How do you square this position with your rationale for working at an institution that receives state funds?

I'm not trying to call you out on this, because you are free to do whatever you want. But I think I know the answer. The marginal value of your vote as a freedom lover is tiny, while the marginal value of your teaching hour is high. You are able to influence more people through teaching and writing than voting. Essentially, your civic-minded students vote for you by proxy. That is, until they come around to your way of thinking!

I think your position is commendable, but it's also disheartening. One of my knee jerk responses to your Freeman piece was “This is why libertarians get so little political traction.” Thinking about it for awhile, my considered response is “libertarians get so little political traction because getting political traction isn't what life is all about.”

Voting is one of those strange things that is really “important” as a societal norm yet it isn't. There are a number of areas of life like this that would boggle some neutral third party.

“You did what? You wasted your vote? You fool!”

I think a great idea would be for independents of all ideologies to start a campaign to NOT vote for either of the major parties. Vote … definitely vote but for some one other then a major party candidate.