Libertarians

Why Are There So Few Latino Libertarians?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.29.2012

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Daniel Cubias

Of course, there are Latino libertarians out there. But in general, talking Hispanics into espousing the Ron Paul agenda is only slightly easier than getting the pope to show up at the Stonewall Inn for a drink.

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Former GOP Hopeful Seeking Big Win

AP | CRISTINA SILVA | Posted 05.05.2012

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LAS VEGAS -- Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is campaigning to win the White House as a Libertarian after receiving scant attention in the Republi...

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Romney's Wrong: States Are More Responsive to Special Interests Than Voters

Peter Scheer | Posted 05.03.2012

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Peter Scheer

Federalist conservatives love shifting power from the federal government to states because they believe that the closer government is to its citizens, the more responsive it is to those citizens. They could not be more wrong.

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No Liberty Without Order

D. R. Tucker | Posted 04.09.2012

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D. R. Tucker

There is no liberty without order, no liberty when economic policies aren't rational, no liberty when citizens are not treated equally, no liberty when the planet has been polluted. That's a truth Republicans used to acknowledge.

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Libertarianism For Your Teen

Lee Bailey | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Koch Brothers Libertarianism, Libertarianism Gay Rights, Kock Brothers, Libertarianism, Libertarianism Koch Brothers, Libertarians, Gay Voices News
Lee Bailey

In hindsight, I view my indoctrination with the libertarians with amused gratitude. I see that it spoke to both dark secrets I harbored and to the more evident materialism I practiced as a bored suburban teenager. Here was a worldview that said it was OK to seek riches and to love other men.

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Laissez Cato Faire

Kevin Dowd | Posted 05.09.2012

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Kevin Dowd

The most likely outcome of a Koch takeover is that Cato would be eviscerated, the brand would be destroyed and the Kochs would take over an empty shell -- in short, the outcome would be a catastrophe, and even the winners would gain nothing.

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Take My Koch Brothers -- Please

David Isenberg | Posted 05.08.2012

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David Isenberg

Given that some of the people the Koch brothers want to put on CATO's board are firmly in the neocon camp, one doesn't have to be a rocket scientist to see that a Koch-controlled CATO Institute is one big win for unbridled militarism and one big setback for those advocating small government and individual liberty.

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Arin Greenwood

'Voluntaryist' Who Thwarts Police Doesn't Want Public Roads

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 02.23.2012

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FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- In Eddie Free's ideal world, the Falls Church roads he drives on his way to and from work would be privately owned. Though the...

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Why Rick Santorum Is a Menace and a Libertarian's Worst Nightmare

Eric Segall | Posted 04.22.2012

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Eric Segall

Santorum is not a person who believes government should stay out of people's private moral choices. Quite the contrary, he wants the government to impose idiosyncratic and disputable moral and religious values on those who don't share those particular beliefs.

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Who Would Be a Climate Skeptic?

Christina Robert | Posted 04.17.2012

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Christina Robert

Back in the days when going to college meant listening to the Grateful Dead, I once had to drive a car with a bumper sticker on the back that read, ...

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Ron Swanson's Take On Government: There's Too Much Of It!

The Huffington Post | Maureen Ryan | Posted 02.17.2012

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Ron Swanson has never made a secret of what he thinks of the government: There's too much of it. Way too much. As you can see in the exclusive clip...

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Libertarianism, Rightly Conceived

Trevor Burrus | Posted 03.19.2012

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Trevor Burrus

At bottom, what ties libertarians together is the notion of a "presumption of liberty" -- that state action needs justification, not human freedom. This idea is far from controversial and, in fact, it is the founding principle of the modern liberal state.

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Now Republicans Must Deal with Their Crazy Uncle in the Attic

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 03.04.2012

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Michael Hais and Morley Winograd

Among Republicans, the three-way split at the top of the GOP field in Iowa between candidates representing the business-oriented, Evangelical, and libertarian wings of the party suggests a desire for something both different and purer.

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Arlington Rapper Remy Puts Out Christmas Video On TSA Security

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- There's a new video out by everyone's favorite D.C.-area libertarian rapper, Arlington-based Remy, who we last saw singing a love song t...

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Theodore Roosevelt Vintage Cartoons At The Library Of Congress

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- "Bully!: The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt" is a new book put out by D.C.-based Regnery Publishing. It's a biography of the wi...

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The Grand New Alliance

Rob Stein | Posted 12.18.2011

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Rob Stein

A profoundly significant new political alignment within the right flank of the Republican Party is becoming entrenched in American politics and should be a wake-up call that the foundations of democracy are always fragile and the promises of America must never be taken for granted.

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Fantom Comics Leaving Union Station, Offers Cash In New Retail Space Search

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- On Oct. 4, Fantom Comics got 30 days notice that the store would be losing the lease on the prime Union Station space it's had for the p...

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Cleveland Park Residents Displeased By Possible 'Sticky Floor' Bar

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Cleveland Park bar Ireland's Four Fields is closing on Nov. 5, and the neighborhood's always vibrant online message board has been abuzz...

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The Comedy of Libertarian Hypocrisy

Dan Agin | Posted 11.18.2011

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Dan Agin

Too many Americans are currently behaving like imbeciles in their adoration of absolute and total individual freedom when the reality of our time is that such freedom is incompatible with individual survival.

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The Republican Spectrum of Ignorance

Bob Cesca | Posted 09.05.2011

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Bob Cesca

In the last six or seven months alone, there are enough examples of Republicans botching very basic ideas and facts to fill stacks of "Bushism" style novelty calendars.

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Why Libertarians Are Wrong on Free Trade

Ian Fletcher | Posted 08.17.2011

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Ian Fletcher

Like it or not, even a capitalist economy is a system in which your actions affect other people. Your freedom to swing your fist ends, famously, at the tip of my nose, and what you buy and don't buy affects other people.

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Report From the Future: Rise and Fall of Libertarian Utopia

Jay Walljasper | Posted 07.19.2011

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Jay Walljasper

If you were looking for a place that symbolized the triumph of libertarianism in the early years of the century -- the abiding faith that economic competition represents the only path to the good life -- Cato, Texas, would be it.

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Shadow Elite: Grover Norquist -- Many GOP Legislators Privately Favor Afghanistan Withdrawal

Janine R. Wedel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janine R. Wedel

Grover Norquist, toast of the left? Well, not quite, but the longtime anti-tax activist has been winning favorable mention in seemingly unusual quarters recently for pushing a debate on withdrawing from Afghanistan.

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Why Do Progressives Favor Regulation -- and Should We?

Alan Krinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan Krinsky

Progressives should consider opposing government regulation when it is ineffective or unnecessary. But in areas where regulation protects public safety, progressive should also proudly embrace it.

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Civil Unions: Worse Than Nothing?

Noah Baron | Posted 05.25.2011

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Noah Baron

The achievement of marriage equality would send a message to gay youth that they are welcome in society and that marriage and love and stability are all things that are not reserved only for heterosexuals, but are a possibility for them too.

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