35 Heroes of Freedom?

Matthew Stinson asks

Is it just me, or does Reason's list of "35 Heroes of Freedom" read like it was written by the president of a high school Cbjectivist club?

Which is just about the perfect description of it. He puts it into perspective with

Larry Flynt gets a nod, but Pope John Paul II, who fought tyrannies more profound than American obscenity law, does not.

Outside the Beltway adds

anyone that thinks the guy who invented Pretty Good Privacy did more for freedom than Lech Walesa, Ronald Reagan, or John Paul II has a very narrow view of reality.

Another thing that struck me when reading the article was their statement that

Half a billion people or more have escaped the gray hand of totalitarian communism.

That is true, but it happened with no thanks to the libertarians. They were opposed to Reagan's military build-up and his confrontational approach to the Soviets.