarian advocacy group based in Fairfax, Virginia. It was founded by libertarian author and former defense attorney Jacob G...

, a Research Fellow at The Independent Institute

Independent Institute

The Independent Institute is a libertarian think tank based in Oakland, California. Founded in 1986 byDavid J. Theroux , the Institute sponsors studies of major political, social, economic, legal, environmental and foreign policy issues. It has more than 140 research fellows. The Institute was...

, a member of the Advisory Panel for the Center for a Stateless Society, and a member of the Liberty and Power

Liberty and Power

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 group weblog at the History News Network. His own blog is called Free Association.

A graduate of Temple University

Temple University

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, Richman was formerly a journalist, and a senior editor at the Cato Institute

Cato Institute

The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1977 by Edward H. Crane, who remains president and CEO, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the conglomerate Koch Industries, Inc., the largest privately held...

 and the Institute for Humane Studies

Institute for Humane Studies

The Institute for Humane Studies is a classical liberal non-profit organization whose stated mission is “to support the achievement of a freer society by discovering and facilitating the development of talented students, scholars, and other intellectuals who share an interest in liberty and in...

 at George Mason University

George Mason University

George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...

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Sheldon Richman has written occasional pieces on foreign policy

Foreign policy

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, population

Population

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 issues, federal disaster assistance, international trade

International trade

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, education, the environment

Environment (biophysical)

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, American history, privacy

Privacy

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, computers, and the Middle East

Middle East

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. These articles have appeared in, among others, the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, American Scholar, Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

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, USA Today

USA Today

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, Washington Times, Christian Science Monitor, CounterPunch

Counterpunch

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, Independent Review

Independent Review

Several magazines, journals, and newspapers have used this title, some of which are:*Independent Review , a now defunct progressive English journal founded, in part, by the historian G.M. Trevelyan in London. Edward Jenks was editor, and members of its editorial board included Trevelyan, G. Lowes...

, Insight

Insight

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, Cato Policy Report

Cato Institute

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, Journal of Economic Development, The World & I, Reason

Reason

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, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs magazine, published nine times per year in Washington, D.C., focuses on "news and analysis from and about the Middle East and U.S...

, Middle East Policy, and Liberty

Liberty (1987)

Liberty is a leading libertarian journal founded in 1987 by R. W. Bradford in Port Townsend, Washington, and currently edited from San Diego, California, by Stephen Cox...

. He is a contributor to the Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics.

Richman is the author of a three-part essay entitled Beware Income Tax Casuistry, which critiques various tax protester

Tax protester (United States)

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 arguments

Tax protester constitutional arguments

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 about the constitutionality of the U.S. federal income tax

Income tax in the United States

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External links

• MWC NEWS
• Official weblog
• Commentary archive at The Multiracial Activist
  The Multiracial Activist
  The Multiracial Activist is a libertarian-oriented activist journal covering social and civil liberties issues of interest to individuals who perceive themselves to be biracial or multiracial. In addition, interracial couples and families and transracial adoptees are also constituencies...