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A lawsuit from Libertarians in Iowa challenges a recent law that moves up the paperwork deadline for the 2020 election by five months. From Radio Iowa on Aug. 5: The Libertarian Party of Iowa and one of its 2018 candidates have filed a lawsuit […]

You are invited to a live webinar Elected Libertarians Round Table: Winning Strategies and Solutions Jim Turney, Altamonte Springs City Commission, FL Apollo Pazell, Copperton City Council, UT Levi Tappan, Mayor, Page City Council, AZ Cole Ebel, […]

Robert Bender, a Libertarian Party of Ohio candidate for the Reynoldsburg City Council, has been returned to the November ballot by court order after previously having a critical number of his petition signatures invalidated by election officials. […]

Former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, who recently switched his voter registration to the Libertarian Party, wrote this opinion piece for the Boston Globe on July 19: As an American, I have been saddened and embarrassed by recent failures of […]

There aren’t many things that can unite Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi, but if it’s reaching their hands into your wallet, then they see eye-to-eye. On July 23, Donald Trump tweeted that a deal was reached to add $2 trillion to the […]

Women hold most of the leadership positions in Burnsville, Minn., and one of them is Cara Schulz, the Libertarian National Committee’s candidate recruiting specialist, who is an elected member of the Burnsville City Council. Schulz was […]

You are invited to a special conference call on Libertarianism and Immigration Policy featuring: Alex Nowrasteh, Director of Immigration StudiesCato Institute Center For Global Liberty and Prosperity Alex Nowrasteh is the director of immigration […]

Dear Libertarian, Here are some updates about our 2020 Libertarian National Convention: Sleeping Rooms Austin is one of the hottest destination cities in the country. If you are planning on attending the 2020 Libertarian National Convention, […]

On July 3, a federal judge in U.S. district court enjoined Arkansas from enforcing the state’s new petition requirement for newly-qualifying parties, putting a halt to the secretary of state’s plans of carrying out tougher laws to regain […]

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 […]

Rachel Maddow launched a disgusting smear of my Scalia Law School colleague (on leave) and Second Circuit nominee Steve Menashi. Ed Whelan has the details: In a 2010 law-review article titled "Ethnonationalism and Liberal Democracy," […]

For too long, state lawmakers have played favorites with booze laws. Will they finally let voters decide where they can buy? […]

That's so regardless of whether the statement is seen as a true threat or incitement—and it applies to any "harmful" speech "inten[ded] to retaliate" against anyone giving law enforcement "any truthful information" related to a federal crime. […]

The shocking excesses of Donald Trump's immigration policy […]

The idea has some flaws, but would be a major improvement over the status quo. It also has much in common with a proposal for state-issued visas promoted by two Republican members of Congress in 2017. […]

It's a nasty mix of police militarization and civil asset forfeiture. […]

Documentary filmmaker Nanfu Wang on the horrors of China’s one-child policy […]

A fake university, safe and sanitary conditions, and old school equal protection. […]

ProPublica’s Dara Lind on how the president’s workplace raids affect consumers, employers, and immigrants. […]

From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: The New School has cleared a professor of charges of racial discrimination for quoting literary icon James Baldwin during a classroom discussion. The university reversed course late […]

Tom Messina will now be able to sell off his restaurant to a developer and retire. […]

The five Democrats warn that the Court may have to be "restructured" if it keeps making decisions they don't like. […]

It's not just the cost of the tariffs that are hurting the economy. "The indirect costs are enormous," says one Wisconsin CEO. […]

The Rhode Island attorney general and state police are investigating a video of a correctional officer driving through a wave of protesters. […]

Despite police harassment and border confiscations, protest supplies continue to make their way to dissidents. […]

Plus: Federal government looks to expand marijuana research, America's housing boom is not helping more people afford new homes, and more... […]

The Mexican government is reportedly considering banning cash purchases of gasoline and the use of cash to pay highway tolls. The goal is to reduce tax evasion and money laundering and to identify stations that are selling stolen gas. Cash is […]

If your neighbor were unbalanced, armed to the teeth and busy posting social-media messages about how much he hates you, you'd certainly support measures to disarm him. But you'd feel more secure if he didn't hate you in the first place. […]

Wave of zombie apocalypse stories reaches a very literal—and absurd—destination. […]

A very weird take on a vintage mystery. […]

The ads are the first to be banned since the new law went into effect in June. […]

Former media darling halted his long poll slide after the El Paso shooting by blaming it on Trump, and is now hoping Democrats forget his past centrism. […]

Strong liberal democracies can handle criticism. […]

Israel's decision to bar two US members of Congress from entering the country is part of a much broader problem. Many nations, including the US, have similar policies. Here's why such restrictions should be abolished. […]

The most unusual thing about Jeffrey Epstein dying in a federal jail was how quickly the Justice Department sprang into action to investigate it. […]

The same federal agency that has led a crackdown on vaping is now trying to make smoking even less appealing. […]

Trying to get the government involved in what sort of videos online platforms promote or hide is going to end badly. […]

The justices would be abdicating their duty to uphold the Constitution if they let such political considerations decide legal issues. […]

ProPublica’s Dara Lind on how the president’s workplace raids affect consumers, employers, and immigrants. […]

They can and they should, but it won’t be easy. […]

Reason previously shared the story of Ricky Kidd's wrongful conviction in April. […]

Plus: Fashion versus the police state, a truce in the Kansas-Missouri border war, and more.... […]

His stage and screen plays are worth taking a look at. […]

Two top aides to Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh have been convicted by a federal jury for trying to coerce organizers of the Boston Calling music festival into hiring union workers. Kenneth Brissette, the city's director of tourism, was found guilty […]

When it comes to trade, the Trump administration is guided by incoherent economic thinking. […]

Rising temperatures are mostly happening in the winter and at night. […]

The comedian and activist was fired from a film after a 2007 blackface photo emerged. […]

A drug bust gone wrong in a Pittsburgh suburb leaves the suspect dead, an agent injured, and kids and shoppers terrified. […]

Schilling and Trump are alike in attacking immigrants for costing money, while seeking out business subsidies. […]

The nation's leading scholar of mass shootings explains how media coverage of horrific events such as El Paso and Dayton stoke unwarranted fear and anxiety. […]

Fortunately, the Florida Court of Appeal has just reversed. […]

By nearly every measure, Americans are getting richer and richer. This should be cause for celebration, not concern. […]

"The Second Amendment is not a suicide pact," the senator says, while glossing over the due process issues raised by gun confiscation orders. […]

The sexiest discoveries are often the ones not found in the actual study. […]

Larry Johnson's pet pigs have run afoul of Minneapolis' ban on city swine. […]

Pro-democracy dissidents turned violent yesterday at Hong Kong's airport. […]

Plus: Farewell to the author whose work inspired Ross Ulbricht to create Silk Road, Trump's toy tax gets delayed until Christmas, and more.... […]

... vacated by the Michigan Court of Appeals. […]

The United States has a habit of involving itself in political unrest all over the world, Ron Paul said, noting that Washington lacks the moral authority to lecture China about the unrest in Hong Kong. The former Texas congressman and presidential […]

A superbug, first discovered in a hospital, is evolving to thrive on the sugar-rich diets common in the United States. Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is a bacterium that can cause a nasty spell of diarrhea and colitis for those […]

The New York Times staffers wanted to change the paper’s longstanding motto, All the News That’s Fit to Print, to something more cutting edge, more of-the-moment, more congenial with the crypto-gnostic social justice impetus to […]

Is the place where you go to buy a new car a kind of Dark Church where very bad things happen? Not necessarily – and if it turns out to be so, it’s probably because you were forced to “worship” there. There should […]

Inflation? Deflation? Stagflation? Consecutively? Concurrently?… or from a great height (apologies to Tom Stoppard). We’ve reached a pivotal moment where all of the narratives of what is actually happening have come together. And it […]

Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton commenced bombing Serbia in the name of human rights, justice, and ethnic tolerance. Approximately 1,500 Serb civilians were killed by NATO bombing in one of the biggest sham morality plays of the modern era. […]

In the aftermath of the second Democratic primary debate on July 31, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard emerged as the most Googled of all candidates, an indication that her performance (which included a stunning takedown of California Sen. Kamala […]

Sanctions are economic warfare, pure and simple. As an alternative to a direct military attack on a country that is deemed to be misbehaving they are certainly preferable, but no one should be under any illusions regarding what they actually […]

Tonight (Sat. Aug. 17, 7-10pm), in Buffalo, New York, I will celebrate my 40th year in the libertarian movement and reaching the milestone of 10,000 sales of Progressivism: A Primer on the Idea Destroying America.  The event will be at the […]

Professor Stephen F. Cohen, a Nation contributing editor and professor emeritus of Russian studies at NYU and Princeton, discusses with the host of The John Batchelor Show the recent nuclear accident on a submarine in Northern Russia and the […]

When phrases such as “the deep state” and “conspiracy theory” become staples of both the corporate mainstream media and the alternative press, we know the realities behind these phrases have outlasted their usefulness for the […]

Special for LewRockwell.com Time was when flying to Hong Kong was a really big thrill – or maybe scare would be a better term.  Its old airport, Kai Tak, was right in the middle of bustling downtown Hong Kong.  Flying into Kai Tak […]

The most important thing is to wait, and we are qualified to wait.~Francsico García Paramés Francsico García Paramés — often referred to as the Spanish Warren Buffett — is a master value investor who has […]

Since Irving Fisher and John Maynard Keynes were writing in the 1930s, there have been two prevailing orthodoxies in mainstream economics: 1. That deflation is an unalloyed negative.12. That consumer-led economic growth must be our top economic […]

The Treasury Department released new budget deficit numbers this week, and with two months still to go in the fiscal year, 2019's budget deficit is the highest its been since the US was still being flooded with fiscal stimulus dollars back in 2012. […]

[Excerpted from "Voluntaryism: The Political Thought of Auberon Herbert," from the Journal of Libertarian Studies 2, no 4 (1978): 303–04.] Against what types of actions do a person's rights provide moral immunity? Since person A's having a […]

[Adapted from an interview with His Serene Highness Prince Michael of Liechtenstein. H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein is the Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Intelligence Services AG, as well as president of the Think Tank ECAEF (European […]

One of the most fundamental things about economics — which many people who are passionate about politics do not understand — is that the economy is not like a chess board where you can move one piece with deterministic and predictable […]

There are two fundamental arguments most commonly made against gun control. The Anti-Crime Argument The first one is based on the idea that persons have a fundamental right to self-defense against ordinary criminals. That is, in a world where […]

[Excerpt from Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market, chapter 6: Antimarket Ethics: A Praxeological Critique (2009), pp. 1303–06.] Some writers are astute enough to realize that the market economy is simply a resultant of individual […]

Shannon O’Toole, according to the author's biography on Amazon, “worked extensively to identify fraud in multiple government programs. She received countless accolades and honors for her achievements and finally the prestigious HUD […]

The Brennan Center for Justice recently published a collection of essays, all written by far-left politicians, about how the United States might solve the problem of mass incarceration. Bernie Sanders contributed an essay titled “Abolish […]

The precapitalistic system of production was restrictive. Its historical basis was military conquest. The victorious kings had given the land to their paladins. These aristocrats were lords in the literal meaning of the word, as they did not depend […]

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On July 28, in London, Ontario, a police pursuit of two bank robbers resulted in three collisions. The suspects’ car hit another car, and police cars hit two other cars, the second of which was a taxicab, which appears to have had the […]

Centuries ago, those who believed themselves to be harmed by "slanderous" words may have had to take matters into their own hands, perhaps through dueling, or even through just a drunken fist fight with one's accuser down at the local tavern. […]

Bob Murphy analyzes John Carpenter’s 1988 cult classic They Live, starring Roddy Piper. After making some general observations about the major thematic elements, Bob critiques the main character’s strategy for dealing with an alien […]

After almost twenty years without an execution, the Federal penal system has decided to proceed with a number of executions. NPR reported last month: U.S. Attorney General William Barr has instructed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to change the […]

[Originally published November 11, 2009.] Do you think ideas don't matter, that what people believe about themselves and their world has no real consequence? If so, the following will not bug you in the slightest. A new BBC poll [reported November […]

According to our guest, American health care is stuck in a fortress mentality that stifles innovation, constrains medical advances, and yields low quality care. That fortress was erected more than one hundred years ago but, in many ways, is being […]

Dr. Bylund observes that students, when selecting entrepreneurial projects for his course, lean heavily towards consumer products and services. Does this represent smart entrepreneurial thinking, or not? Is it biased by (lack of) marketplace […]

President Donald Trump wants a lower US dollar. He complains about the over-valuation of the American currency. Yet, is he right to accuse other countries of a “currency manipulation”? Is the position of the US dollar in the […]

Economist Patrick Newman relays his adventurous tale of deciphering Murray Rothbard’s handwritten manuscript on early American history. Needless to say, Rothbard’s take is not what you learned in school. For more information, see […]

When Donald Trump was running for President he accused China’s trade policies and the resulting U.S. trade deficit of being “the greatest theft in the history of the world.” His position on China has remained unchanged. Trump […]

The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politicsby Michael MaliceAll Points Books/St. Martin's Press 2019307 pagesThis review appears in forthcoming September/October issue of The Austrian Conservatism, Michael Malice famously […]

To gain insight into the state of an economy, most financial experts and commentators rely on a statistic called the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The GDP framework looks at the value of final goods and services produced during a particular time […]

A recent episode of the Human Action Podcast dealt with Mises’ Omnipotent Government, written between 1939 and 1943 and first published in 1944. Besides its treatment of German national socialism, Mises’ Omnipotent Government also […]

[A selection from Austrian Economics and Classical Liberalism. See source for full list of citations and notes.] Erich Streissler (1987, p. 1) has maintained that what united the Austrian economists into a "school" was never any theoretical concept, […]

Irving Shipbuilding Inc. (headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia) has multi-billion-dollar contracts (see here and here ) to supply various ships to the Canadian government. Major news outlets (Postmedia, Globe and Mail) have posed questions to […]

Democratic presidential candidates from centrists like former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to progressive champion Bernie Sanders have come to a consensus on the issue of a $15 minimum wage. Meanwhile, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has […]

Brazilians were told the way to reducing poverty and curbing social inequality was enlarging the government’s role in the economy through the expansion of public services and public works. And the voters believed it. Social democrats were […]

The U.S. Empire, which controls much of the world through hundreds of military bases in foreign countries, through foreign regimes run by domestic U.S. puppets, and through foreign dependency on U.S. foreign aid, got its start in 1898 during the […]

[This is an excerpt from Richard von Strigl's 1937 textbook Einführung in die Grundlagen der Nationalökonomie, as found in chapter 3, part 5: "Die Lehre vom wirtschaftlichen Werte." It is here presented in the English language for the […]

In 1984, as part of Ronald Reagan’s renewed war on drugs, the Drug Enforcement Administration launched Operation Pipeline. This program was inspired by the strategies employed by state troopers in New Mexico who, after pulling somebody over, […]

Bob Murphy explains some of the most important points in his new QJAE article on the fractional reserve banking debate. Bob shows why Mises thought any issuance of fiduciary media caused the boom-bust cycle, and he points out a major flaw in […]

[From "Alleged Joys of the Society of Status" in Power and Market, Chapter 6.] One common related criticism of the free market and free society (particularly among intellectuals who are conspicuously not craftsmen or peasants) is that, in contrast […]

Seeing the Democrat debates has reminded Americans just how much of campaigning is promising something-for-next-to-nothing in attempts to buy electoral support. But when you think about historic Democrat bragging points, like Social Security and […]

This past weekend, 22 people were killed in El Paso, Texas and 9 in Dayton, Ohio. There have been a number of other mass shootings in the past two decades or so; the largest was in Las Vegas in 2017, with 58 killed. This is sad, but it is a drop in […]

Ben Powell, head of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech, discusses his newly-released book Socialism Sucks (co-authored with Robert Lawson). Powell and Lawson toured countries around the world to observe firsthand life under ACTUAL […]

Austrian economics has valuable and important things to say about organizing entrepreneurial firms. Key Takeaways And Actionable Insights Organization can make a crucial difference to entrepreneurial success. Ideas alone are not enough — […]

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos wants an America filled with gun control. During a segment of Real America with Jorge Ramos, the journalist played a number of clips featuring 2020 presidential hopeful Cory Booker’s plan to tackle […]

The Mexican government, which has contributed heavily to Mexico having one of the world's worst homicide rates, has announced it may seek legal action against the United States "for failing to protect its citizens after this weekend's mass […]

The Affordable Care Act was allegedly passed thanks to “the stupidity of the American voter.” The economist who made that claim—and who is also considered to be one of the architects of the law—has recently published a […]

  The Hell o Good Intentions: America's Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacyby Stephen M. WaltFarrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2018xii + 384 pages Stephen Walt has put himself in a difficult position. He is a Professor of […]

The idea of price stability originates from the view that volatile changes in the price level prevent individuals from clearly seeing market signals as conveyed by changes in the relative prices of goods and services. For instance, because of an […]

I recently returned from two weeks abroad in Russia, I did the usual sightseeing, but my main objective was to climb the highest peak in Europe, Mount Elbrus, which happens to be in Southern Russia. This is the fourth of the seven highest peaks on […]

[This talk was delivered at the Jeremy Davis Mises Circle in Houston, Texas, on January 23, 2010.] I'm finding it ever more difficult to describe to people the kind of world that the Mises Institute would like to see, with the type of political […]

Following last weekend's Gilroy, California shooting during which three victims died, media outlets have begun to suggest again that murder is a growing reality in the lives of Americans. For example, the Associated Press ran an article titled "U.S. […]

[This article is excerpted from chapter two of The Rise and Fall of Society.] Is the State ordered in the nature of things? The classical theorists in political science were so persuaded. Observing that every agglomeration of humans known to history […]

Donald Trump in recent days has repeatedly attacked the city of Baltimore for its very low quality of life, denouncing it as "rodent-infested" and noting it has a very, very high homicide rate. It's difficult to find reliable stats on Baltimore's […]

Writing for Postmedia News, Craig Kielburger is concerned that Canadians are (a) not sufficiently committed to the task of recycling bottles, cans, paper, plastics etc., and (b) not willing to purchase recycled products in sufficient quantities to […]

California isn’t nicknamed Commiefornia for nothing. Decades of limited housing, water use restrictions, overzealous environmental regulations, and now a rapidly increasing minimum wage make it difficult for entrepreneurs. But despite it […]

An 86-year-old widow who contributed every week to her pension while working was stripped and left destitute after her local council took away her $50,000 life savings. They claimed she saved too much money and was only allowed to have a maximum of […]

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I've seen a lot of outrage due to ICE raids, because as a result children not being with their parents. But what I personally believe is equally concerning is that families are similarly being torn apart due to the war on drugs. In both cases, […]

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We've seen attempts by anti-immigrant people to infiltrate libertarian forums and activities. This is likely to become a growing problem. Democrats will eat it up, using these people to slander libertarians and misrepresent the philosophy. I don't […]

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On the Sean hannity show they're talking about stop and frisk and enacting curfews to curb gun violence? Wow. I guess the constitution means nothing to Sean Hannity. submitted by /u/OfuhQ12 [link] [comments […]

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

Well, I didn’t get much sleep and posting this goes against the recommendation of my doctor, but I finished it and just in time for Friday morning. First, I would just like to say thank you to everyone who upvoted, shared this and gave me an […]

Winning the vote totals was Intellectual property. Should it even exist? Can one "own" ideas? How long should copyright exist? Patents? Is it nothing more than the government creating a defacto monopoly over something? But might that not be a good […]

Utah judges should prove they are really reading search warrants, critics say  Salt Lake TribuneNew data that shows how little time Utah judges spend reading search warrants before approving them has some groups pushing for a change in […]

How Has Mining Benefited The Economy?  The Libertarian RepublicThe mining industry has been around for generations and has been used to mine materials such as coal, natural gas and even diamonds for generations. […]

Beto O'Rourke Pushes Tech Platforms To Ban Hate Speech 08/19/2019  MediaPost CommunicationsDemocratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke on Friday called for new curbs on social media platforms. In a post titled “Combating hate and […]

Among the Believers: Ammon Bundy and America's Armed Libertarian Right-Wing  lareviewofbooksOne of the most pressing issues facing American society is the rise of a radical anti-government right wing movement over the past few decades; and […]

Utah lawmaker proposes first-of-its-kind ‘biometric privacy’ bill  KSTU FOX 13 Salt Lake CitySALT LAKE CITY -- A state lawmaker is proposing a bill that would block police from using your fingerprint or a facial scan to unlock […]

Poll: 62 percent of GOP voters identify as fiscally, socially conservative | TheHill  The HillA majority of Republican voters -- 62 percent -- identify as both fiscally and socially conservative, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll […]

Genghis Khan's Lessons of Individual Freedom – World Liberty Weekend  Being LibertarianReligious freedom is the bedrock of the causse for a revolution in the United States. Every citizen knows the story of the Pilgrims coming to the […]

The rest of the country is re-examining electricity deregulation, California should too  The Daily BreezeCalifornia's electricity fiascoes of the late 1990s and early 2000s soured not just the state, but the entire country, on electricity […]

Misconceptions of Education  Being LibertarianIt's unfortunate that the discussion on education is centered primarily around schooling. Schooling is a major component of education. It is the responsibility of ... […]

Hong Kong Protesters Wave American Flag, Inspired By Patriot Prayer  The Libertarian RepublicIn recent weeks, Hong Kong protesters have been waving the American Flag in their demonstrations. The use of the flag has appeared to move into […]

Feedback Friday: Media Can’t Give Voice to Everyone  LA ProgressiveEach week, LA Progressive's editors pick what they regard as a particularly insightful comment from one of our readers, both to draw attention to one particular ... […]

Overstock CEO says he dated Russian agent Maria Butina, got involved in a nebulous 'Deep State' conspiracy  The WeekOverstock CEO Patrick Byrne and convicted unregistered Russian foreign agent Maria Butina were romantically involved, Byrne […]

Unprecedented: Trump demands Israel retaliate against 'The Squad'  MSNBCTrump demands Israel deny entry to U.S. democratic rivals Reps. Omar and An Israeli journalist reports, the only reason Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu ... […]

Overstock C.E.O. Takes Aim at ‘Deep State’ After Romance With Russian Agent  The New York TimesPatrick Byrne said in an interview that he was still “quite fond” of Maria Butina, who is now in prison, and that she […]

rojava libertarian Archives  71 RepublicEver since the Ottoman Empire dissolved and the various world powers got their hands on it, the Middle East has been ensconced in conflict. For much of that ... […]

National Conservatism: A Guide for the Perplexed  The American InterestAn attempt to put conservatism on firmer intellectual footing in the Age of Trump has led to some strange—and shaky—alliances. Editor's Note: This is the ... […]

Ann Coulter says Trump 'deserves to lose,' will vote for him anyway  Washington ExaminerIn an interview with the Washington Examiner, conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter shared her thoughts on the current political environment, […]

Two Libertarians, Two Views on Bitcoin's Ability to Disrupt Fiat Money  CoinDesk“Half of the audience here is like, 'I hope you die in a fire.'” As a libertarian, comedian and podcast host Dave Smith has a lot of common ground […]

Meet the Candidates: Pete Wells, Libertarian candidate in House District 71  WTVR CBS 6 NewsCBS 6 invited the candidates from each Senate and House district in the Richmond Metro area to talk about their campaigns. […]

“Kochland” Examines the Koch Brothers’ Early, Crucial Role in Climate-Change Denial  The New YorkerJane Mayer writes about the new book “Kochland,” by Christopher Leonard, which is about how Charles and David […]

Documents Shine New Light on Koch Brothers' Efforts to Abolish Energy Department  TruthoutA scheme to abolish the Department of Energy (DOE) helped spur a failed 1980 Libertarian Party presidential bid — and in the process laid the […]

Trump’s Primary Advantage: No Real Competition  The Wall Street JournalPresident Trump is an incumbent who apparently won't face a significant challenge from within his own party, a powerful edge as he seeks re-election. […]

Sixth Circuit Appeals Court continues to say "no gifts for leges"  Forward KentuckyThe Ethics Commission won again in the case filed by Sen. Schickel, who claims he has a right to accept meals, beverages, and contributions from lobbyists. […]

The Rime of the Ancient Libertarian  Ricochet.comThink back into the past with me, back to the dark days of April, 2016. Bernie Sanders has become the first (and I believe only) American Presidential candidate ... […]

Libertarians challenge Iowa election law change | News  KMAland(Council Bluffs) -- The Libertarian Party of Iowa and one of its 2018 candidates have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent change in Iowa election law. […]

Leave a Country Boy Alone: Five Country Songs for Libertarians  The Libertarian Republic"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it." H.L. Mencken. […]

Jeffrey Epstein Found Dead From Suicide  Being LibertarianJeffrey Epstein, accused sex trafficker with ties to Washington elites, was found dead in his jail cell of an apparent suicide. […]

A note on “economic libertarianism,” goodness, and kindness  PatheosI first posted this blog entry on 14 September 2017. Because of some recent exchanges, I think it advisable to repost it: A reader of this blog who is deeply […]

No AOC, you do not have 'a lot of common ground' with libertarians  Washington ExaminerIs New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a closet fan of Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman? Probably not. But you could be forgiven for wondering that after […]

What Ails the Right Isn’t (Just) Racism  The AtlanticWhat if the left was right on race? That's the question Jane Coaston posed to movement conservatives in Vox. She was mulling claims from the right that the GOP ... […]

Albany County Libertarian Committee forms  The Altamont EnterpriseALBANY COUNTY — For Veronica Diver, it was the 2016 presidential election that sent her looking for an alternative to the nation's two main political parties. […]

A Libertarian Think Tank (Still) Did Not Find That Medicare for All Saves Money  National ReviewFrom The Atlantic: The right-wing Mercatus Center found in 2018 that the Sanders plan reduces overall health spending by $2 trillion in the […]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'I Have a Lot of Common Ground With Many Libertarian Viewpoints'  ReasonRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) spends much of her time in the public eye separating herself from the pack in Washington, D.C. […]

White Supremacy Is Alien to Liberal and Libertarian Ideals  ReasonPeople are important as individuals, not as extensions of some faceless mass. […]

Letter: Capitalism is not the enemy, so vote Libertarian  Concord MonitorAll of the Democratic presidential candidates are socialists, and each of them claims to be fighting a capitalist health care system.We do not have capitalism here ... […]

Will the Greens and Libertarians Affect the 2020 Election?  New York MagazineIn the remembered hellscape of November 9, 2016, when Americans stayed up late or woke up early to confront the reality of President-elect Donald J. Trump, ... […]

Sorry, libertarians: profit-obsessed bosses are bad for business, study finds  SalonIf your boss treats you like a work-robot from which money is extracted, your company probably isn't doing well. […]

How Libertarians Should Respond to Mass Shootings  ReasonA pair of horrific mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, this weekend left at least 30 people dead. Politicians are jockeying to place the blame on ... […]

Iowa Libertarians sue for equal access to state ballot  The GazetteCEDAR RAPIDS — Iowa Libertarians are challenging an Iowa law they claim puts them at a disadvantage because their candidates must file months earlier ... […]

New trade minister Liz Truss had private talks in US with libertarian groups  The GuardianThe cabinet minister in charge of negotiating a new US trade deal met with a series of rightwing American thinktanks to discuss deregulation and the […]

Earth to Libertarians: Immigration Hurts American Workers  American GreatnessAn Islamist, a Communist, and a libertarian walk into a bar. The Islamist says submission to Allah is the highest virtue and an ideal society adopts Sharia Law. […]

Libertarian Candidates for Oneida County Positions Announced  Spectrum NewsThe Oneida County Libertarian Party announced its 2019 candidates at Character Coffee in Utica. The candidates include Utica common council candidates ... […]

N.H. legislator seeks Libertarian Party presidential nomination  The Boston GlobeIn 2016, the Libertarian Party ticket received just over 4 percent of the vote in New Hampshire — as Clinton won the state by less than 3000 votes. […]

What is a Libertarian? - Freedom Philosophy  Being LibertarianHerein lies one of the major misconceptions of libertarian principles. Our critics believe that we support libertarianism out of a desire to make... […]

Chapter of Libertarian Party forming in Hardin County  Elizabethtown News EnterpriseA chapter of the Libertarian Party of Kentucky is forming in Hardin County. […]

Broome County DA election: Michael Korchak launches new campaign under Libertarian Party  Press & Sun-BulletinMichael Korchak re-launched Wednesday a campaign for Broome County District Attorney, this time on the Libertarian Party […]

Russian Libertarian Party Leader Sentenced For Unsanctioned Rally  Radio Free Europe/ Radio LibertyA court in Moscow has sentenced Mikhail Svetov, the leader of the Libertarian Party of Russia, to 30 days in jail after finding him guilty […]

Martinsville Libertarians aren't affiliated but they are actively campaigning  Martinsville BulletinThe “give me liberty or give me death,” Patrick Henry proclaimed in 1775 in a Richmond church still echoes around Martinsville, […]

County Libertarian Committee seeking candidates for office | Local News  Lockport Union-Sun & JournalThe Niagara County Libertarian Committee will be holding a summer picnic at 6 p.m. today at Oppenheim Park shelter No. 22 in […]

Libertarians hoped for a renaissance in the Republican party. Then Trump’s GOP came along  AlterNetFor decades, right-wing libertarians have been fantasizing about one of two things happening in the United States: the Libertarian […]

Meet Libertarian Candidate John Hicks, A Third Choice For Kentucky Governor  WVXUKentucky voters head to the polls this November to choose the state's next set of constitutional officers, including the position of governor. While. […]

Justin Amash and the Libertarian Future  The New RepublicEarlier this month, Justin Amash, the libertarian representative of Michigan's Third congressional district, announced that he was leaving the Republican Party, ... […]

The Paltry Hopes of the Libertarian Moment  New York MagazineIt's not big news that Donald Trump's total conquest of the Republican Party has been shocking to those bearing the stripes of various ideological strands in the ... […]

Libertarianism In One Country  Antiwar.comWednesday's testimony by Robert Mueller was devastating to the Russia Hoax, as everyone seems to accept, except for a few die-hard Never Trumpers such as ... […]

Seabrooks Abramson seeks Libertarian presidential nomination  Seacoastonline.comSEABROOK — Hundreds of long-shot candidates have filed to run for president in the 2020 election. With reasons ranging from fame and notoriety to faith, […]

Libertarian Party of Iowa sues State senator over her Twitter use  KCCI Des MoinesThe Libertarian Party of Iowa is suing an Iowa state senator over her use of Twitter. The lawsuit claims that Sen. Claire Celsi, of Des Moines, violated the […]

Beyond Libertarianism | JD Vance  First ThingsThis essay is an abridged version of a speech originally delivered on July 16, 2019, at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, D.C.. I want to talk ... […]

Is Postmodernism Marxist or Libertarian? A Soho Forum Debate  ReasonThaddeus Russell and Stephen Hicks debate human nature, moral relativism, and the nature of truth. […]

Interview with Venezuelan Libertarian Think Tank Econintech  71 RepublicRafael Acevedo and Luis Cirocco of the Venezuelan Libertarian Think Tank Econintech sit down with 71 Republic to discuss the nightmare in Venezuela. […]

Iowa Libertarians Sue Claire Celsi For Blocking Members on Twitter (Updated)  Caffeinated ThoughtsThe Libertarian Party of Iowa filed suit in federal court against State Sen. Claire Celsi, D-West Des Moines, for blocking several members on […]

Libertarians don’t support Miller Lite and oxycodone in vending machines  Baltimore SunThe Sun editorial board insulted libertarians by insinuating the party would support putting Miller Lite and oxycodone in vending machines over […]

Iowa Libertarians sue Sen. Claire Celsi for blocking constituents on Twitter  Des Moines RegisterThe Iowa Libertarian Party is suing state Sen. Claire Celsi for blocking several people, including some constituents, from following her on […]

Ted Cruz Wants Antifa Investigated by the FBI  ReasonThis is a bad idea—and even the director of the FBI says so. […]

Fugitive software tycoon John McAfee makes another run for Libertarian presidential nomination  Washington ExaminerSoftware pioneer John McAfee is making his second straight bid for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination, but he […]

Libertarian candidate for Reynoldsburg City Council returned to November ballot  The Columbus DispatchThe Franklin County Board of Elections returned a Libertarian candidate for Reynoldsburg City Council to the November ballot on Tuesday, […]

Republican Candidate for Mayor Reacts to Primary Opponent Running as Libertarian Candidate  WRFA JamestownJAMESTOWN – The Republican candidate for mayor of Jamestown says he's surprised his primary opponent has decided to run as a […]

SCHWEPPE: Sorry, Justin Amash — Libertarianism Is Canceled  The Daily CallerMichigan Rep. Justin Amash, the Republican-turned-independent who is often identified as the most libertarian member of Congress, has a problem with ... […]

Fischer runs as Libertarian for Suffolk executive  NewsdayDemocratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and his Republican foe, Comptroller John Kennedy, now are not the only candidates for Suffolk's top job in ... […]

The Coming Socialist-Libertarian Feudalism  American GreatnessWishful thinking among many libertarian and socialist idealists is that an alliance might form between them. After all, members of both ideological camps believe ... […]

The party of peace: Why I joined the Libertarian Party  The Boston GlobeThe party is willing to fight against irresponsible American global behavior and against the inexorable march to more senseless wars. […]

Progressives and Libertarians Team Up to Deregulate Airports  ReasonReps. Earl Blumenauer and Thomas Massie have introduced a bill that would cut federal airport spending while giving airports more freedom to raise their ... […]

Libertarian joins council's 4th District race | Local news  Kokomo TribuneA second Libertarian has joined Kokomo's municipal election, this time in the Common Council's 4th District race. […]

If nationalists won't have libertarians, they'll get neoconservatives  Washington ExaminerI did not attend this week's inaugural National Conservative Conference in Washington, D.C., where a number of leading center-right intellectuals […]

Libertarian candidate for President brings his campaign to North Iowa  KIMT 3MASON CITY, Iowa – A man whose life has taken him from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean is now traveling across America on his “Healing […]

The Last Few Days Exemplify Why I'm Libertarian (and Why You Should Be Too)  ReasonThe political extremism of Donald Trump, democratic socialists, and others is a great argument for reducing the size and scope of politics in everyday life. […]

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 ... […]

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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

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

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 […]

Are Libertarians Just Moderates?  The Liberator OnlineWhat is a moderate in today's political environment? When someone describes themselves as “fiscally conservative and socially liberal,” they are often seen as ... […]

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. […]

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 […]

Buzz grows Amash will challenge Trump as a Libertarian | TheHill  The HillThere is growing buzz that Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) will leave the Republican Party to mount a challenge against President Trump as the Libertarian Party's ... […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 ... […]

Libertarians try to woo Howard Schultz  Washington ExaminerFormer Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz may be able to avoid a 50-state scramble for presidential ballot access by seeking the Libertarian Party's support. […]

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, […]

The Libertarian Experiment That Isn't | Cato @ Liberty  Cato InstitutePaul Krugman thinks the current shutdown could be a big libertarian policy experiment. No, temporary chaos is really not what libertarians want. […]

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 […]

The Libertarian Party Future, Perennially Out of Reach  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 ... […]

What Does It Mean To Be a Libertarian?  ReasonDon't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff Matt Kibbe We libertarians have always preferred to use esoteric arguments, specialized. […]

How I Became a Libertarian  ReasonOn the magazine's 50th birthday, Reason staffers share their philosophical origin stories. […]