by Josh Guckert The Constitution was designed to protect natural rights and individual freedoms. However, it is also very flawed. These are the top ten least libertarian things about the Constitution: 1. Commerce Clause Throughout the history of Supreme Court cases, no portion of the Constitution has been used to permit government intervention as much…
by Blake Neff Los Angeles’s local government has been sprinkling hundreds of gallons of water on fake grass, all while fining residents of the city hundreds of dollars for their excessive water use. Over the course of the year, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has hit dozens of homeowners with fines for…
by Rachel Stoltzfoos Hillary Clinton surrogate Sid Blumenthal personally pitched a reporter on the Obama “birther” story when she was campaigning for president in 2008, former McClatchy Washington Bureau Chief James Asher said Thursday. The Clinton campaign and the media rushed to refute Donald Trump’s claim Clinton started the birther movement Friday, after Trump said publicly for…
by Russ Read A congressional report finds that former NSA contractor Edward Snowden gave up top secret information to Russia, embellished his resume and consistently lied throughout his short-lived intelligence career. Compiled by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), the report is the result of a two-year investigation into Snowden’s theft of more…
by Ryan Pickrell Young Japanese people are not having sex, exacerbating problems associated with Japan’s shrinking and aging population. Roughly 70 percent of unmarried men and 60 percent of unmarried women are not in a relationship, says a new National Institute of Population and Social Security Research survey of Japanese people ages 18 to 34,…
Ventura Supports Kaepernick’s Action as a Veteran Himself by Brett Linley Jesse Ventura can be a controversial figure among libertarians. He is certainly not shying away from the spotlight when it comes to Colin Kaepernick. The embattled 49ers quarterback has had a difficult time since sitting for the national anthem. While he claimed to be…
by Jonah Bennett Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has taken heat for naming a ship after Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official who had a penchant for young men with substance abuse problems. Mabus strenuously defended Milk and other Obama administration-favored figures as American heroes, mostly because, during his very brief time in…
by Eli Bowman Being Libertarian‘s Charles Peralo did an interview with Glenn Beck in which they touched on several issues regarding this election like the debate situation, Gary Johnson, and Libertarianism in general. They also talked about Beck’s new book “Liars.” There were two noteworthy items that came out of the interview. The first was that Beck…
by Amber Randall A Black Lives Matter activist now urges more police presence in his community after being robbed at gunpoint. Jerry Ford Jr., a University of Houston graduate student, said he saw a young man hanging around his apartment complex, reports ABC 13. When Ford went to unlock his door, the man pulled a…
by Josh Guckert Several months after earning the Libertarian presidential nomination for a second time, Gary Johnson awaits news on perhaps an ever more important front: his pending Facebook friend request to former Congressman Ron Paul. The former New Mexico Governor is also awaiting an acceptance to get into the secret “Former Libertarian Presidential Nominees”…