Source: The Bulwark
by Joshua Tait
“Ed Crane used to say, as one of his longtime colleagues recollected a couple of years ago, ‘that the thing he did for libertarianism was put libertarians in suits and ties.’ The burly institution builder was not a household name, but he made the modern libertarian movement into what it is today, dragging weirdos and dreamers to the halls of power. A driven activist and domineering organizer once described by P.J. O’Rourke as having a ‘sequoia spine,’ he built both the modern Libertarian Party and the preeminent libertarian think tank in the United States, the Cato Institute.” (02/23/26)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/legacy-of-a-libertarian-leader-ed-crane-cato-institute