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Pro-Beyonce, Anti-Space Program, Libertarian Toastmasters Have A Lot To Say

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 04.18.2013 | DC

WASHINGTON -- Aaron Fitzgerald used to help coordinate a group called Liberty on the Rocks. "A monthly happy hour," he says. "It's a group of liber...

They Deserve an Up-or-Down Vote

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.10.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

DREAM Act kids? They deserve a vote. Judicial nominees? They deserve a vote. As long as the "they" being referenced are sympathetic to the vast majority of the American public, then the logic works.

Libertarians: Live Free or Die of Frostbite

Floyd Elliot | Posted 04.10.2013 | Comedy
Floyd Elliot

Some weeks ago, a study by the libertarian Mercatus Center found that the freest state in the United Ss Of A is... envelope, please... North Dakota!

It Wasn't David Stockman Who Wrecked the Economy

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics
Robert Scheer

Why is David Stockman driving everyone crazy? The shoot-the-messenger frenzy that has greeted Sunday's New York Times op-ed by Ronald Reagan's former budget director leaves one searching for the message that has so unhinged his critics.

Do Libertarians Really Threaten LGBT Rights? I Don't Think So

James Peron | Posted 03.26.2013 | Gay Voices
James Peron

It was government sodomy laws that made our existence a crime. Some of us wanted to limit government -- horrors! -- by repealing those laws.

The Myth Of Libertarianism And The Fight For LGBT Equality

Maya Rupert | Posted 03.25.2013 | Gay Voices
Maya Rupert

The libertarian premise that without government intervention everyone would be free to do what they want is simply a myth for marginalized communities. True equality for the LGBT community will require government enforcement and protection of fundamental rights and freedoms.

CPAC, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Paul Ryan, and the Conservative Crack-Up

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics
Brent Budowsky

As long as the right keeps doing what it keeps doing, the great conservative crack-up will bring two big winners: Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.

By All Appearances

Jim Worth | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics
Jim Worth

Republicans want us to believe they're still the "Grand Old Party." At first glance, or really first listen, they sound like they've done some pretty...

Four Reasons Students Should Vote Libertarian in the Next Election

Uloop | Posted 05.07.2013 | College
Uloop

Tired of the social injustices of the Republican Party? Frustrated by the intrusive and anti-business economic policies of the Democratic Party? If you answered YES to both of these issues, you may be a secret Libertarian -- you've just never known the right label.

Fighting Over Blame in the Republican Party

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 04.26.2013 | Politics
Lincoln Mitchell

Because the U.S. has been governed by the same two parties for more than 150 years, it is not uncommon for one of the parties to be riven by an ideological split. The conflict in today's Republican Party is different. Although there are policy elements to it, most of the differences are personal.

On the Cognitive and Historic Roots of Our Destructive Modern Polarization

David Ropeik | Posted 04.13.2013 | Politics
David Ropeik

Maybe understanding the historic events and behavioral roots that have produced these venomously angry polarized times can help us let go of at least a little of our own deep instinct to align with the tribe in the name of safety and protection.

The Liberty Movement Must Ask the Most Important Question

Robin Koerner | Posted 02.26.2013 | Politics
Robin Koerner

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?

GOP Hopes Succumb to Fringe Politics

David Jenkins | Posted 01.06.2013 | Politics
David Jenkins

That Republicans failed to capitalize on such an advantageous political landscape, should be cause for honest reflection, not illogical scapegoating. Blaming the wrong thing will only guarantee similar failures in the future.

Marijuana Conspiracy In 'Perfect Storm' State Could Cause 2012 Shakeup

Salon | Posted 10.18.2012 | Politics

The term ā€œperfect stormā€ is so overused as to be a pathetic cliche — but alas, in politics, it is about the best phrase to describe Colorado in ...

Tin Foil Hat Libertarians

Brian LaSorsa | Posted 10.09.2012 | Politics
Brian LaSorsa

Libertarians are skeptics. But outlandish conspiracy theories dilute the concrete information we already understand about legislative policies. So why cloud logic with conspiracy?

Dwindling Compassion

Jeffrey P. Colin | Posted 09.13.2012 | Home
Jeffrey P. Colin

As someone dedicated to living a life of service to others, I have been struck recently by how little attention is paid to the amount of suffering in ...

Damon Root: On the Conservative vs. Libertarian Take on the Constitution

92nd Street Y | Posted 09.11.2012 | Politics
92nd Street Y

As we inch closer to September's 225th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution, Reason Magazine's Senior Editor, Damon Root, describes the modern day battle developing around our nation's law of the land: between conservatives and libertarians.

Why Every Libertarian Should Be an Independent Voter

Bill Hillsman | Posted 08.19.2012 | Politics
Bill Hillsman

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...

'Oh, She's a Porn Star, OK!' My Night at a Mad Men-Themed Gala for Libertarians

Death Race | Posted 08.18.2012 | Politics
Death Race

It's about an hour into the after-party when someone in the middle of the room, near a giant projector screen playing vintage television ads, begins banging his glass and yelling for everyone to be quiet.

Reflections on the Primaries

D. Robert Worley | Posted 08.04.2012 | Politics
D. Robert Worley

There aren't too many things that can be satisfactorily explained with a single, two-valued variable like left-right. And I never found satisfying a discussion of which of the Republican candidateswas farther right or who was more conservative.

Dear Libertarians: Stop Being Nuts

Eli Lehrer | Posted 08.04.2012 | Politics
Eli Lehrer

Simply wishing that government would vanish is no substitute for figuring out how to run it. If libertarians want the fusionist alliance to keep going and the political right to remain in power, they're going to have to stop being nuts.

Why Are There So Few Latino Libertarians?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 07.29.2012 | Latino Voices
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.

Former GOP Hopeful Seeking Big Win

AP | CRISTINA SILVA | Posted 05.05.2012 | Politics

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...

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

Peter Scheer | Posted 07.03.2012 | Politics
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.

No Liberty Without Order

D. R. Tucker | Posted 06.09.2012 | Politics
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.