You don't have to be a economist to understand why American healthcare has been such a disaster for so long -- and why Obamacare has spectacularly failed to do the one thing that would have solved most of its problems.

There are many orthodoxies -- religious, political, philosophical and more. Like all other tyrannies, they seek conformity. Orthodoxy is to the mind as tyranny is to the person.

The Democrats of today are not the champions of labor and the enemies of high finance like they were in the days of FDR. Rather, today's Democratic Party is a center-right version of the Republican Party -- just as corrupt, but not inherently evil.

Why has the Libertarian Party -- and more importantly, the much broadly based new liberty movement -- failed to make a significant electoral impact, despite its recent tailwinds?

Today there is not just one major issue facing the country. There are a number of them, and neither of the two parties is addressing these very serious problems. Bitter partisan divisions have produced nothing but paralysis in our government.

In interviewing Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for President, I was following the advice of Ron Paul, who recently stated, "[Gary Johnson] is wonderful, and I think he's doing a good job, and I think people should look at him, and every individual should make up their own mind."

They can't possibly win on Election Day, but third-party candidates definitely could matter in the outcome of Ohio's already close presidential electi...

The Republican Party should welcome the Libertarian Party and other challengers in the political arena. The former should try to win by convincing the American people that the GOP really is the better option, not by preventing them from voting for someone else.

In the wake of last night’s first presidential debate, HuffPost Live hosted a debate to hear the voices of our third-party candidates. Hosts Ma...

Lawsuits are common in politics, but there was one filed last Friday that is not common at all: someone has brought an antitrust suit, alleging that the major political parties have monopolized politics, and it is not exactly some crackpot who did it.

If you want fiscal restraint, an end to the wars, marriage equality, and legalized pot, then Gov. Gary Johnson, of the Libertarian Party, is your man.

WASHINGTON -- It was another hot, humid day earlier this summer, and Gary Johnson was in town again. This time he didn't offer to come to HuffPost's o...

A Washington state judge Thursday rejected a Libertarian Party lawsuit that sought to remove Mitt Romney from the state's general election ballot, the...

WASHINGTON -- The Libertarian Party of Washington state sued the state secretary of state on Thursday, claiming that Mitt Romney's name should be remo...

A Mississippi congressional candidate said that mayors who oppose Chick-fil-A because of CEO Dan Cathy's views on same-sex marriage "need to be introd...

A Libertarian candidate for Congress in Kansas has legally changed his name to Thomas Jefferson in a bid to press his agenda. Jack Talbert, who is...

Why go through with a national campaign they are going to lose, that keeps them in fringe territory, and risks throwing the election to the party they most disagree with? Herewith a solution: don't.

Gary Johnson's betting that the libertarian base won't be willing to make the ideological leap to Romney, and he said he envisions a scenario in which he picks up the votes of Ron Paul's libertarian-leaning backers. If that happens, and it's already happening, there's reason to believe that America's much-mocked Libertarian candidate does actually matter.

What do Democrats want most? Power. They want to run the country. What do Republicans want most? Power. They want to run the country. Why do both of...