I think it’s pretty well established that Ron Paul isn’t my favorite kind of libertarian. But the truth is, if it weren’t for the barmy foreign policy ideas, the goldbuggery, etc, I could get behind a Ron Paul-like libertarian for president. I’m not sure I could ever pull the lever for this guy specifically, at least not in a primary with actual conservatives on the ballot. But I’ll never have to face that problem either. Still, Paul presents something of a challenge because there’s a popular tendency to mock and delegitimize what’s right about Paul along with what’s wrong about him. Which brings me to today’s column in which I attempt to tease out one of the things that’s right, or at least what’s very much worth hearing, in his message.