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Calimesa mayor elected as new supervisor in Riverside County The provisional and absentee ballots have finally been counted, and Libertarian Jeff Hewitt has been declared the new supervisor-elect for the 5th District of Riverside County, Calif. […]

Dear Libertarian, Political success doesn’t happen overnight. Winning a single political campaign requires countless hours of work to qualify for the ballot, hone a message, reach out to potential constituents, and persuade the voting public […]

Friend, Super Bowls are won in the off-season. When the TV cameras aren’t rolling, football players spend their months conditioning, strength training, and running plays. Those months and years of preparation determine who wins on game day. […]

Dear fellow Libertarians, Over the past few months, the Youth Engagement Committee has been hard at work determining how to best empower our party’s young activists. Now we need your help. Invest in the future of the Libertarian Party by […]

Dear Libertarian, Want to help us have a blockbuster year in 2019? A generous donor has pledged a $15,000 matching gift, to help make that happen. So, if you give right now to our 2019 Money Bomb, your donation will be DOUBLED and thus will go TWICE […]

As of this writing, 79 people have perished in California’s Camp Fire. The town of Paradise has been largely incinerated, leaving many in the town of nearly 27,000 people homeless, and 699 people are still reported missing. Fighting other […]

The Libertarian National Committee is seeking Libertarian Party members to fill the non-LNC positions several committees. With the exception of the Convention Oversight Committee, most of these positions will be filled no later than the September […]

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be preparing for the Libertarian National Committee’s (LNC) budget meeting. This meeting is the most important LNC meeting of the year. They’ll be deciding priorities for 2019, and a lot of that is […]

Dear Libertarian, The election may be over, but we’re still hard at work gathering information and preparing for new challenges ahead. Our live blog on election night tallied some of the important Libertarian Party results at the ballot box, […]

The October 2018 issue of LP News is now ready to view on our website. We’re busy putting together news from the November election, but in the meantime you can read pre-election coverage of our heroic candidates and their tireless campaigning […]

mine is The Player of Games, by Iain Banks […]

The reporters who made this nontroversy a story should be ashamed of themselves. […]

Further explication of our ongoing disagreement concerning the scope and conduct of the Mueller investigation. […]

Too bad we won't let them come here from overseas. […]

Too bad we won't let them come here from overseas. […]

Zoning rules that severely restrict home construction cut off millions of poor people from jobs and affordable housing. The Minneapolis reform is the most extensive reduction in zoning achieved by any major American city in a long time. […]

This holiday season has not been a good one for food safety regulators. In December, a months-old recall of salmonella-tainted ground beef (that initially passed USDA inspection) was expanded to include more than 12 million pounds. And widespread […]

The man who coined the phrase "Brown Scare" […]

Despite the recent recalls, America’s food supply is remarkably safe. But it's not now, and likely won't ever be, perfectly safe. […]

Where does political libertarianism go after the midterms? […]

Where does political libertarianism go after the midterms? […]

Few will agree with Cambridge political scientist David Runciman's proposal to lower the voting age to 6. But standard reasons for rejecting the idea raise serious questions about many adult voters, too. […]

Manafort, meanwhile, tried to conceal that he was still talking to Trump administration officials after he was indicted. […]

Now that a Democrat will be governor, Wisconsin GOP is suddenly uncomfortable with letting governors direct economic development schemes. […]

Body slams, reasonable retaliation, and Russian software. […]

We've got a grant -- we've finished the first video (under 4 minutes) -- but we need a good title for the whole series. […]

A history of fun […]

The 20th century brought us the concept of leisure time, and with it, lots of fads. […]

Legalized pot is great. Taxing it to pay for public transit is not. […]

The Supreme Court seems disinclined to overturn precedents allowing serial prosecutions of the same crime. […]

The FIRST STEP Act might get shoved into an end-of-year spending bill. […]

The lawsuit argues that the excessive penalty violated her Eighth Amendment rights. The Supreme Court is currently considering a similar case. […]

Jacob Sullum, Dana Rohrabacher, and Adrian Moore talk about the next steps in ending the war on drugs at Reason's 50th anniversary celebration. […]

The L.P.’s biggest 2018 winner wants to tackle California’s public sector pension crisis head-on […]

Plus: Trump dumps on the media as CNN faces a bomb scare, murder rates are falling, and corporate gender quotas don't work. […]

Conservatives and moderates don’t agree on much, but they do agree on this: The state GOP is dead in the water and needs a new strategy to revive itself. […]

A favorite prohibitionist theme is refuted by reality. […]

Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie in an awkward royal history. […]

A whirlwind tour of a world being born. […]

A whirlwind tour of a world being born. […]

Special for LewRockwell.com France is under siege.  Some 90,000 security forces are being deployed across France with particular attention to always combustible Paris and Marseilles.  Armored vehicles are moving into the capital.  […]

“No vaccine manufacturer shall be liable…for damages arising from a vaccine-related injury or death.” – President Ronald Wilson Reagan, as he signed The National Childhood Vaccine Injury […]

Here is a Polish joke our conservative Polish-American friends should love. A two week gathering of diplomats and climate ‘experts’ on man-made global warming started in Katowice, Poland this week. The purpose of […]

A titanic battle between Mr. Trump and his antagonists looms in the political gloaming of the new year. It may not be resolvable by conventional means since the Intel and Justice agencies have been leading a two-year coup-by-subterfuge against the […]

In Orwell’s other book – Animal Farm – we read about a mutiny against the farmer by the livestock, who draw up a kind of Declaration of Rights premised on the idea that all animals are equal. This is painted on the side […]

On 4 December 2018, HuffPost published an article by senior editor Chris York, whose single purpose was to discredit Professor Piers Robinson of the University of Sheffield (UK).  Prof. Robinson is Chair in Politics, […]

It is difficult to understand how the Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle remains so popular today with his adventures of the world’s most famous detective when any critical thinking that contradicts the status quo is dismissed out of hand as […]

The supposed descent of Eastern European countries, and particularly Poland and Hungary, into the grips of authoritarian nationalist regimes has been the subject of heated discussion. This concern has not only attracted the anxious attention of our […]

How long have you lived overseas? Well, I’ve been spending half my time overseas for about the last 20 years. The vast majority of it has been in Brazil, and this country is quite strict about its immigration policy. It can be done, but for […]

Donald Trump just jumped the shark calling himself, “Mr. Tariff.”  He believes a trade deficit is akin to stealing the wealth of a nation.  It isn’t. Under normal conditions a trade deficit is simply a reflection of the […]

“For those who long wondered why throughout the presidential campaign Trump could not bring himself to say a critical word about Russian President Vladimir Putin, we now know the answer: Trump was hoping to do business in Russia, and doing so […]

The post Parents, Grandparents: Buy These Books – PODCAST appeared first on LewRockwell. […]

"We’re not going to ask permission to take care of our patients." It is with this epiphany, that our guest on this episode became one of the pioneers and leaders of the most hopeful trend in health care today: the direct primary care or […]

In his speech to the Economic Club of New York on November 28 2018, the Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell said that the US central bank’s policy interest rate is just below the neutral rate. This prompted many commentators to […]

Until a few years ago, the conservative spectrum could be comfortably sundered into the "traditionalists" at one pole, the "libertarians" at the other, and the "fusionists" as either judicious synthesizers or muddled moderates (depending on one's […]

It wasn’t that long ago (1987) that the entire budget of the federal government was “only” a trillion dollars. It reached the $2 trillion mark in 2002, and didn’t exceed $3 trillion until 2009. Even after a long series of […]

Climate Change (née Global Warming) is based on three premises: the earth's atmosphere is warming; humans are responsible for that warming; and warming is inherently bad. But even if we accept these premises, what economic trade-offs are […]

One would get the impression, reading most of the discussions in today's American newspapers and magazines, that no one had ever thought of doing anything for the poor until Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal in the 1930's, or even until President […]

Historian Ralph Raico was one of the great popularizers and scholars of European decentralism. That is, Raico recognized and supported the idea that Europe's traditions in favor of human rights and limited political power grew out of Europe's long […]

In 2000, Emory University history professor Michael Bellesiles published the book Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture. The central argument of the book was that the culture of American gun ownership does not date back to the […]

Count Venezuela among the victims of hyperinflation. Economist Steve Hanke has done a meticulous job over the years raising awareness on troubled world currencies, with Venezuela’s Bolivar receiving the bulk of his focus. Hanke’s recent […]

Bloomberg reports this week that on Wall Street, men have started to implement office strategies that the men believe will minimize the likeliness of being accused of sexual harassment: While the new personal codes for dealing with #MeToo have only […]

Recorded 15 October 1988 at the Marx and Marxism Conference. The laissez-faire liberals understood that state violence is used by government agents, employees, and benefactors to exploit the rest of the population. Thus, the liberals understood the […]

Eurozone banks have fallen dramatically in the stock market despite the results of the stress tests carried out by the ECB, and the EU Banks Index is down 25% on the year despite year-long bullish recommendations from almost every broker. This […]

Carabini explains the multifaceted, revolutionary new science of complexity theory (also called chaos theory) that shows why the political top-down ordering of society is disruptive to social order. Pages 83–100 in the text. Narrated by Daniel […]

Carabini explores the inherent inhumanity of political democracy as a social scheme in which common sense and goodwill are scorned and individual predation upon others is praised. Pages 101–108 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett. […]

Carabini concludes, and considers finding purpose in life while trying to make the world a better place. Pages 109–112 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett. […]

The Introduction to Liberty, Dicta & Force by Louis E. Carabini. Pages 7–18 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett. […]

Carabini explains why so many people remain trapped in a political box, holding firmly to the illusion that politics and government serve a beneficial social function. Pages 19–24 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett. […]

Carabini discusses the duality of standards of conduct in which people condone dastardly conduct in public (political) matters that they would never think of using in their personal affairs. Pages 25–28 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett. […]

Carabini explains the selfish nature of living organisms and the natural selection of human cooperation over force as a more adaptive behavior for surviving and propagating. Pages 29–40 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett. […]

Carabini discusses the nonsense and divisiveness of the political use of “fairness” and “equality” to disguise acts of inhumanity as moral in order to gain votes and power, while reducing the potential welfare of all. Pages […]

Carabini explains the importance of discrimination and how political laws prohibiting selective associations — as well as disassociations — are inhumane. The nonpolitical world is an individual one where relationships are voluntary, […]

Carabini explains how individuals achieve results that are “better than rational” when seeking ways to manage the resources of the commons, and how government intervention only obstructs the process. Pages 63–74 in the text. […]

Carabini discusses the degree to which the most compassionate people can become desensitized and conduct themselves in abhorrent ways when they are obedient to authority. Pages 75–82 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett. […]

At a mid-November hearing before the United States International Trade Commission, several US automaker groups complained that proposed car tariffs would undermine the success of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and cause heavy job losses for […]

The Creepy Line, a new documentary by director M.A. Taylor, is now streaming at Amazon Prime. It provides an interesting and revealing look at how Google and Facebook influence their users' view of the world, and how the users we often presume to be […]

In 550 BC, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously declared: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” In this episode, we learn from our guest whether scientists […]

Advancing social ideas that do not demand obedience or compliance requires far more personal patience than simply forcing others to comply via the political ballot box. The widely held idea that dicta and force can serve a useful purpose will […]

The Canadian Hockey League (CHL), which consists of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), the Western Hockey League (WHL), and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), is currently embroiled in a “$180-million class-action lawsuit. The suit […]

Season 3, Episode 34  At the outset of the war, Winfield Scott came up with his “Anaconda Plan” to blockade the entire southern coast. This looked to be easier said than done, as the Union had a very small navy. The Confederates, by […]

By 1989, it had become apparent to all — everyone except the CIA, of course — that the Soviet economy, and thus the Soviet state was in very deep trouble.  In November 1989, the Berlin Wall came down in the face of Soviet impotence. […]

The third weekend of November, as usual, saw the crowning of a champion in all three of NASCAR’s national touring series — the Camping World Truck Series, the Xfinity Series, and the Monster Energy Cup Series. The 2018 Xfinity Series […]

French protests over a new climate-change-inspired fuel tax highlight high costs imposed on ordinary people by climate-change policies. The so-called "Yellow Vest" protests that have sprung up in France in recent weeks now involve a variety of […]

[Previously unpublished online; Faith and Freedom 1, no. 4 (March 1950).] Citizens of the old Roman Empire distrusted paper currency and refused to accept anything but gold or silver coin as money. So the rulers found themselves barred from […]

Pages 11–16 in the text. Narrated by Jim Vann. […]

Pages 17–66 in the text. Narrated by Jim Vann. […]

Pages 67–100 in the text. Narrated by Jim Vann. […]

Pages 101–164 in the text. Narrated by Jim Vann. […]

Pages 165–232 in the text. Narrated by Jim Vann. […]

Pages 233–238 in the text. Narrated by Jim Vann. […]

Pages 239–241 in the text. Narrated by Jim Vann. […]

Afterword to 'Busting Myths About the State and the Libertarian Alternative' by Zack Rofer. Pages 242–243 in the text. Narrated by Jim Vann. […]

There are many popular myths that are used to try to justify the existence of the state, and also many popular myths about libertarianism and the free market. Zack Rofer's work explodes both sets of myths, and is both a primer for those taking a […]

The Preface to Busting Myths about the State and the Libertarian Alternative by Zack Rofer. Pages 7–10 in the text. Narrated by Jim Vann. […]

The G20 meeting in Buenos Aires had a primary objective. To reach an agreement between the United States and China. However, the announced agreement is more a “diplomatic truce” than a real agreement. The United States commits to […]

Even before the new Congress has been seated, some emboldened progressives are pushing for votes to establish Medicare for all. Bernie Sanders argues that 70 percent of Americans favor it, so now is the time. Of course, that support plummets when […]

Gary Schlarbaum is delighted to match your gift now through December 9. Double your gift today by taking advantage of our year-end matching gift opportunity offered by longtime Mises Institute supporter Gary Schlarbaum. For more, see our donations […]

[Reprinted from Free Market Economics: A Basic Reader compiled by Bettina G. Greaves and The Freeman July 1962.] "Who should conserve our resources?" If a poll were taken, a large majority probably would answer: "Our federal and state governments." […]

Although I have lived in Colorado almost continuously for 30 years, only on three or four occasions have I visited our most famous tourist attraction: Rocky Mountain National Park. I avoid RMNP because that's where the tourists go. Traffic on the […]

For the first time in more than two decades, Brazil has a right-wing politician as the head of state. But Bolsonaro's victory signifies more than just a devastating defeat of the Worker’s Party (PT) — the victorious party in the last […]

In May of 2018, Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) wrote an opinion column for USA Today in which he called for significant increases in gun control, following the murder of Gary Jackson, a 28-year old security guard from Oakland, California, […]

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Hello, /r/Libertarian. We are implementing a massive overhaul of the existing rules system. There are many reasons for this. The rules go into effect immediately after this post is made into an announcement. Most of you, especially those who have […]

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Rand Paul wavers on Trump's attorney general nominee  NBCNews.comKentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday he is not committed to supporting President Trump's attorney general nominee, raising concerns that could ... […]

RON HART: Google CEO, the next Silicon Valley oligarch grilled by Congress  The Northwest Florida Daily NewsWe don't have royal weddings in America; our spectacle is Congress grilling business executives. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg […]

The demise of Sen. Jeff Flake's political career really is a tragedy  AZCentralJeff Flake was a beacon for a conservative point of view that should have a place in American politics. […]

Crony Capitalist in Control  Nolan Chart LLCBehind the growing Republican toxicity of government rule and its Trump mutation is the creed of the Koch brothers. That creed represents the ideological ... […]

OUR VIEW: If you can't beat 'em  Stillwater News PressLast week Rep. Johnny Tadlock of Isabel changed his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, feeling he could better serve his constituency in the majority ... […]

Benton County justice of the peace moving on  Northwest Arkansas Democrat-GazetteJoel Jones is leaving the Benton County Quorum Court, and one of his November opponents wonders why he decided to run for re-election in the first place. […]

Libertarians Should Support Wisconsin’s Lame Duck Bill  71 RepublicThe Wisconsin State Legislature is trying to weaken the powers of the state government, making it harder for the Democratic Governor-elect to make change. […]

No, Twitter Should Not Be Nationalized  Being LibertarianIs Twitter a monopoly? Chamberlain points out that Twitter does not make a profit, yet is valued at over $20 billion on the stock market. […]

The Score: George Bush, Copyright Lawsuit, Charles Dickens, College Libertarians  Bearing DriftThis week on The Score – A presidential scholar reflects on the late George H.W. Bush. Seventy-seven years later, we remember Pearl […]

The Libertarian Party Future, Perennially Out of Reach: New at Reason - Hit & Run : Reason.com  ReasonLogan DeBorde/Unsplash"He's going to finish certainly no worse than second, and maybe first," Libertarian Party (L.P.) 2016 vice […]

Ramesh Ponnuru: Trump’s tariffs could clinch the Electoral College  The Spokesman-ReviewThe market verdict is clear: Trade conflict is bad for the expected value of American companies. But so far Trump has not heeded the market […]

Ammon Bundy spoke kindly about the migrant caravan. The backlash has him reevaluating his supporters.  The Washington PostAmmon Bundy has been back in the news of late. No, he is not involved in another armed standoff with the federal […]

How much did the Lehigh Valley's congressional race cost?  Allentown Morning CallThe Lehigh Valley's three congressional finalists spent nearly $4.2 million on their campaigns, federal records show. That boils down to $21 per vote by […]

Third Parties Shafted Again in OC on Nov. Ballot Thanks to Jungle Primary  OC WeeklyThe ballot is a lonely place for third party candidates in California come November. Of all the formerly partisan races in Orange County this year […]

Libertarian Party celebrates their 'most momentous win' after California votes finally tallied  Washington TimesCalifornia officials have spent weeks counting provisional and absentee ballots and have at last determined who will be the […]

McCready-Harris re-do isn’t enough; start over entirely  The Charlotte ObserverNorth Carolina's 9th Congressional District election was plagued by irregularities that went all the way back to the primary. The US House should call for […]

Misconceptions of “Defending Nazis”  Being LibertarianWhenever an individual with far-right views is forcefully deplatformed from speaking, an incredible number of people speak out and side with the deplatformed ... […]

Gazette Chicago » Blue wave becomes blue tsunami as Democrats sweep in this community  Gazette ChicagoThe national blue wave was a blue tsunami in this area, as Democrats won every office. Every candidate endorsed by Gazette Chicago […]

The Libertarian Party Future, Perennially Out of Reach - Reason.com  Reason"He's going to finish certainly no worse than second, and maybe first," Libertarian Party (L.P.) 2016 vice presidential nominee Bill Weld enthused about ... […]

Socialism coming to “South Park”? Mocking Amazon feels far from show's libertarian roots  SalonLast month, "South Park" released a two-part episode in which it traded its longstanding global warming denialism in favor of what […]

Libertarian, Green governor candidates weren’t illegally excluded from debates, state panel finds  cleveland.comThe Ohio Elections Commission has dismissed complaints by the state Libertarian and Green parties that claimed their […]

The Perpetual Cycle of Big Government  Being LibertarianBy its very nature, the growing hands of government will exponentially precipitate more government. In fact, it may be time to come to the realization that neither ... […]

As a teen, I would have welcomed gay conversion therapy. Thankfully, I dodged that trauma.  USA TODAYAs a libertarian, I don't call for regulation lightly. But a 'therapy' so demonstrably harmful must be outlawed to protect the most […]

Tech entrepreneurs don’t fit the profile of libertarians or other traditional political categories, study finds  PsyPostNew research has found that technology entrepreneurs tend to have different political predispositions compared to […]

The 7 Most Important Schools of Libertarian Thought  71 RepublicThough much diversity exists in the field of libertarian thought, these seven branches are most important to understanding the ideology. […]

How To Live Free - Freedom Philosophy  Being LibertarianIn this week's Freedom Philosophy our Brandon Kirby goes over some advice for how to live free, dealing with teleco, and life in general. […]

Libertarianism: A Social Philosophy of Persuasion  71 RepublicBy embracing persuasion in a social sphere, rather than a political one, humanity can take its final steps towards true freedom. […]

Tennessee’s Libertarian Party Protests Unfair Ballot Access Laws  RECURO.orgThere were 2238575 votes in Tennessee's 2018 gubernatorial election, but only 1.9 percent of those votes (42165) were for independent candidates. This begs […]

Cooperative Enterprise: The Libertarian Case  Being LibertarianIt has often been assumed that a libertarian society would consist of predominantly corporate businesses managed by employers and CEOs. Seeing the way our ... […]

Libertarian party claims Gov. Ducey acted illegally in delaying election for McCain's seat  The Daily CourierPHOENIX — Claiming Gov. Doug Ducey acted illegally, the former chairman of the Arizona Libertarian Party has sued to give […]

Help Reason Talk Libertarian Ideas to Millions of TV Viewers  ReasonYour donations allow us to go wherever people are having televised conversations about politics and policy. […]

Yochum to seek third term; Local Republicans, Libertarians have yet to announce candidates  Vincennes Sun CommercialWhen Mayor Joe Yochum got a less-than-cheerful text from his wife whilst sitting in the barber's chair the other day, and […]

George H.W. Bush's Legacy Holds Little, Nothing for Libertarians To Celebrate - Hit & Run : Reason.com  ReasonLibrary of CongressFormer President George H.W. Bush, who served one term in office from 1989 through 1993, is dead at the […]

Libertarian party has long promoted sentencing reform  Baltimore SunLibertarian party promoted sentencing reform long before President Donald Trump and others jumped on board. […]

A Libertarian Isn’t Fiscally Conservative and Socially Liberal  71 RepublicGary Johnson, in spreading the "fiscally conservative and socially liberal" myth, only made libertarianism even less attractive. […]

The Libertarian Party Won’t Win, and Here’s Why  71 RepublicThrough a lack of name recognition, a continual showing of weak candidates, and a rigged game, the Libertarian Party is forever doomed to fail. […]

Conservative, libertarian lawyers challenge Trump's view of the law  SaukValley.comThe annual convention last weekend in Washington of the conservative Federalist Society – also known as President Donald Trump's sole-source supplier […]

OPINION: Libertarian Candidate Offers Support -But No Endorsement - in Georgia PSC Runoff to 'Combat Cronyism'  All On GeorgiaThe following article is an opinion piece and reflects the views of only the author and not necessarily those of […]

GUEST COLUMN: The libertarian spirit in Colorado politics  Colorado Springs GazetteThe Democratic Party's stunning victories in Colorado's 2018 elections are now well-documented. Regular Democrats and regular Republicans predictably ... […]

The scheming Brexit libertarians spin delusions that are trapping us all  The GuardianI don't mean to display the smallest trace of sympathy when I say that the people who brought us Brexit hid their secrets from themselves as much as […]

In final tally, Libertarian gay couple outperforms top Republican in D.C. election  Metro WeeklyEthan and Joseph Bishop-Henchman, a gay couple running as Libertarians, outperformed the top Republican in D.C.'s most recent elections. […]

Florida students fed up with ‘libertarian’ teacher who tries to ‘trigger’ them with pro-Confederacy views  Raw StoryStudents at a nearly all-minority school have had enough of a self-described libertarian teacher […]

First Step Act: Is It Good For Libertarians?  Being LibertarianI believe that this bill will be far more beneficial than it will be harmful. I think that the First Step Act is a piece of legislation that libertarians can support. I know ... […]

How Education Could Work in a Libertarian Culture  71 RepublicOur school system must shift towards one that gives individuals true human respect to choose their own methods of education. […]

Iowa Libertarians lost major party status in 2018. Who’s to blame?  Des Moines RegisterA lackluster performance in Iowa's midterms has cost Libertarians the major party status they earned for the first time after the 2016 general […]

For Libertarian Sec. of State Candidate Smythe DuVal Endorses John Barrow for Position  All On GeorgiaFollowing the November 6th General Election, Libertarian Party candidate J. Smythe DuVal endorsed John Barrow for Georgia Secretary of […]

Defending a Libertarian Position on Antidiscrimination Laws - Volokh Conspiracy  ReasonAntidiscrimination laws are here to stay, but they must not trump constitutional rights. […]

Russ Bogh loses lead, now trails Jeff Hewitt in Riverside County supervisor race  Press-EnterpriseAfter trailing since election night, Calimesa Mayor Jeff Hewitt now leads former GOP assemblyman Russ Bogh in the race for a Riverside County […]

Libertarian Smythe DuVal throws support behind John Barrow for secretary of state  The Augusta ChronicleSmythe DuVal, the Libertarian candidate whose 2.2 percent of votes helped send Brad Raffensperger and John Barrow into a runoff for […]

Facebook And Others In A Libertarian World  Seeking AlphaThe spread of information and information technology is bothering more and more people in a world where the spread of information and information technology ... […]

Libertarian Populism is Still Relevant in the Age of Trump  The American ConservativeThe conventional wisdom says that libertarian politics is irrelevant in the age of Donald Trump. Liberty-minded ideas have been rejected, this line of […]

Matthew and Sarah Elliott: How a UK Power Couple Links US Libertarians and Fossil Fuel Lobbyists to Brexit  DeSmogIf you have detected a distinctly American flavour to the rampant lobbying in Westminster corridors over a Brexit deal, there […]

Court-ordered recount for ND Libertarian candidate cost nearly...  Grand Forks HeraldBISMARCK — A court-ordered recount of June primary election ballots cost North Dakota counties nearly $5,000, Secretary of State Al Jaeger said […]

Hey, Libertarians! The Criminal Justice Reform Movement Sees You Out There - Hit & Run : Reason.com  ReasonAXELLE/BAUER-GRIFFIN / MEGA / NewscomSome big players in the criminal justice reform movement weren't present at President […]

Ohio Election Results Endanger Status Of Green And Libertarian Parties  WVXUThe Green Party and the Libertarian Party of Ohio appear to be on the verge of no longer being recognized as minor parties, based on the results of last. […]

Libertarian impact on Montana elections | Letters to the Editor  Billings GazetteOnce again the Libertarians succeeded in electing the Democratic nominee for Senate, the one thing that they didn't want to do. They consider themselves ... […]

Libertarian Utah  Salt Lake City WeeklyUtahns make it known how they feel about taxes, the good and bad from San Juan County, and another setback for the Cottonwood Mall site. […]

Libertarian Filmmaker, Podcaster Kmele Foster Wants To Change the World: Podcast  ReasonSo far, the world is kind of listening. Q&A with the co-host of The Fifth Column and co-founder of Freethink Media. […]

Houston ex-boardmember of libertarian Cato Institute on trial accused of beating wife  Houston ChronicleProsecutor told jurors Monday that Preston Landon Marshall, the grandson of the famed business tycoon J. Howard Marshall, headbutted […]

Georgia Libertarian Party – RIP  Southern Political ReportAs a Libertarian I find myself always confronted with a conundrum come election day: Should I vote for the Libertarian Party candidate who more closely aligns ... […]

Libertarian, Green Parties Could Lose Minor Party Status In Ohio  WYSOThe Green Party and the Libertarian Party of Ohio appear to be on the verge of no longer being recognized as minor parties, based on the results of last. […]

Bitcointopia: How Libertarian Fantasy Turned Into Crypto Dystopia  ForbesUtopias are all the rage in the blockchain world these days, but crypto libertarian Morgan Rockcoons' is now being prosecuted after Homeland Security labeled ... […]

Ohio Libertarians may sue to keep ballot access  cleveland.comThe Libertarian Party of Ohio might soon be headed into yet another court battle over whether the state should continue to recognize it as a minor political party. […]

WSJ: Facebook Pressured Palmer Luckey to Vote Libertarian, then Fired Him for Trump Support Anyways  Breitbart NewsAn article recently published by the Wall Street Journal analyzes why Facebook chose to fire Trump-supporting executive […]

What Does It Mean To Be a Libertarian?: New at Reason - Hit & Run : Reason.com  ReasonLeading lights of the libertarian movement share their thoughts on what the term is all about. […]

Libertarian Paradise - Interview with the First President of Liberland  Finance MagnatesFinance Magnates visited the 'Liberthon' last week – a development competition for governance software for the Free Republic of Liberland. It was […]

Even the Libertarians Get Luckey Sometimes  The Wall Street JournalFacebook pressured a top exec to say he supported Gary Johnson over Trump. […]

Libertarian and Green Parties Gain Attention and Moral Victories, Despite No Electoral Wins  WAEREven though the Libertarian and Green Parties did not have any wins on Election Day, party leaders said they still got some victories out of […]

The Libertarian Party: A History From Hospers to Johnson  71 RepublicA brief history of how the Libertarian Party went from a small, meaningless group to a rapidly growing third party option for those inclined to liberty. […]

Libertarian Party of Georgia Reflects On Election Cycle, Cites Progress  All On GeorgiaFrom an official press release: The 2018 Libertarian candidates in Georgia may not have been the front runners, but voters who chose to support […]

Libertarian Party loses official-party status after midterms  UI The Daily IowanLibertarians have lost their status as an official ballot-eligible political party in Iowa after their gubernatorial candidate, Jake Porter, failed to earn 2 […]

Libertarian Critiques of Democracy Can't be Refuted by Showing that it's Better than Dictatorship  ReasonDemocracy is clearly superior to despotism. But libertarians are still right to worry about voter ignorance and advocate tighter […]

Libertarians Must Defeat the Left: A New Strategy.  71 RepublicThe libertarian movement should unite with forms of right-wing populism in order to take down the forces of elites and Marxists. […]

Libertarians stand by their Senate candidate  Great Falls TribuneThe Montana Libertarian Party says it continues to endorse its candidate for U.S. Senate, even though he said last week he endorses a Republican. […]

Libertarian backs Republican in Montana Senate race surprise  Star TribuneThe Libertarian candidate in Montana's U.S. Senate race threw his support behind his Republican opponent Wednesday in a surprise move that came in ... […]

Third party a throw-away vote? Libertarians don’t think so.  GoDanRiver.comIn a political and media landscape dominated by blue and red, senate candidate Matt Waters, a Libertarian, is trying to cut through the noise. […]

Indiana Senate race 2018: Who is Libertarian Lucy Brenton?  Indianapolis StarDemocrat Sen. Joe Donnelly and Republican Mike Braun can't afford to ignore Libertarian candidate Lucy Brenton and her spoiler role. […]

Editorial board endorsement: Dan Fishman, a Libertarian, for auditor  The Boston GlobeAn auditor without any partisan axes to grind could shake up the state. In that spirit, the Globe endorses Daniel Fishman of Beverly, the Libertarian […]

How I Became a Libertarian - Hit & Run : Reason.com  ReasonOn our 50th birthday, Reason staffers share their philosophical origin stories. […]

Inside the Beltway: Libertarians now the 'Common Sense' party  Washington TimesThe nation's largest third party is not standing by as the two major political rivals duke it out over the midterm elections. […]

Why Virginia’s Libertarian candidates struggle to be both seen and heard  WTVR CBS 6 NewsLacking money, as well as public and media attention, third-party candidates in Virginia's congressional races rarely get the attention to mount […]

Local Libertarians look to make statewide splash in November  Norwich BulletinSPRAGUE — The town may be home to fewer than 3000 residents, but Sprague is also home to two candidates whose names will be on the statewide ballot ... […]

Libertarian Party now established in Oklahoma | News  Tahlequah Daily PressFor many years, Oklahoma had restrictive requirements limiting the ability of third-party candidates to get on state ballots. […]

Libertarian Party sees good chance to win ballot line  Times Union ALBANY — New York Libertarian Party officials say they anticipate the minor party will finally gain automatic ballot access this fall by surpassing the required ... […]

A Third Way: Top Libertarian candidates offer an alternative  Belgrade NewsRick Breckenridge. The Libertarian Party's candidate for the U.S. Senate, Rick Breckenridge, wastes no time differentiating between Montana Libertarians and ... […]

Sick of Democrats vs. Republicans? So are Michigan's Libertarians, a party on the rise  Detroit Metro TimesAt a campaign stop at Michigan State University last month, Bill Gelineau — the Libertarian Party candidate running to be […]

Libertarian candidates tackle obstacles to keep place on ballot  The Detroit NewsMichigan Libertarian Party candidates are playing to win in what will be their first general election as a major party on Nov. 6. […]

Libertarian governor candidate Jake Porter says Iowans' votes for him would not be wasted  Des Moines RegisterIowans who back Libertarian Jake Porter for governor on Nov. 6 will be pushing forward important ideas, not throwing away their […]

'Stalwart defender of freedom': Montana Libertarian Party honor Corvallis man  Ravalli RepublicCORVALLIS — David Merrick has never wavered from standing up for what he thinks is right. […]

Libertarians threaten legal action to get into governor debates  Dayton Daily NewsThe Libertarian Party of Ohio is threatening to take legal action against organizers of gubernatorial debates that exclude Libertarian Travis Irvine and […]

New Arizona law keeps Libertarians off ballot — just as GOP wanted  Arizona Daily StarLibertarian leader vows backlash of votes for Democrats. […]

Could A Libertarian Win A Senate Race This Year?  FiveThirtyEightWelcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll of the week You know when you go see a good popcorn movie and the fun sidekick character ... […]

'We are the third party' two libertarian candidates introduce themselves  Iowa State DailyLibertarian candidates Charles Aldrich and Rick Stewart are 2 of the 35 Iowa candidates running in this year's midterm election. […]

Results from the 2018 Libertarianism vs. Conservatism Post-Debate Survey  Cato InstituteFollowing this year's Libertarianism vs. Conservatism intern debate, the Cato Institute conducted a survey of attendees to ask who they thought won the […]

Libertarian gubernatorial candidates aim to break 'two-party monopoly'  WMUR ManchesterThe Libertarian Party has full ballot status in New Hampshire for the first time in more than 20 years, meaning there are contested primary elections, […]

Two candidates face off in historic Libertarian primary  The Detroit NewsIn a first in Michigan history, two Libertarian gubernatorial candidates will battle on the ballot for their party's nomination for governor. John Tatar and Bill ... […]

Two candidates face off in Michigan's first Libertarian gubernatorial primary  Michigan RadioMichigan Libertarians usually nominate their candidate for governor at a party convention. But this year, voters will choose the nominee. The […]

Libertarians in the Age of Trump  The New York TimesDid our populist president crush the libertarian moment, or co-opt it? […]

Can this libertarian restore conservatism?  Washington Post“This,” exclaimed Margaret Thatcher, thumping Friedrich Hayek's 500-page tome “The Constitution of Liberty” on a table in front of some Conservative Party […]

Libertarian Gave Senate to Democrats?  ScienceBlogsDavid Boaz had an article on Monday on the Fox News website suggesting that libertarians could be a key voting block in deciding the outcome of the election. […]