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Libertarian Republic Guest Column by “Samuel Clemens” “Samuel Clemens” is a prominent “true-north” libertarian activist and patriot. In his first column exclusive to the Libertarian Republic he asks ten questions to the American people about Libya, Iraq, Egypt, Palestine and our foreign policy. 10 Questions for the American People Before I begin rapid-firing the questions,…
Is America a nation of sheep? That’s what my former boss Judge Andrew Napolitano at Fox News thinks. He wrote a book about the concept that America is now a country full of people who blindly follow the status quo. But is that true? And if it is, then why? “So this is how liberty…
Reason.TV has a great new video out explaining why when the government does something it thinks is in our best interests it usually gets it wrong. The law of unintended consequences means that there are often outcomes that are not the ones intended by an action. They can be good outcomes, bad outcomes or extremely…
When in the course of human events… Citizens from thirty out of fifty states in America have filed for secession from the Union. President Barack Obama‘s petition website ranks Texas alone as having over 80,000 signatures. Petitions receiving more than 25,000 signatures qualify for an official response from the White House. The President is honor…
In an appearance on a popular talk radio program Wednesday, Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain added fuel to the fire of “civil war” talk going on in the GOP. Although it’s clear that if there is a war, he’s claiming to be on the side of the rebels. Cain states, “I never thought that I…
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…
Polls are deployed only when they may prove useful- that is, to help the powers that be in their quest to maintain their position and influence. Indeed the polling industry is a powerful ally of depoliticization and its counterpart, which is consensus. The polls undoubtedly help decide what people think, but their most important long term…
A “Libertarian Republic” is a concept that attempts to describe an ideal form of governance for a nation devoted to classical liberal ideas. It reflects a desire for the power of governance to be situated as near to the citizens being governed as possible. It is to invoke the ideas of Federalism and to imply…
The Libertarian Republic is a free market news magazine featuring the writing of prominent libertarians, conservatives and independents. The goal of The Libertarian Republic is to inform and educate citizens on important news stories from a perspective of limited government and social tolerance. TLR is non-partisan and devoted to the principles of liberty and freedom…