Lack of US Leadership in Syria is Devastating! by Darnyell Wint The ongoing plight of Syrians is catastrophic. The bombs are relentless, with no sign of a humanitarian pause coming anytime soon. The State Department has even suspended bilateral talks with Russia on implementing a sustaining ceasefire. According to John Kirby, Spokesman for the State…
by Andrew Follett Scientists are “running out of ideas” to explain the peculiar behavior of the star KIC 8462852 that don’t have to do with aliens, according to astronomers from the Carnegie Institution and the California Institute of Technology. Naturalistic theories to explain the star’s behavior didn’t match observations from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, according…
In the shallows of politics, imbeciles are always and everywhere. by Joey Clark Given the widespread idiocy and mean-spiritedness of the 2016 presidential race, one of my favorite H.L. Mencken quotes has been making the rounds on social media: “As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the…
by Eric Lieberman An educator was fired Monday after school officials discovered racist Facebook posts comparing First Lady Michelle Obama to a gorilla. “Effective Monday, Oct. 3, Jane Wood Allen has been relieved from duty and is no longer an employee of Forsyth County Schools. Racism and discrimination are not tolerated in our school district,”…
by Josh Guckert Since his selection as the vice presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party, William Weld has received an abundance of criticism from libertarians. The primary issue evoking anger has been his stance on the right to bear arms. However, in Philadelphia on Thursday, Weld took a fundamentally libertarian approach in explaining the history behind…
by Julie Borowski A lot of people are accusing Ron Paul of suggesting that libertarians should vote for Jill Stein. Of course, Ron Paul did no such thing. Here’s what Ron Paul actually said in the interview, “The independents who don’t know what to do and who should they pick, I say if you tend to…
By Kody Fairfield The New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office notified the Donald J. Trump Foundation that they were violating state law and that they must stop fundraising immediately. As previously reported by The Libertarian Republic, the Trump foundation never filed proper paperwork to appropriately abide by New York State law to solicit donations from outside entities, over…
by Ian Tartt This is a recent Trump quote that’s making people angry: “When people come back from war and combat and they see maybe what the people in this room have seen many times over, and you’re strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can’t handle it,” Trump told a…
by Eric Lieberman Local police officers are allegedly scanning the license plate numbers of people attending gun-shows per the request of the federal government. Agents employ devices that record the plate numbers of every car that passes through such events, according to emails obtained by The Wall Street Journal. The incident has raised questions from Fourth and Second…
by Kitty Testa CNN reported last Friday that Bill Weld was “not sure anybody is more qualified than Hillary Clinton” to be president. This alarmed Libertarians, given that he is Gary Johnson’s running mate. Weld has since clarified that although Clinton is the most qualified “on paper,” Johnson “would be the best president.” Nonetheless, the…