Whereas the people of the United States have been forced to endure burdensome taxation and threats to civil liberties to accommodate the expansion of undeclared executive policing actions, it has become necessary for a new constitutional amendment that gives citizens the authority to audit, veto or authorize such actions by majority vote in elected delegations…
The Obama administrations recent budget proposal includes a .94 cent tax hike on cigarettes that would be slated to pay for childrens preschool programs. Critics of the proposal claim that the tax would only increase black market activity and tie a revenue stream to smokers, a group that is now one of the most demonized…
Russia Today anchor Abby Martin hosted The Libertarian Republic Editor Austin Petersen, anarchist Scott Crow and socialist Eugene Puryear for a discussion featuring alternative viewpoints. Discussed were civil liberties, economics, ideal societies and transition plans to ideal societies, as well as law and police actions in free societies. The summit was not a debate, but an…
Guest Columnist J. Keith Johnson Hard Assets Alliance Contributor As tax season draws to a close, it’s a good time to reevaluate your retirement portfolio. Once we get into a routine regarding our finances, it’s easy for us to grow so comfortable with our approach that we miss developing opportunities. Let’s face it, the world’s changing…
Numbers Don’t Lie: A Fair and Balanced Look at Gun Ownership and Violent Crime in the U.S. With the recent tragedies in Aurora, Colorado, and Newtown, Connecticut, still in the collective consciousness of the nation, gun control has frenetically risen to the forefront of political discourse. The airwaves have and continue to be saturated with…
Fox Business host John Stossel interviewed Glenn Beck on his conversion to libertarianism, peppering him with questions about standard libertarian positions. “The Drug War is a failure” Beck states unequivocally. However he parses this with the fact that now Obamacare demands free healthcare to everyone means that we are taking care of people who make…
Senator Rand Paul addressed a group of students at the Howard University School of Business to discuss the issues of race, civil liberties and the future of the black vote in America. In a half hour lecture, Senator Paul debated the idea that the Democrats are the party of civil rights historically and defended the…
Puppies & Kittens & Censorship! Oh my! The Institute for Justice is at it again, taking a bite out of big government with a new video about how a professional vet is being curbed by the state of Texas. In Texas, it’s a law that you can’t give medical advice for pets unless you’ve had…
“PISS POOR” THE STATE IN YOUR BEER SUPPLY Guest Columnist Mikael Sandstrom To what extent is the state involved in regulating your beer supply? The “three-tier” system was created after the prohibition of alcohol was repealed and was done so to establish control over the industry as well as a revenue source via taxation. …
How do we deal with North Korea? by guest columnist Anang Mittal “Weakness is provocative…even the perception of weakness is provocative” — Don Rumsfeld It’s that time of the year again. North Korea, a small time gangster-state is once again playing stick-em-up with the West. North Korea has made numerous claims and threats…