Posts dedicated to philosophy of society, civic governance and general ideas.
Why you aren’t a socialist, and why identifying as a democratic socialist doesn’t make it better by Alexander Hammond According to a recent YouGov poll, favourability of socialism amongst young Americans is at an all-time high. In May 2015, socialism had a net favourability rating of +5 amongst 18-24 year olds. Between then and February…
by Kody Fairfield In June 2016, the annual Bilderberg Conference, a meeting of European and North American political elites, experts from industry, finance, academia, and the media, was held in Dresden, Germany. One of its attending members, current sitting member of the Steering Committee and Co-Founder of Paypal Peter Thiel had some very interesting things to say about transparency…
by Micah J. Fleck For quite literally months, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been behaving in strange ways that have caused the more astute members of the press (i.e. those not part of the bought-up mainstream corner of televised news) to call into question her health. This by any objective standard is a reasonable…
by Micah J. Fleck Well, it’s official – Gary Johnson and Jill Stein will not be included in the official televised presidential debates. In other words, the majority of the country will once again remain blind to the choice it actually has, and be given a false narrative on what is actually going on in…
We Can’t Afford Another Ford by Dallas Brooks Businesses are serious, rational, and logical entities. If run effectively, they don’t care about public opinion on anything other than their products or services. Ford Motor Company is no different. Sure, they’ll talk about being loyal to their home country from time to time in an…
by Brian Nichols It’s Constitution Day, which means it’s yet another day for America to celebrate the best darn document a government has ever been based upon. But with that being said, the Constitution is not perfect, and it could definitely use some improvements. So, without further ado… these are the top 5 best ideas…
There’s been a lot of talk about dominance lately. Some people say that it behooves a married woman to allow her husband to be dominant. This strikes me as odd, because if he is dominant, why does he need anyone to allow him to do anything? If he’s not dominant, then how in the world…
Admittedly, I’ve been very critical of Bernie Sanders and his supporters. Both have been the subjects of numerous posts, videos, and articles. I’ve called them out on what I consider “fraud humanitarian efforts.” I’ve said that Bernie Sanders embodies everything that is annoying about white liberals. I’ve expressed disbelief in his promises to scale back on war…
By Micah J. Fleck Following our previous list of Five Reasons Why Conservatives Should Vote Libertarian, TLR is now looking at the top five reasons that those other guys, liberals, should also consider voting for the Libertarian Party – in 2016, locally, and beyond. As the resident lefty libertarian on staff, I have explained my…
by Bruce Cohen For decades I’ve been pointing out if the LP Candidate isn’t included in the Presidential Debates, we stand little chance of a breakout. There are three possible levels of breakout: #1, an Abraham Lincoln style win. #2, a 5% or greater vote total, giving us access to matching funds (Save the…