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By Blake Neff A club dedicated to the philosophical musings of Friedrich Nietzsche has been barred from recognition at one of the United Kingdom’s top universities. The University College London Union (UCLU), the student union of University College London, has approved a motion prohibiting the school’s “Nietzsche Club” from being recognized as an official student organization, advertising…
Austin Petersen and David Silverman, president of the American Atheists, sit down to discuss atheism and conservatism at CPAC 2014. Petersen and Silverman, who are both secular, discuss the very different strategies they use in interacting with theists. The American Atheists are known for their confrontational style; Andrew Stuttaford, a writer for Secular Right, has…
People on the left, right and center are constantly criticizing Donald Trump for his juvenile comments and behavior—and rightly so. The president’s inclination toward hurling insults at others is malicious and needlessly divisive. Underlying the criticisms of the president’s words is an important principle that should be widely shared: treat everyone with dignity. The political…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Brendon Berger Recently as I was spelunking my way through the internet, when I was mildly, though pleasantly, surprised to come across a little Facebook page called “The Libertarian Lesbian”. This was enough to halt my journey momentarily as I felt like a natural biologist coming across some…
If a state is repressing the natural rights of her citizens, what does it matter whether it’s a local state government or the federal government? The repression of a citizens natural rights is wrong no matter what level of government does it. So if a state government created a law that denied citizens free speech,…
“I came in like a wrecking ball…” HONOLULU, HI – One Hawaii State lawmaker Tom Brower is taking a sledgehammer to his home state’s homeless problem. Brower scours streets and parks in his district looking for carts that are out in the open to smash with his hammer. “I find abandoned junk, specifically shopping carts and…
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