Following the untimely death of Frank Zappa, the man who in many ways has taken up the banner of smart libertarian man in the modern USA is Penn Jillette, the higher-profile and more extrovert half of Penn and Teller.
This is a short but very interesting interview with him. The money quote is this one, when talking about what he describes as a non-social but practical working relationship with Teller:
It turns out that respect is more durable than affection.
