Last night after her hearing before an elections panel (which she won by unanimous vote), we talked with “Kryssi Wichers” about what happened and where she goes from here. TLR: This is TLR, talking to Kryssi Wichers… if that is her real name. She’s running for Ohio’s 77th, and recently suit was filed contesting her…
Right now, the two main factors keeping Facebook’s near monopoly status are the Nash Equilibrium and the Sunk-Cost Fallacy. Under the Nash Equilibrium, players (in this case, social media users or groups of them) take into account the decisions of other players, making decisions (or refusing to) based in part on the expected decisions of…
Tonight, I had the privilege of talking to Eric Brakey about recent developments in the Republican liberty movement, Trump’s trade policy, and Gary Johnson’s third party bid for the US Senate. TLR: I’m talking to Eric Brakey, the Republican candidate for US Senate from Maine. Eric, thanks for speaking with me. The 2018 primaries don’t…
One would be forgiven for assuming I hate John McCain. Hell, that’s an understatement… one would be forgiven for thinking I might even have some appreciation for his death today. Plenty in my circle seem to. One would be wrong, but they’d be forgiven all the same. If the Senate is a spectrum, a range…
Nick Polce has been running for Paul Ryan’s seat for months, with the stated aim of replacing a Republican leadership that has failed it’s base. The most recent failure may have been the omnibus, but for many Republicans, being let down by leadership seems to be the way things have been for decades. Before Ryan…
The following is an excerpt of our conversation with Kevin Nicholson in October, reprinted because Wisconsin’s primary is now just days away… The contours of Wisconsin’s Republican US Senate primary in 2018 seem pretty straightforward. Leah Vukmir is a state Senator, and has held elected office since 2002. In the estimation of most Wisconsin Republicans, she’s…
Sooo… due to a scheduling conflict, I double booked getting a cover up tattoo on my rib cage and a phone interview with a gubernatorial candidate. Some people might have taken that mistake and rescheduled, but I saw it as an opportunity to multitask and do what John Galt would. Specifically, I was in a…
Interview and commentary by Gary Doan Joshua Smith is a libertarian activist and founding member of Think Liberty, who is currently running for Chair of the Libertarian National Committee. I decided to seek out an interview with him once #StickWithNick seemed to include #StickingWithArvin for many delegates who will decide at convention who will head…
“Fact: No President since Ronald Reagan has done as much for liberty as @realDonaldTrump” My first instinct was to write the word ‘no’ and walk away, having said all that needs to be said. My second instinct was to write the word ‘NO’ in capital letters, maybe punctuated by some choice profanities. This sentence surely…
Recently, Gary and Rachael Doan had a chance to sit down with Larry Sharpe, Gubernatorial candidate from New York on behalf of The Libertarian Republic. He spoke on his state, his run, and quite a lot about artificial intelligence. GD: This is The Libertarian Republic, talking to Larry Sharpe. Um… you don’t have to answer…