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The Libertarian Party of Texas, as part of a coalition of voters, candidates, and political parties, filed suit against the state of Texas on July 11, challenging the state’s discriminatory and burdensome ballot access requirements for third […]

Friends, My name is Bethany Baldes. Last year, I came within 53 votes of unseating the Republican majority leader in the Wyoming legislature. And I did it while running as a Libertarian. Working closely with Apollo Pazell, the national Libertarian […]

Bill Belichick is one of the winningest coaches in professional football, leading the New England Patriots to a record six Super Bowl titles. One of the secrets to his success is asking all of his players to “Do your job.” The […]

In a 5-4 vote on the case Department of Commerce v. New York, the Supreme Court ruled on June 27 that President Donald Trump’s administration had not cleared the appropriate procedural hurdles to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. […]

American democracy has suffered a significant loss. On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Rucho v. Common Cause that “partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts,” so federal […]

Five Libertarian Party state affiliates have at least 1 percent of the active registered voters in their respective states. Less than 10 years ago, only one affiliate, Alaska, had at least 1 percent of the state’s registered voters. The […]

With a 5-4 decision in Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a property owner can bring a Fifth Amendment challenge to government taking in federal court without first having to challenge it in state court. […]

June 27 marks the one-year anniversary of the landmark Janus v. AFSCME decision by the Supreme Court, which ruled that union fees in the public sector could no longer be extracted from nonconsenting employees. Mark Janus is a child support […]

The June 2019 issue of LP News is now ready to view on our website. Don’t miss this issue’s registration information for our 2020 Libertarian National Convention, which is being held May 21–25 next year in Austin, Texas! You can […]

South Dakota Libertarian Lance Lehmann was elected to the Rapid City Council Ward 4 seat on June 25 with more than two thirds of the vote, defeating incumbent City Council President Amanda Scott. Rapid City has a population of around 68,000 people, […]

Plus: Everything you need to know about the latest Scarlett Johansson controversy, new 2020 fundraising and polling numbers, and warnings about "meth-gators" […]

Farm groups get politicians to pass laws against secret filming on farms. […]

And will the end result encourage companies to try to keep cybersecurity breaches secret? […]

Dr. Calvin Day had claimed that describing his suspension as based on "unprofessional conduct" was libelous. (He had also earlier sought to get dismissed criminal charges expunged, and tried to bind local news outlets to the expungement order.) He […]

If there’s one thing government types can agree on, it’s that nobody should be allowed to buy and sell stuff without permission. […]

One of the best ways to succeed long-term in capitalism is by treating customers well rather than ripping them off. That's something you won't hear Democrats or Republicans admit these days. […]

The Atlanta Police Department has fired officer Keisha Richburg after $500 in cash went missing from a homicide victim's wallet. Bodycam footage shows an EMT putting the money back into the wallet before handing it to Richburg. A minute later, […]

"Because the death penalty has repeatedly been handed out in an unreliable and arbitrary manner, it cannot survive the state Constitution’s ban on cruel punishments." […]

The First Amendment makes such waivers of plaintiff's free speech rights unenforceable. […]

Trump's recent bigoted tweet is an opportunity to highlight the flaws of this oft-heard, but weak, argument. […]

A new study finds no dramatic and widespread economic effects from colony collapse disorder. […]

American discourse is careening in an ugly, anti-individualistic direction. […]

"I don't think he would be a great candidate for us," says one of the independent congressman's leading would-be competitors […]

Yet another neighborhood group is using a California environmental regulation to stop a housing project they don't like. […]

James Alex Fields Jr., who killed Heather Heyer in the fatal Charlottesville car attack, is sentenced to life plus 419 years. […]

It's by building lots more housing, obviously. […]

We discuss the parallels between the U.S., Japan, and China, and the possible futur […]

The FDA Opioid Labeling Accuracy Act would aggravate the widespread problem of involuntary dose reductions and patient abandonment. […]

UC–Santa Barbara's Title IX office is "aware of this matter and actively engaged in a response." […]

Plus: blockchain battles in Congress, mandating diaper tables in men's rooms, and more... […]

The city is banning e-cigarettes while actual cigarettes remain legal. […]

(Disclosure: I had filed an objection, on my own behalf, to the motion to seal.) […]

Thinking of buying a tactical spork? Or SPAM? Your favorite libertarian magazine could benefit. […]

From insulin to prosthetics, technology makes this the best moment yet to be living with a disability. […]

The Texas Department of Public Safety says it has suspended a state trooper accused of punching and shattering the windshield of a car driven by an elderly couple while they investigate the claim. The couple was driving on a narrow, two-lane […]

A scientific consensus has emerged that trigger warnings just don't work—and student activists should stop demanding them. […]

The raids will continue for several days as the Trump administration tries to track down immigrants for arrest and deportation. […]

The ruling comes after a long string of losses blocking other administration efforts to deny federal law enforcement funds to sanctuary jurisdictions. The different result in this case is largely a product of the unusual nature of the program […]

Envy and resentment are driving collectivist impulses around the world. […]

More than just a mixed metaphor -- it's a legal doctrine. […]

The law is an ass, cleft and all. […]

The long American spiritual tradition that gave us Marianne Williamson—and Donald Trum […]

In recent years, many liberals have come to develop a new appreciation for constitutional limits on federal power. Whether the trend continues remains to be seen. […]

The infamous feud between the president and the former House speaker gets new light...and a tweet from Mitt Romney. […]

Surprisingly, according to a recent survey Jews ages 18-30 are signifcantly more supportive of Donald Trump than are older Jews […]

Research suggests that inundations are increasing because climate change makes hurricanes linger longer. The good news is that normalized losses from hurricanes aren't increasing. […]

Trump's steel protectionism seems to have failed. Again. […]

Unclear and contradictory procedure guidelines slowed down relief efforts in Puerto Rico in 2017. Will it happen again this year? Probably. […]

Gene Epstein and Teresa Ghilarducci debate whether the social security trust fund exists or is merely an accounting fiction. […]

An amendment to this year's military spending bill says the president must go to Congress before launching another war. […]

Juvenile mug shots, privacy for reality show stars, and aggressing a police car. […]

Vanity Fair overstates the work it takes to be the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee. […]

Aggressive asset forfeiture collides with First Amendment rights. […]

How can a show about Chicago's squalid corruption have so little to actually say? […]

He says his role in Jeffrey Epstein's plea deal has become a distraction. […]

It's an unconventional approach befitting of an unconventional presidential candidate. […]

At his social media summit on Thursday, the president ranted incoherently about the media's "crooked," "dishonest," and "dangerous" speech. […]

Even if the president's motives were partisan, a more plausible cover story would have been enough to pass judicial muster. […]

Shop all books by Pat Buchanan President Donald Trump’s playground taunt Sunday that “the Squad” of four new radical liberal House Democrats, all women of color, should “go back and help fix the totally broken and […]

ROME was not built in a day and the ‘most accurate’ model of Ancient Rome is testament to this as it took archaeologist Italo Gismondi 35 years to build. The Plastico di Roma imperiale (model of imperial Rome) was actually commissioned […]

Just because we can do something doesn’t mean we should. That is an expression I often quote in reference to various things people are doing and creating. When I hear about new AI capabilities and developments, it comes to mind. […]

Turkey is taking delivery of Russia’s S 400 missile defence system. What this signifies is that Turkey and Russia are now “officially” allies. The first shipment of the S-400 landed in Ankara on July 12, according to […]

Since the battle is for the legitimacy of the state, it must be waged at least partially in the open. Speculations by outsiders must give Deep State insiders many opportunities to chuckle, “if only they knew.” We don’t know, […]

Republicans and conservatives have a problem. “PBS is indoctrinating our kids,” says Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO). PBS recently aired an episode of the children’s show “Arthur” which “featured—and […]

On February 4, 2002, a current member of the United States Supreme Court gave the following remarks at Loyola University, in New Orleans: a tribute to Judah P. Benjamin, a former U.S. Senator who resigned and took part in the secession of […]

I will meander a bit.  I think there is a common thread throughout this post, but I probably won’t spend too much time to try and tie it all together.  In some fashion, an idea buried in here might end up being a chapter […]

The extent of our economic freedom and the defense of our property rights are the key factors in our accumulation of wealth (goods and services) and a rise in our standard of living via the division of labor. But economic freedom and property rights […]

Don’t hold your breath waiting for a coherent pre-election debate about the mother-of-all-issues facing this republic, namely, that we can’t afford the living arrangements Americans think of as “normal” anymore. This quandary […]

“Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.” ~Jean Rostand– Pensées d’un biologiste How has a nation that boasts of being a bastion of freedom […]

Recently several prominent social and populist conservatives have attacked libertarianism. These conservatives, some of whom are allies in the fight against our hyper-interventionist foreign policy, blame libertarianism for a variety of social and […]

It is commonly believed that healthcare is a sector plagued by “market failure.” A heavy dose of government intervention is therefore necessary to optimize the needs of society. A paper most commonly cited in support of that view is one […]

Money supply growth inched up in May, rising slightly above March's and April's growth levels. But overall growth levels remain quite low compared to growth rates experienced from 2009 to 2016. March's growth rate, for examples, was at a 12-year […]

What started as a relatively obscure trial covered only by alternative conservative media has exploded into a Big Story, a modern David-defeats-Goliath tale in which a small business has won a victory in court against a well-heeled college whose […]

There are lots of ways to kill off a civilization. Wars, politics, economic collapse. But what are the actual mechanics? It might be a useful thing to know whether or not we are killing ourselves off. Ancient Rome is a good place to start. They had […]

Bob Murphy has a friendly discussion and debate with Karl Smith. First, Bob pushes Karl to clarify the conditions under which government deficit spending could, even in theory, help a depressed economy. Then, they switch to the economics of climate […]

If we consider economics to be an objective science, its rules should also have universal significance and use, despite differences in societal order. However, socialists of the materialist camp are committed to the idea that common ownership of the […]

Dr. Mark Thornton, our in-house Cantillon expert, joins the Human Action Podcast to discuss the contributions of this important proto-Austrian thinker. Cantillon may well have written the first true economic treatise, one which lays out a […]

Elizabeth Warren has made antitrust a major public policy issue in her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. She has argued that several high-tech companies such as Amazon, Google and Facebook are just too big and that they should be […]

The idea of "velocity of circulation" arose from the quantity theory of money, which links changes in the quantity of money to changes in the general level of prices. This is set out in the equation of exchange. The basic elements are money, […]

For most experts the central bank determines short-term interest rates by setting the target to the benchmark policy rate such as the federal funds rate in the US. Many economists are of the view that through the manipulation of short-term interest […]

[This article is excerpted from chapter 20 of Human Action: The Scholar's Edition and is read by Jeff Riggenbach.]   Many socialist authors emphasize that the recurrence of economic crises and business depressions is a phenomenon inherent in […]

The Supreme Court has just issued its American Legion vs. American Humanist Assn. ruling that a nearly century-old cross built to honor WWI dead in Bladensburg, Maryland, does not violate the Establishment Clause. Hot Air’s Allahpundit wrote […]

One of the most significant economic developments since the Great Recession has been the zombification of the economy. A zombie company is a term introduced to the lexicon by an influential paper, Zombie Lending and Depressed Restructuring in […]

When people talk about the economy, they generally focus on government policies such as taxation and regulation. For instance, Republicans credit President Trump’s tax cuts for the seemingly booming economy and surging stock markets. […]

[From Money, the Market, and the State, edited by Nicholas B. Beales and L. Aubrey Drewry, Jr., Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1968, pp. 35–44.] The quantity theory of money is very old. But it has been most influential in the last half […]

Beyond the usual arguments about incentives and taxes, a Universal Basic Income is a dangerous policy that supercharges the state and threatens to heighten tensions between different groups in society. Original Article: "4 Reasons to Oppose a […]

Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. Most of us have heard the arguments from the Left on the emancipatory power of the Universal Basic Income Guarantee to free us from the chains of work, stress and poverty, and to liberate the […]

Austrian Capital Theory holds that capital assets are heterogeneous and complementary. In business language, that means an entrepreneur can assemble set of assets that are special to his or her firm and combined in such a way that the combination is […]

What is particularly scary is that the whole argument for the new law was not really about saving lives or reducing gun violence, but is about Brussels ordering Switzerland to modify gun laws to comply with EU gun control standards.Original Article: […]

The concept of economic cost seems to confuse people. It is not the price you pay for a good, but the reason you pay it. The cost of one action is the value you could otherwise have gained from taking another action. In other words, if you have […]

Austerity: When It Works and When It Doesn’tby Alberto Alesina, Carlo Favero, and Francesco GiavazziPrinceton: Princeton University Press, 2019, xvi + 245 pp. Mark Thornton ([email protected]) is Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute and Book […]

Confucian Capitalism: Shibusawa Eiichi, Business Ethics, and Economic Development in Meiji Japanby John H. SagersCham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, xvi + 245 pp. Jason Morgan ([email protected]) is an associate professor at Reitaku […]

Editor’s Note: The following essay was written while Rothbard was working on “Origins of the Welfare State in America,” which was originally published posthumously in the Journal of Libertarian Studies in 1996 (Rothbard 1996). […]

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Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. On May 19, 2019, Swiss voters approved a new set of gun control restrictions. This newly-approved gun control measure would put Switzerland’s gun control laws in line with European […]

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Paul Krugman declared that the Bush administration failed in its response to the flooding of New Orleans because the administration consisted of people, according to Krugman, who didn’t “believe in […]

Capitalism in America: A HistoryAlan Greenspan and Adrian WooldridgeNew York: Penguin, 2018, 486 pp. Joakim Book ([email protected]) is a graduate student at Oxford University. Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 22, no. 1 (Spring 2019), full […]

Austrians will be vindicated, but will they be heard? Original Article: "Austrian Economics is No Longer the Unheard Music" […]

ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes and elaborates on what Murray Rothbard would have included in Chapter 10 of his nine-chapter manuscript on the Progressive Era (Rothbard 2017). In Chapter 10, Rothbard planned to describe the political and local reforms […]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ lawsuit against Purdue Pharmaceuticals exemplifies a common narrative that lays a large part of the blame for the opioid epidemic at the feet of the manufacturer of prescription opioids for manipulating […]

Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. Readers of a certain generation will remember the seminal 1980s rock band X, featured in Penelope Spheeris's great documentary The Decline of Western Civilization.  Punk and […]

In consecutive issues of The Freeman, Richard Timberlake has contributed an interesting trilogy of articles advancing a monetarist critique of the conduct of U.S. monetary policy during the 1920s and 1930s.1 In the first of these articles, […]

ABSTRACT: In recent years some economists have begun to doubt the scientific standing of the standard Austrian theory of the origin of money. They seem to think that it is only one possible solution to the problem of accounting for money’s […]

ABSTRACT: The extensive debate over fractional reserve free banking (FRFB) has spanned decades and includes volleys from many contributors. Consequently, relative newcomers to the controversy often wish to extend the conversation on several fronts. […]

Revisionist history, as applied to World War I, began as an effort to challenge Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles, which claimed that the war had been imposed on “the Allied and  Associated Governments” by “the […]

President Trump’s trade approach seems to be telling foreign producers and countries, “Do what I demand or I will punish you with higher tariffs that will make you wish you had.” The fact that such tariffs would largely burden […]

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“When interest rates are low central banks don’t have much room to maneuver to deal with a crisis,” the New York Fed President John Williams said on Wednesday, June 6, 2019. In addition, according to Williams “if inflation […]

[From The Roosevelt Myth (1948)] There never has been in American politics a religion so expansively and luminously righteous as the New Deal. From the beginning to the end it was constant in one heroic enterprise — war to the death upon evil, […]

I have a right to end my own life, because it is my life. It therefore follows that I also have a right to ask another person if they are willing to perform this task for me, just as I have hired other willing agents (barbers, lawyers, contractors, […]

[From "Concepts of the Role of Intellectuals In Social Change Toward Laissez Faire" in The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Fall 1990] Why, La Boétie cries out in anguish, why, when reason teaches us the justice of natural rights and equal […]

In March 1919, the Communist Party headed by Vladimir Lenin stated in its newly drafted program that among the party objectives was the complete abolition of money. The State Bank of Russia would be “abolished and turned into the central […]

Public service broadcasting should be removed from the public policy lexicon and the BBC should be privatised — though not necessarily fully commercialised. The concept of “public service broadcasting” might have been justifiable […]

This week, two oil tankers exploded in the Persian Gulf, reportedly as a result of a limpet mine attack. Neither tanker flew a US flag. One was Panama-flagged, and the other was Marshall Islands-flagged. No one was killed. Secretary of State Mike […]

Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others CollapseTimothy P. CarneyHaper Collins, 2019xiv + 348 pages Timothy Carney, a researcher at the American Enterprise Institute and editor at the Washington Examiner, has a message of vital […]

Homelessness today is often blamed on both "gentrification" and "neoliberalism." When these terms are used in the context of urban housing, it is usually implied that too much market freedom makes housing unaffordable to large swaths of the […]

Capitalism breathes through those loopholes . ~Ludwig von Mises1 I. Introduction A little noted aspect of the media brouhaha that erupted in the wake of Amazon’s reneging on its deal to locate part of its headquarters in New York City was that […]

In a Manhattan federal courtroom this past week, justice was done. The judge said so. The prosecutors said so. The media said so. Thus, it must be so. As always, heroic federal prosecutors stepped in to rescue someone, this time being Oklahoma […]

Tucker Carlson gives unambiguous approval for Elizabeth Warren’s call for “economic nationalism,” saying her proposal sounds like “Trump at his best.” Carlson pillories American companies for outsourcing their […]

Economists debate whether Ludwig von Mises advocated free banking or 100 percent reserve banking. This debate is significant. Mises states, “the institution of credit expansion … may be called the most important economic problem of our […]

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I'm just curious what your reasons are, I'm not trying to change anyone's mind. Do you: Think it isn't happening at all, and the data is just wrong? Think it isn't happening, and data is being manipulated to push some agenda? Think it is happening, […]

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Being that the old Lockeian argument that it can be deduced not only by human reason, but that it is endowed by God and not government, ultimately inalienable rights are supposed to be for everyone. Even for non-citizens. I want your guys's thoughts […]

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Hey All, Please vote here for your next Discussion Threadtopic to go up on Thursday. Drugs! (Prescription, right to try, the war on drugs, prohibition/decriminalization/legalization, federal V. state) The EU (Including Schengen zone, Brexit, swiss […]

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Well r/libertarian, it's been fun. But I've decided that reddit is taking up too much of my time. It's more important to focus on my job and family at this point. I'd like to give some parting advice to the subreddit and the mod team, make of it […]

Social norms and state power - AEI  American Enterprise InstituteView related *content*: Society and Culture. The following is the first in a series of blog posts accompanying newly released Bradley Lectures Podcast episodes. […]

Political icon comes out as crypto supporter: I want as little regulation as possible  Trijo NewsRon Paul is one of the great icons of the libertarian movement. Now he comes out as a crypto supporter. […]

AG asks for stay on block of rules  Arkansas OnlineA federal judge's July 3 order preventing state officials from enforcing new requirements on "new political parties" should be stayed while the state appeals, the ... […]

Party, Personality, a Big Name and a Primary in Western Michigan  TownhallGRAND RAPIDS, Michigan -- Peter Meijer's decision to run for Congress in Western Michigan was a surprise to no one who knows the 31-year-old Grand ... […]

Two in Dublin, one in East Arcadia file for election  Elizabethtown Bladen JournalELIZABETHTOWN — Bladen County municipal races grew by three on Monday. For Dublin, Darryl Dowless has filed for mayor and David Hursey filed for ... […]

Conservative Lawyers' Group Condemns Trump's 'Ignorant Racist Nature' | National Law Journal  Law.comA group of libertarian and conservative lawyers that formed to counter alleged transgressions of legal norms by the Trump administration […]

George Conway's group: Trump tweets 'should be rejected by every American' | TheHill  The HillA group of conservative and libertarian lawyers including George Conway are condemning President Trump's tweets targeting female minority […]

Conservative GOP congressman presides at same-sex wedding in Virginia  Washington PostAnthony LeCounte and Alex Pisciarino promised their guests a “fabulous gay summer wedding.” The setting was a vineyard in the foothills of […]

Bill Weld is his own campaign's top funder in longshot bid to beat Trump  Center for Responsive PoliticsBill Weld has lent his campaign nearly $200000 as he looks to pull off an upset in New Hampshire. […]

Uncomfortable Truth: No, Russia Didn't Elect Trump  PJ MediaI've been a libertarian — note small "L" — since I got over childhood socialism in my teens, and I've never been a really devoted member of any party because I ... […]

Former Great Falls resident to head Libertarian Party  Great Falls TribuneSid Daoud, a C.M. Russell High School graduate, was elected chair of the Montana Libertarian Party over the weekend. […]

Spending Addicts Rule the House  The Libertarian RepublicTyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” ― Thomas Paine. […]

Trump signs order to make American-made goods more American  News 12 Bronx(AP Photo/Alex Brandon). President Donald Trump steps out of an Airstream trailer from Ohio, during a Made in America showcase on the South Lawn of the ... […]

Ron Paul: Conservatives Attacking Libertarianism Attack Liberty  Money and MarketsRon Paul: Conservative attacks on libertarianism are equivalent to attacks on the freedom philosophy launched by leftists. […]

Is Democratic Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer the New Al Gore?  The Libertarian RepublicBillionaire Tom Steyer is the newest entry into the Democrat presidential primary, and the former Farallon hedge fund manager brings with him a lot […]

George Will's Libertarian Turn  Southeast Texas RecordAs flattered as I was to attract George Will's attention—in his 4th of July column, no less—being criticized by a Pulitzer Prize-winning essayist left me somewhat ... […]

Electronic Cigarette – The Best Guide Online  The Libertarian RepublicWhat is an electronic cigarette? The electronic cigarette is a type of device or device created to use batteries for smoking. Its structure and design make it […]

'Up in the air': Polls show Argentine presidential race neck-and-neck  KDAL NewsBy Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's presidential race looks set to go down to the wire, with the first batch of polls showing […]

Libertarian Presidential Candidates Prefer Each Other Over Justin Amash  Reason"I don't think he would be a great candidate for us," says one of the independent congressman's leading would-be competitors. […]

Responsibility to each other  Fillmore County JournalWhat is our responsibility to others in society? There is wide variation of opinions. Christians are commanded to treat others the way they want to be treated. […]

Liuzzo Nominated as Mayoral Candidate of Libertarian Party but Hasn't Formally Accepted  WRFA JamestownJAMESTOWN – The Jamestown city councilman who was unable to secure the Republican party's nomination as a candidate for mayor in […]

Facebook’s Libra hearings in Congress are free entertainment  The VergeIn an unusually coherent series of tweets, President Donald Trump came out against cryptocurrency, generally, and bitcoin and Facebook's nascent Libra ... […]

In Win for Public Campaign Financing, State Supreme Court Upholds Seattle\'s Unique \'Democracy Vouchers\'  GoverningThe Washington State Supreme Court has upheld Seattle's pioneering "democracy vouchers" program, which allows residents to […]

Liberty on the Ballot  The Liberator OnlineUltimately for liberty to thrive in our lifetime, we have to engage in the world around us, live out the principles we espouse, and not destroy the lives or ... […]

Happy Prime Day! Your Regular Purchases Can Support Reason  ReasonIt's Amazon Prime Day, which means you have a unique chance to support your favorite libertarian magazine and purchase some funky gummy burgers at the ... […]

Trump vs crypto: rage against the obscene  Financial TimesFirst Trump, then flump. Having inched up a little on Friday —“boosted” by Trump's anti-crypto tweets in the early hours of the morning, apparently —bitcoin […]

Common Roots: A Journey From Statism to Libertarianism (Part I)  The Libertarian RepublicTyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” […]

Libertarian National Chair Nicholas Sarwark Announces Move to New Hampshire  Free KeeneWhen the national Libertarian Party's Chairman Nicholas Sarwark found the idea of migrating with other libertarians to New Hampshire, it was just an […]

Candidate Receives Libertarian Endorsement, Switches Race | News, Sports, Jobs  Jamestown Post JournalA city candidate who lost in the primary election will be involved in November at another position. According to a news release from the […]

Libertarian Convention This Weekend In Great Falls  MTPRMontana's Libertarian Party is starting its 2020 election planning this weekend with a convention in Great Falls. Montanans have never elected a. […]

(2:02 PM) Andrew Liuzzo To Be On Mayoral Ballot With Libertarian Party Endorsement | News, Sports, Jobs  Jamestown Post JournalThe Chautauqua County Libertarian Party has endorsed Andrew Liuzzo for Jamestown mayor. The party made the […]

It Probably Wouldn't Be Particularly 'Grueling' for Justin Amash To Win the Libertarian Party's Presidential Nod  ReasonVanity Fair overstates the work it takes to be the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee. […]

CLIMATE: Whitehouse pressures firms to boycott libertarian group  E&E NewsRhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, one of Congress' most prominent climate hawks, is looking to prevent companies from funding the ... […]

On an often unpredictable Supreme Court, Justice Gorsuch is the latest wild card  Los Angeles TimesJustice Neil M. Gorsuch is a libertarian conservative who is willing to rule for criminals who have constitutional claims and for Native […]

Libertarian, Green parties sue Texas over ballot requirements  Houston Chronicle A group of third-parties, including the Libertarian and Green parties, are suing Texas, alleging that the state's rules for earning a spot on the ballot are […]

Pop sensation Dorian Electra: 'I'm not a woman dressing as a man. It's more complex'  The GuardianThe gender-fluid pop sensation talks about performing as a stripper, giving queer people strength and dressing up as Bono. […]

Sohrab Ahmari & David French -- The Right Liberalism  National ReviewOutsiders to Rightworld, and even some insiders, were mystified by the explosion of conservative commentary occasioned by New York Post op-ed editor ... […]

In California, the third-party party is crowded and confusing  Press-EnterpriseMore people live in Riverside – population 330,000 – than are registered voters of the Libertarian and Green parties in all of California. But […]

Disabled Libertarian: "Colt Made Me Equal"  AllOutdoorIn a recent article entitled, “Colt Made Me Equal: A Disabled Libertarian's Case For Gun Ownership,” Caleb Shumate discusses the fact that cerebral palsy keeps ... […]

Cartoonist disinvited from White House defends image widely labeled as anti-Semitic  JTA News(JTA) — The artist behind a political cartoon that showed U.S. government officials as puppets of George Soros and the Rothschilds has […]

AOC Wants To Kill the Department of Homeland Security. Libertarians Have a Plan For That.  ReasonLibertarians have a lot of ideas about how to dismantle one of the most bloated, ineffective government departments ever. […]

Protesters Collect Secret Cash to Oppose Fur Ban Proposed in California, Documents Reveal  The InterceptThe fur industry is relying on a small phalanx of vocal supporters who have rallied across the country to prevent a ban on fur […]

Former Maine House candidate faces 9 charges after alleged attempt to murder relative  Kennebec Journal & Morning SentinelDOVER-FOXCROFT — A Bath man with ties to the state's Libertarian party is facing nine charges after […]

Trump, Twitter, and the First Amendment  Ricochet.comRichard Epstein analyzes a recent Second Circuit decision that President Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking Twitter followers. Subscribe to The ... […]

Libertarian announces bid for 78th District state House seat  Wednesday JournalAn Austin business consultant has announced his plan to run against Camille Y. Lilly (78th) for an Illinois House seat in a district that much of Oak Park […]

A Justin Amash Presidential Run Will Disrupt Donald Trump and the Democratic Party Equally  ReasonThe libertarian independent would easily pull the 80000 Midwestern votes that made the difference in 2016. […]

“Colt Made Me Equal”: A Disabled Libertarian’s Case For Gun Ownership  The Libertarian Republic“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear […]

Credit Scores and Libertarianism - Red Dirt Liberty Report  Being LibertarianCredit scores might seem an odd relation to libertarianism at first glance, but if you can hang with me through this article, I will explain why they tie in and […]

Former Bath Libertarian candidate charged with attempted murder in Piscataquis County  Times RecordA Bath man has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot a woman in Shirley Monday morning before leading Maine State […]

Jordan Peterson: A Libertarian Reading  Merion West“In a few hundred pages of personal anecdotes, lessons from history, and psychological expertise, Jordan Peterson offers strategies for the individual to rise and ... […]

How Libertarian Politician Jeff Hewitt Won in California  ReasonRiverside County Supervisor Jeff Hewitt is now the highest elected Libertarian Party member in the U.S.. […]

Amash doesn’t rule out 2020 bid, potentially complicating Trump’s path to reelection  The Washington PostRep. Justin Amash (Mich.), a conservative critic of President Trump who recently left the Republican Party, would not rule […]

Could Justin Amash Cost Trump Reelection?  National ReviewNow that Representative Justin Amash has left the Republican party, he'll be getting some calls asking whether he plans to run for president in 2020. […]

The Libertarian Party Can’t Even Balance Its Own Budget  71 RepublicThe Libertarian Party thinks that they can balance America's budget but in the past two years, the party ran a deficit exceeding 10%. […]

Libertarians Totally Exist  National ReviewThey're more than a rounding error; grant them that. […]

Libertarian Party halts new law aimed at restricting ballot access  Arkansas TimesThe Libertarian Party of Arkansas is claiming an “important victory” in its challenge of 2019 state laws aimed at making it harder for political […]

Nebraska Libertarian Party plans to rally in Lincoln  NTVOne of Nebraska's three major political organizations is planning to rally in Lincoln on Saturday from 11 a. m. -3 p. m.. Nebraska's Libertarian Party announced ... […]

Will Libertarians Turn to Justin Amash, Tulsi Gabbard 2020 Ticket?  NewsmaxAccording to Newsmax's John Gizzi, a few hours after he announced he was leaving the Republican Party on July 4, talk began about Rep. Justin Amash ... […]

Justin Amash Declares Independence From Republican Party  Reason"The two-party system has evolved into an existential threat to American principles and institutions," Trump's congressional nemesis declares as he officially ... […]

Meet the New President of the Foundation for Economic Education, America's Oldest Free Market Think Tank  ReasonRaised in Lithuania during the final years of the Cold War, Zilvinas Silenas wants to bring libertarian ideas to young people […]

How Libertarianism Fails  American ThinkerModern libertarianism is founded on ideas of the prevalence of individual rights, privacy, and respect for private property and the absolute negation of coercion ... […]

Dave Barry on Toilets, Dogs, Helium, and Other Vital Libertarian Concerns  ReasonAmerica's favorite humorist makes an official podcast re-announcement of his perennial presidential campaign. […]

Big Tech Lobbying Looks For Allies Among Republicans And Libertarians  NPRAs the uneasy relationship between the tech industry and Washington has worsened, big tech has dramatically ramped up its lobbying presence in the nation's ... […]

Town with a “Libertarian Streak” Is California's First “Second Amendment Sanctuary City.” It Shouldn't Be the Last. | K. Lloyd Billingsley  The BeaconStarting July 1, people buying ammunition in California must […]

What Should Conservatives and Libertarians Do about Higher Education?  National ReviewWhile the “progressives” just want to make it free for everyone, conservative and libertarian thinkers have recently advanced an array of […]

Neil Gorsuch Disappoints Libertarians, Votes To Uphold Protectionist Liquor Law  ReasonSupreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has generally received high marks from libertarian legal observers since joining the Supreme Court in 2017. That is […]

Libertarians Are Always Up Against the Odds - Opting Out  Being LibertarianLibertarianism's critics look at the world, which is largely non-libertarian, and correctly identify that something is amiss. If libertarianism is true, then why is […]

Democrats have abandoned the libertarian case for abortion rights  Washington ExaminerFor decades, Democrats have tried to frame the abortion question in essentially libertarian terms, as one of opposition to government intruding on […]

Westfield mayor faces Libertarian challenge; No Dems to run for mayor in Hamilton County | 2019-06-27  Indianapolis Business JournalNo Hamilton County mayor will face a Democratic challenger this fall, but Westfield Mayor Andy Cook will be […]

John McAfee, Libertarian Party Presidential Hopeful, Is Running His Campaign-in-Exile from Cuba  ReasonMcAfee lauds Che Guevara for being revolutionary and thinks Cuba is his last chance to avoid extradition for tax crimes. […]

Letter: Libertarian parody  Concord MonitorI can never tell if Archie Richards's letters are meant to be taken at face value, or if he's creating a persona of an extreme libertarian whom he is trying to parody ... […]

An Interview with 2020 Presidential Candidate Kim Ruff  Being LibertarianI had the opportunity to chat with Kim Ruff, one of the 2020 presidential candidates for the Libertarian party. This was very exciting for me because I have been ... […]

Madden runs for Hempstead supervisor on Libertarian ticket  The Island NowAnimal rights activist Diane Madden has announced her nomination as the Libertarian candidate for Town of Hempstead Supervisor. Madden's core message ... […]

Libertarians gather for 16th annual PorcFest  WPTZPorcupine Freedom Festival, or PorcFest, may be the largest gathering of libertarians in North America. At their yearly festival, one can purchase "Porc"-themed ... […]

Libertarian advocates election for McSally's Senate seat  Verde IndependentPHOENIX -- Saying time is running out, the former chairman of the Arizona Libertarian Party wants the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to order an election -- and ... […]

Open letter to the Libertarian Party: Your pro-abortion position is costing you votes  Live Action NewsAfter learning the principles of liberty, we, and many Americans like us, found no other party that reflects them better than the […]

Libertarian pushes court to rule on challenge to U.S. senator appointment  Arizona Capitol TimesSaying time is running out, the former chairman of the Arizona Libertarian Party wants the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to order an election […]

South Dakota Libertarians Elect State Leadership | Community  Yankton Daily PressRAPID CITY — The Libertarian Party of South Dakota chose its leadership for the next two years at its annual convention, held Saturday, June 15, in […]

Tucker Carlson Slams Republicans for Ignoring Voters in Favor of Koch Brothers’ Priorities  National ReviewFox News host Tucker Carlson lashed out at Republican lawmakers on his television show on Wednesday night, claiming that […]

Triggering Libertarians - Freedom Philosophy  Being LibertarianI've noticed something with libertarians. In person, they are capable of lengthy, logical, heavily-researched argumentation, and far more capable than either ... […]

Presidential candidate vows to abolish federal government on day 1, then resign  Fox BusinessAmerica is too good for this government,” said Adam Kokesh. […]

Iran & The Issue of Justifying War  Being LibertarianJohn Bolton, in pushing for war, is trying to tell us that Iran is responsible for the attacks on several oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. […]

Libertarians make 2020 pitches at Missouri state convention  Springfield News-LeaderTwo candidates for president and one for vice president spent Saturday evening making the case for doing a lot less in Washington. […]

Libertarian Party of Colorado Pride Month Resolution  WestwordThe Libertarian Party of Colorado affirms that the month of June, recognized as “Pride Month,” is a month dedicated to the liberation of LGBTQ individuals from ... […]

GOP Rep. Justin Amash Stokes Speculation Of Third-Party Libertarian Bid Against Trump In 2020  uPoliticsRep. Justin Amash (R-Michigan), the only Republican lawmaker thus far to support impeaching President Donald Trump, has been rumored to […]

The libertarian fight over Trump  Washington ExaminerFormer Sen. John Danforth, R-Mo., took to the op-ed pages to blast President Trump, early in his term, as "the most divisive president in our history." While that ... […]

9th Circuit upholds law to burden Libertarian candidates  Arizona Capitol TimesA federal appeals court has upheld a 2015 state law which the Libertarian Party charges – and some Republican lawmakers admitted – was specifically […]

Caldara: Don't believe the media hype, Jared Polis is no libertarian  Complete ColoradoGive Jared Polis credit. Our governor has been successful getting some in the media to describe him as a “libertarian.” This is only true if […]

Libertarian Presidential Candidates, on a Possible Justin Amash Run: 'That Would Be Amazing'  ReasonCompetitors welcome chance to debate (and defeat!) the Republican congressman who is currently having a national moment. […]

Libertarians want Justin Amash to run for president, and he may do it  Washington ExaminerRep. Justin Amash's tweets declaring that President Trump committed impeachable offenses have made him an outcast among Republicans, but many of his […]

Libertarian Chairman: "I agree with Representative Amash's conclusions," could be our 2020 nominee  SalonNicholas Sarwark, the chairman of the Libertarian Party, told Salon on Sunday that he agrees with GOP Rep. Justin Amash that President […]

Why Joe Biden needs Libertarians [Opinion]  Houston Chronicle Joe Biden has already taken a markedly different tack than the multitude of top-tier Democratic challengers. Biden has touted his bipartisan credentials and cited ... […]

My regrettable libertarian romance: I rebounded from my experimental phase, but many don't  SalonSome people experiment with drugs. My youthful indiscretion led me down the weird path of tribal individualism. […]

Computer Scientists Say AI’s Underdeveloped Ethics Have Yet To Move Beyond Libertarian Phase  The OnionCAMBRIDGE—Amid the tech industry's efforts to eliminate the biases recently observed in facial recognition software and […]

Are Socialists More Like Libertarians Than We'd Prefer To Admit?  Reason"Are you interested in revolutionary politics?" As I arrive at the location of the Socialism in Our Time Conference, a weekend-long summit organized by U.S. lefty ... […]

Rep. Justin Amash considers Libertarian challenge to Trump  Roll Call The Libertarian Party has urged Rep. Justin Amash to consider mounting a third-party challenge to President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. […]

Green and Libertarian parties are technically no longer recognized in Maryland. Here’s why.  Baltimore SunMaryland voters registered as members of the Green and Libertarian parties may have received a letter in the mail stating their […]

Top 10 Libertarian Movies | Cato @ Liberty  Cato InstituteI picked my Top 10 libertarian movies, on themes such as communism, rent-seeking cartels, the American Revolution, war, slavery, overregulation, and the drug ... […]

Can this Riverside County Libertarian make a fringe party mainstream?  Los Angeles TimesRiverside County Supervisor Jeff Hewitt is the most powerful Libertarian ever elected in the United States. As California's Republican Party declines, […]

Trump’s Big Libertarian Experiment  New York Times“Government,” declared Ronald Reagan in his first Inaugural Address, “is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.” Republicans have echoed […]