In this video an open socialist attacks a libertarian who is attempting to discuss politics in a civil forum. Notice the rhetoric of the left always devolves into the anti-intellectual attack of calling the opponent “racist” when the libertarian individualist in this video truthfully replies, “I believe in one race, the human race.” That is…
Should Democrats vote for Mitt Romney in the 2012 Presidential Election? Certainly many will. There are always people who for one reason or another decide to support the opposing candidates for President. Some could be teachers angry at Obama’s lack of support after the teachers strike in Chicago. Others could be the liberals who, like Bill…
Eugene Jarecki’s new documentary “The House I Live in” tells touching and gut wrenching stories set in the background of America’s effort to curb vice, the War on Drugs. Brad Pitt takes a producer role as well in a beautiful, but subtly biased documentary that gives an up close look at why America’s drug war…
Texas Congressman Ron Paul appeared on Fox Business Network’s “Stossel” show to report on Hurricane Katrina and to answer whether government gets in the way of hurricane disaster relief. Do you agree that disaster relief is better handled at the state and local levels?
The longer you are in Washington D.C. and the more influential you become, the more the pressure comes down to conform. A perfect example of this is in these final few days before the election, many on the free market right have put down their cudgels for reform and picked up the banner of compromise…
New Yorkers in the wake of Hurricane Sandy lined up at pumps, waiting sometimes for up to six hours to receive gasoline during a shortage brought on by the disaster. Gov. Cuomo acknowledged there is a shortage of fuel, but said “there is no reason to panic.” It would seem natural that such a high demand…
Does the government work for us, or do we work for the government? What is your answer? If you say the government serves the people then you are an individualist. If we work for the government, you are a collectivist. You believe the government is supreme. But that is not the case. The individual human…
Critics of private charity often claim that libertarians would let people starve in the streets. “They are selfish!” claim the critics. “They got theirs and now screw everyone else.” is how it often goes. Yet, whenever private charity actually occurs, they sniff and claim it’s not good enough. Never mind they will overlook the disastrous…
Libertarian Republic Editor Austin Petersen appeared on the Thom Hartmann show “The Big Picture” this evening to discuss cuts to FEMA in light of Hurricane Sandy and the Presidential election. What do you think? Do we even need FEMA anymore?
In 5 days, the American people will decide which President is best to manage the economy, police the world and spread democracy overseas. On November 6th, we as a people will vote for one of the two major party candidates, President Barack Obama and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney. …