Burt Blumert

Burt Blumert

David Gordon writes:

Today would have been the 87th birthday of Burt Blumert, one of the greatest personalities of the modern libertarian movement. Burt was the indispensable man behind the scenes and was a key figure in the Mises Institute, the Center for Libertarian Studies, and LewRockwell.com. He was one of Murray Rothbard’s closest friends; and when you met him, it was easy to see why Murray liked him. He was a genial and kind person and a source of wise counsel to all those fortunate to know him. Burt was the founder of Camino Coins and a principal figure in the hard money community. If you want to get a sense of what Burt was like, you have only to read his collection of humorous essays, Bagels, Barry Bonds, and Rotten Politicians (2008). It was a source of great pride and comfort to Burt in his final illness that he was able to see this book in print. I will never forget Burt and wish I could telephone Camino and talk to him again.

Justin Raimondo visited Burt, when his book, Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement, was published. With Justin were his two friends: Yosh and Ibrahim.

 

  -RW