"The upshot is that I spent the bulk of my professional life trying to advance a creed I no longer hold. How do I make sense of that now?" Thematically related to that Romney piece, libertarians might be interested in this thoughtful look back from Brink Lindsey on his career in professional libertarianism and his evolution away from it.
Libertarian Roots Revisited
In my last two essays, I looked first rightward and then leftward for insights into the challenges we face and how best to surmount them. Now I’ll look back at my old intellectual home, libertarianism. Although its relevance to contemporary problems has been in decline so far in the 21st century, when I look toward the longer term, I get the sense that at least some of my old libertarian instincts will prove to be vitally important in steering us away from catastrophe and toward a flourishing future.
brinklindsey.substack.com