by Josh Guckert 1. Tax Man by the Beatles (Video features cover version due to YouTube copyright policing) There’s nothing that libertarians hate more than taxes. The Beatles share this hatred in their 1966 song, which was in response to the high level of taxes enacted by then-Prime Minister of the UK Harold Wilson. Best…
They may take our lives. But they will never take our yoga pants! This past Tuesday, Montana state Rep. David Moore introduced an indecent exposure bill which would include “garments that give the appearance of a person’s buttocks, genitals, pelvis or female nipple.” He stated afterwards that, “Yoga pants should be illegal in public anyway,” a…
NBA Analyst Greg Anthony is back in court again to enter a plea deal. On January 16th, Anthony solicited a prostitute through the website Backpage. She turned out to be part of a police sting and now he will be completing community service and paying fines. His reputation as a sports announcer is tarnished forever…
by Josh Guckert 10. Ronald Reagan Reagan is the only post-1929 President to be listed, and one of only two on this list who served in the 20th century. Reagan was quoted as saying that “the heart and soul” of conservatism is libertarianism. Additionally, he is much less hawkish than some modern conservatives wish to remember….
The number of Americans injuring themselves with electronic toys and requiring emergency care have nearly doubled since 2007 according to data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The data reveals a spike in these incidents between 2012-2013, around the time of the much talked about release of erotic novel series Fifty Shades of Grey, as noted by author of The Washington Post’s…
Election This movie draws an uncomfortable parallel between high school and federal elections. In one scene in particular, Tammy decries how everyone lauds the high school election as a major event, but it seemingly changes nothing at all, while the results make no difference on the lives of anyone except for the winner.
It is that time of year [Cue the birds and Rossini’s classical overture] For many, Valentine’s Day is a dreadful day, serving only to remind the ‘forever alone’ crowd that they are – most certainly – ‘forever alone’. It is also a day, for those of us who aren’t alone, find it a day reduced to commercialized, marketing overload…
There is perhaps no topic that exhibits the wide divide between the general public and libertarian circles as much as the discussion of the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. While Lincoln is ranked by nearly every historian as either the first or second best President (interchangeably with George Washington), one cannot discuss the Civil War with…
It was reported Thursday that Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is preparing to reintroduce a bill that would limit just how much the government can invade privacy before seeking a warrant. The Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act would require law enforcement to obtain a warrant if it wishes to examine communications stored in the cloud. Currently,…
Conoy Township, Pa.- Drive through any town in America and you will most likely see a welcome sign, a crime watch sign, even a Gun Free Zone sign, but not in Conoy Township, Pennsylvania. The signs read, “Welcome to Conoy Township. THIS IS NOT A GUN FREE ZONE”. This unanimous decision to install a dozen or so…