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Twenty-five years ago this month, a Centre College student was feverishly putting finishing touches on a senior paper entitled "Libertarianism: An Examination With Emphasis on the Modern American Libertarians." This young government major's magnum opus opined that organized libertarianism faced poor political prospects, but played an important role in stimulating and limiting major party policy proposals. Pretty profound, huh? According to the Libertarian Party, America's third largest, "Libertarians believe that you have the right to live your life as you wish, without the government interfering -- as long as you don't violate the rights of others. Politically, this means Libertarians favor rolling back the size and cost of government, and eliminating laws that stifle the economy and control people's personal choices." Not all libertarians are card-carrying party members, of course, and last week was a big one for the broader movement, especially in Kentucky. Monday, Charles Murray, one of America's most brilliant social scientists and author of What it Means to be a Libertarian, spoke at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center for Political Leadership.