Liberty to the Rescue: How Liberety Can Get Us Out of the Mess We're In

Liberty to the Rescue shows how recommitment to the principles of liberty can arrest and cure the extreme polarization, despair, and incivility poisoning our republic. While Americans have been fortunate to enjoy more liberty than most of the world, we rarely appreciate what we have, and so risk losing that and more if we don't practice and defend it.Liberty is introduced as simple restraints we apply to ourselves as we deal with our fellow citizens. The classical definitions of liberty such as freedom of speech, religion, and private property follow when these restraints also apply to government. Living in an environment of liberty is seen as valuable from personal, cultural, spiritual, and even cosmic perspectives. A dozen principles common in American politics, but to some degree contrary to liberty, are visited to understand their appeal and their risks.Government policies are observed through the lens of liberty to judge their suitability for a free people. We learn that a strong