“We will never get justice for women until we dismantle the caste system called gender,” reads feminist Lierre Keith. Speaking to a group at the Multnomah Count Library in Portland, Oregon, Keith advocated for the destruction of the male sex. “Liberty and a living planet will only be won when masculinity, its religion, its economics,…
The Washington Post dissected Reason Magazine editor-in-chief Nick Gillespie‘s article titled “Libertarianism 3.0,” which analyzed three distinct epochs in the movement’s history. Gillespie posits that the first wave spans the 1960’s and 70’s, when groups were deciding what it really meant to be a libertarian. Then the second wave, libertarianism 2.0 was the last thirty…
Water Patrol authorities at the Lake of the Ozarks claims that a man who died while in their custody either fell overboard or jumped into the water and drowned. Officers claim that his life jacket slipped off after he fell into the lake. 20-year-old Brandon Ellingson had been arrested for boating while intoxicated and was…
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad (R) signed a bill that allows parents to purchase cannabis oil to treat their children who suffer from epilepsy. The effort was seen as a major victory for advocates who voraciously cornered Republican politicians in the state to demand that they be allowed to treat their children with a medicine that…
OAKLAND, CA – A woman brutally attacked a third grader with a hammer last week. Haseemah Diame, a parent and school volunteer, lured the girl away from the playground into a bathroom and began striking her hard enough to draw blood. The attack is believed to be related to a family feud. Parent Christopher Slaughter…
By Blake Neff Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced Friday that her state is pulling out of a multi-state consortium that is designing a national test that applies new Common Core education standards. Arizona was an early governing member of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, bu Brewer’s office announced…
By Michael Bastasch The Environmental Protection Agency’s upcoming climate rule will result in a massive decline in coal-fired power generation that will increase electricity bills and eliminate hundreds of thousands of jobs, according to a report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The White House is preparing to unveil what could be the costliest environmental regulation ever…
Homeowner Byron Smith was convicted of premeditated murder and given two life sentences without chance of parole for shooting and killing two thieves who had repeatedly burgled his residence over the course of a summer. Smith was convicted after a jury listened to an audio recording of the incident that the man had captured which…
By Michael Bastasch This may come as a shocker to some, but scientists are not always right — especially when under intense public pressure for answers. Researchers with the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) recently admitted to experienced zoologist and polar bear specialist Susan Crockford that the estimate given for the total number of polar bars…
Editor of The Libertarian Republic Austin Petersen was invited by Michelle Fields to debate the question of whether NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden‘s actions made him a traitor, or a patriot. In a short discussion, Petersen discusses the difference between a just law and an unjust law, as well as analyzes the constitutional issues surrounding the…