By the wryly rabble rouser, R. Brownell Why the Non Aggression Principle is Stupid: a further analysis of Matt Zwolinski’s argument 1. Parents don’t have the right to starve their children Maybe Murray Rothbard had a higher opinion than I have of the moral aptitude of children, but I think I speak for many people…
From The Farrell File: 16 year-old Meadow Rain Walker, daughter of Fast and Furious star Paul Walker, claimed in a civil lawsuit filed on Monday that her father’s death was the result of faulty designs by Porsche. Walker died November 30th, 2013 in Venice, California when the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT being driven by Roger Rodas lost…
By Lina Bryce Imagine that your child was refused her prescribed inhaler during a coughing fit so violent it caused her to vomit? This happened to Emma Gonzalez, 9, a student in West Jordan, Utah, who was denied her inhaler during a coughing fit that occurred while she was under the supervision of school faculty. Fox 13 Now reported that Emma was given…
While we at The Libertarian Republic will be the first to tell you, nothing is truly free, in some cases people are still willing to give you something at no cost. Sound the alarm, call it out to hills, today is National Coffee Day! I, for one, had no idea that this marvelous nectar of…
By Lina Bryce After House Speaker, John Boehner announced that he would be resigning some conservatives in the party were relieved. It is no secret that tensions were rising between party members when last week’s spending bill aiming to temporarily fund the government was rejected. Party members pressured Boehner that they would not vote for the bill which would still include funding for Planned Parenthood. Boehner’s…
Coverage of Paul is the Latest Example of Media Incompetence by Josh Guckert Following a story by Politico on Friday which involved attempting to predict which Republican Presidential campaigns will soon end, a number of other publications picked up the narrative, indicating that Rand Paul‘s campaign is on “death watch” and that he, along with Bobby Jindal, is…
by Micah J. Fleck [dropcap size=small]G[/dropcap]ood news for Rand Paul supporters: you’re in the company of Ivy League college students. Which means you can all go on to complain about his ultimate 2016 GOP nomination loss together as you meet at the golden water cooler at your cushy banking job in a few years. Or not….
Pharmaceutical CEO Is Predictably Douchey, Everybody’s Angry by Avens O’Brien [dropcap size=small]T[/dropcap]his week, news came out that a life-saving drug invented in 1953 was recently acquired by a pharmaceutical company and the price was quickly raised from $14 a tablet to $750 a tablet. This price spike has created a flurry of outrage about greedy pharmaceutical…
by Lauren Southern As students return to college and university, the control of language on campus has only gotten stronger. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is now handing out “writing guides” for new students, encouraging them to use “Gender-Inclusive Language.” Students are asked to no longer use “masculine nouns and pronouns to…
Walker’s Exit is One of the Biggest 2016 Shake-Ups Thus Far by Josh Guckert On Monday, Scott Walker suspended his Presidential campaign after only 10 weeks as an official candidate. Walker had been considered a potential 2016 candidate for a considerable amount of time due to his 3 Wisconsin election victories over the span of 4…