Libertarians believe that you should mind your own business. Whatever you want to do with your life, you should be able to do, as long as they do not infringe on somebody else’s rights. Want to smoke a joint? Go ahead. Want to build an AR-15 in your garage? Go ahead. Don’t want to be spied on by the NSA? Libertarians will ensure your constitutional rights. Can you trust a Republican or Democrat to do that?
By Michael Bastasch President Obama told New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman he wanted to “price the cost of carbon emissions” in order to fight global warming. Obama compared pricing carbon dioxide emissions to mandating pollution control technology that lowered pollution emissions that caused acid rain. His interview with Friedman comes after his administration put…
by Josh Guckert Election Day 2016 is only 15 days away. Donald Trump is currently expected to lose to Hillary Clinton in a massive landslide. Libertarians have plenty of qualms with each candidate. Clinton is likely the most dishonest and corrupt presidential candidate in recent memory. In spite of her having almost no chance of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read A photo journalist in Iraq narrowly escaped death after an Islamic State sniper shot the GoPro camera hanging from his neck. The sniper’s bullet struck Ammar Alwaely while he was on location in Mosul, Iraq, The Sun reported Tuesday. Owen Holdaway, a journalist for The Sun, caught…
State unemployment agencies aren’t especially responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars even in the best of times. Yet when the COVID-19 crisis and government lockdowns put tens of millions of Americans out of work, Congress responded by pouring more taxpayer money into state-level unemployment systems. The federal legislation enormously increased weekly payouts and expanded unemployment benefits…
By Michael Bastasch After ostensibly trying to separate global warming from national security concerns, Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley Monday jumped on the bandwagon of those claiming global warming created the conditions necessary for Islamic State to grow. “One of the things that preceded the failure of the nation-state of Syria and the rise of…
In Greek mythology, Psyche was a woman of such beauty that she inspired jealousy in the love goddess Venus. The 19th-century Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis named a massive asteroid after her. How appropriate that it turns out that 16 Psyche, one of the biggest asteroids in the asteroid belt, is made out of a…
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