Janet Bufton

Janet Bufton is an educational consultant and a founder of the Institute for Liberal Studies. Her writing is collected at janetbufton.substack.com.

6 articles

Liberalism Reunited

Classical liberals must rejoin left liberals in fighting for emancipatory politics and against the illiberal right.

Janet Bufton May 19, 2026

It is precisely because liberalism cannot take sides that liberals must.

Janet Bufton Jul 7, 2025

Canada does not need your permission or your approval to exist.

Janet Bufton Mar 16, 2025

The way forward is clear.

Janet Bufton Sep 23, 2024

Ian Dunt's How To Be a Liberal is a history of liberalism's conflicted nature and a call to arms for a dynamic, inclusive liberalism.

In 2016, the Washington Post ran a remarkable piece of journalism. Derek Black, a pedigreed, up-and-coming white nationalist

Janet Bufton Aug 29, 2023