Reason Magazine‘s editor in chief Nick Gillespie had strong words for Senator Rand Paul‘s presidential campaign: Go big or go home. From Reason: “[…] on a bunch of recent issues, Paul has been very close to other, more-consciously conservative Republican candidates than to any vision of libertarianism. His response to the murder of a San…
By Blake Neff An LGBT pride march in Scotland has banned “cis” drag queens from marching out of the fear that it could offend transgender people. Free Pride Glasgow is scheduled to take place in August, and bills itself as an alternative to the city’s main Pride event, which has allegedly become too commercialized. “It was felt…
By: Laura Meyers At the White House Champions of Change Faith Leaders for Climate event, Reverend Al Sharpton told his audience that climate change is a “civil rights issue” because it “disproportionately” affects African-Americans. “It [climate change] is an issue of justice, and it is an issue of human rights. African-Americans are at a higher…
By: Laura Meyers We found a copy of an eighth grade-level exam for Bullitt County Schools, Kentucky from 1912. It was donated to the Bullitt County historical museum in 2013, and continues to makes modern eighth graders look like drooling, brainwashed imbeciles with smartphones. Here are some of the best questions: Define the following terms of government: Democracy, Limited…
The Second Amendment is a Tool, Not a Reason to Cower Joshua Feuerstein, a former pastor and self-described “American evangelist, internet and social media personality,” took to the internet on July 9 to go on a tirade about the Supreme Court’s marriage ruling and efforts to make Christian bakers serve same-sex couples. This author wrote…
By: Laura Meyers A new video has been released in an update on the Planned Parenthood case that revealed the organization has been selling fetal tissue and body parts from aborted babies. The new video shows actors from Center For Medical Process meeting with Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s Medical Directors’ Council President, Dr. Mary Gatter…
By R. Brownell “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” -Milton Friedman New York City, NY- Month after month of state and county level attacks throughout the country on app-based ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft, have finally caused Uber General Manager Josh Mohrer…
Clark Shows Totalitarianism Has Home in Democratic Party by Josh Guckert On Friday, in an interview on MSNBC, retired General and 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate Wesley Clark was asked how he would prevent future tragedies in light of the shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The response he gave was both surprising and frightening. Clark said we…
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…
Alumni for Liberty, a Students For Liberty affiliated group, contacted The Libertarian Republic with a correction about our previous story regarding President Alexander McCobin. The SFL affiliated institution wished to issue a correction about our previous column detailing a private document which was leaked to The Libertarian Republic. This document was meant to be the official…