Trump and Bachmann Share a Dangerous Foreign Policy by Kyle Perkins Michele Bachmann has gone on the record in saying she wants to give Donald Trump his advice on foreign policy. The problems I have with this have nothing to do with black-and-white binary thinking that either one agrees with Ron Paul on every foreign policy issue or…
Donald Trump Offers Comforting Words, But Where’s the Check? by Aya Katz When Donald Trump visited flood-ravaged Louisiana for a photo-op, many Americans were impressed by the gesture. Noting that President Obama was spending the day playing golf, and still critical of the policies of the Bush Administration during Hurricane Katrina, many television viewers felt…
Romney Has Yet to Announce His November Selection by Josh Guckert On Saturday, in an interview with Deseret News, Libertarian Presidential nominee Gary Johnson asserted that Mitt Romney would play a part in his eventual Presidency. Said Johnson, “If Mitt Romney wants to be a part of the administration, that would be a guarantee.” He…
Trump Campaign Gives Worrisome Answer on Key Policy Point by Josh Guckert In an interview Sunday morning on CNN’s State of the Union, Dana Bash asked Donald Trump‘s new campaign manager about the candidate’s previous plan for a “deportation force.” The manager, Kellyanne Conway, stated that he wishes only to support a plan to “enforce the…
Virginia Trump Spokesman Not Fond of Libertarian Voters by Josh Guckert On Saturday, Republican nominee Donald Trump‘s Virginia Campaign Chairman Corey Stewart made his feelings clear on Libertarians Gary Johnson and William Weld. Stewart insisted that Republican support for the ticket is “traitorous and destructive.” Said Stewart, “There is no such thing as an anti-Trump group. Anti-Trump is…
Executive Director of GFAS Admits to Love of Money as Motive By Aya Katz In a rare moment of candor, Kellie Heckman, the Executive Director of the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS) admitted that the motivation of most animal welfare advocates is the love of money. The admission occurred at the USDA/APHIS “Lions, Tigers…
By Micah J. Fleck We’ve heard the arguments that “a vote for (insert spoiler candidate here) is a vote for (disliked two-party candidate here)” numerous times. The idea is to discourage people from voting on principle by garnering fear of a boogyman-like caricature of whichever of the two main candidates in the running is seen…
Trump Makes Likely Ineffective Appeal to Black Voters by Josh Guckert On Friday in a predominately-white suburb of Lansing, Michigan, Donald Trump made the case for his candidacy to black Americans. He began by reciting the common conservative refrain that black communities had suffered under Democratic leadership. He then asked “what do you have to lose…
Ron Paul Has Done More for Libertarians Than Most Anyone Else by Josh Guckert On August 20, 1935, Ronald Ernest Paul was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Few could have predicted at that time the impact Ron Paul would have on American politics some fifty-plus years after. After graduating from Gettysburg College with a B.S. in…
by Dallas Brooks Secession! It’s a common battle cry in election years, especially when we’re about to elect a new president. The left likes to decry calls of secession, saying it’s a matter of settled law since the Civil War. The right tends to support it only if their guys are losing. Over 60%…