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By GRANT PHILLIPS On Thursday afternoon, Philadelphia protesters gathered around city hall to protest police brutality. Being that I live in Philadelphia, I decided to attend the first hour to further understand their grievances. I don’t agree with the narrative of “white racism”, nor do I think police are entirely at fault (more on that…
Libertarian And Objectivist Debate Problems With Radical Islam Dr. Edward Hudgins of the Atlas Society joins the Freedom Report podcast to discuss libertarians and the problem of Iran. Is Iran an existential threat to the United States? And what about ISIS? How can we defend ourselves without creating even more problems for ourselves in the…
By Charles Barr It’s not everyday you find comments from one of the most Progressive members of Congress aligning with Libertarian and pro-liberty minded folks. After Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty on all 30 counts of inhumane acts of terrorism, Senator Elizabeth Warren said in an interview, “My heart goes out to the families here,…
The media has been excoriating Rand Paul for getting a little testy with interviewers, accusing them of mischaracterizing his positions and editorializing while they should be just asking questions. Paul was held to the fire even by Megyn Kelly of Fox News, asking if his temper was going to be a problem for him, and if…
Planned Parenthood launched an all-out attack on Senator Rand Paul after his announcement for president the other day. In a series of hateful tweets, abortion extremists questioned whether Senator Paul even supports women, or if any women would ever support him. So, we at The Libertarian Republic put out a call to see if there…
by Micah J. Fleck [dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]ccording to New York Times writer Gregory Cowles for the paper’s most recent Sunday Book Review, Muslim reformist activist, famous freethinker, and “professed liberal” Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been a victim of prejudice and discrimination from the very liberal-minded groups that claim to stand up against such practice. Ali has…
CEO of Reddit Ellen Pao has banned salary negotiations at her company because she read a study which claims that women are more frequently lied to during such talks. “Women are far more likely to be lied to in negotiations,” said one of the study’s authors. “It’s not inconceivable that, in asking for a concession, [women] aren’t…
by Josh Guckert April 7, 2015 Government Agencies Are Out of Control When George Washington became President, his cabinet consisted of only an Attorney General and the Secretaries of State, War and Treasury. Needless to say, in the two centuries since then, government bureaucracy has gotten completely out of control, and it has become nearly impossible…
Julie Borowski has gone rogue! She’s left her position at FreedomWorks to strike out on her own with a new project that’s sure to be weird, whacky, and wonderful. This episode of the Freedom Report podcast features Julie talking about what her future plans are in advancing her ideas and the philosophy of liberty. Now…
Comedian Steven Crowder produced a video of himself going to Muslim bakeries to try and get a gay wedding cake. Crowder wanted to defy the narrative that only evil Christians are the ones who want to have the right to discriminate. Many of the bakeries decided to serve Crowder, who posed as a homosexual, but some…