By JP Carroll A death squad in rural Venezuela gunned down 11 people in cold blood at dawn Saturday in an ongoing gang dispute. Victims were told to get out of their three respective houses in a town in the Trujillo state, and were then executed. The killers used a combination of shotguns and handguns to murder their…
Pragmatism Won the Day at the Libertarian National Convention in Orlando Forgive me for not genuflecting and groveling in the dust to give obeisance to the newly minted Libertarian presidential ticket of Gary Johnson and William Weld. No, while I am a Libertarian, I am simply not impressed with Johnson and Weld and as…
By Casey Harper The nationwide debate over transgender bathrooms may ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court. Texas led the way by filing a lawsuit Wednesday over the Obama administration’s directive that transgender students in public schools be allowed to use the bathroom of their choice. Several states and school districts have gotten onboard with the suit, setting the…
During LP presidential candidate John McAfee’s concession speech, he made a few bizarre comments about libertarians being overwhelmingly male and white: “When I first joined the Libertarian party, two things stood out very starkly. One, 75% of you are men. Number two, 99.8% of you are white. Shame on you.” Shame on you? Are these…
Over the weekend the Libertarian Party came together and nominated Gary Johnson and William Weld for president and vice president. After the business was settled, TLR founder Austin Petersen gave his concession speech in which he declared that he would like to unify the Libertarian Party behind Governor Johnson. During that speech, Petersen gave to Johnson…
A man holding a sing declaring Trump was “bad for America” was viciously assaulted by Trump supporters at a rally in Arizona. The video clearly shows the man being physically assaulted for no reason whatsoever. This is fascism; cold, naked fascism. This is a nationalist movement, not a patriotic one. It has been very disturbing to see so…
Live From The LP National Convention: The Presidential Nominations by Avens O’Brien I’m sitting in the main hall of the Libertarian Party National Convention right now, writing this just before the debate starts between five of the LP’s candidates for president. Yesterday I landed in Orlando, Florida, where over the course of this weekend, I…
By Chris White A non-partisan ethics watchdog group filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Thursday requesting all documents related to an investigation targeting man-made global warming skeptics by 17 attorneys general. The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) filed the FOIA in hopes of unearthing details of the activities of the Attorneys General…
By Guy Bentley Amnesty International (AI) released its long-awaited policy on prostitution Friday urging governments around the world to decriminalize the sex trade and protect the human rights of prostitutes. AI calls on world leaders to decriminalize consensual prostitution, “including those laws that prohibit associated activities—such as bans on buying, solicitation and general organization of…
By Guy Bentley The number of teens using and suffering from problems related to marijuana is falling at the same time more states are legalizing marijuana. A study of more than 216,000 teens from across the country indicated a substantial fall in problems related to marijuana use. Published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child…