By Michael Bastasch U.S. and Iranian diplomats have agreed to end sanctions on the world’s largest Shi’ite Muslim country, causing oil prices to tumble as markets feared more crude will be added to global supplies. Bad news for Saudi Arabia, but good new for Iran which will soon be able to sell oil to eager…
by Joe Trotter After several long months of research, interviews, and debate, the editorial staff at The Libertarian Republic came to a stunning conclusion: we just can’t figure out who, besides the government, could possibly build the roads. The TLR staff consulted experts across the nation on topics as diverse as economics, philosophy, and asphalt science…
This Liberty Lady Tells You Why You Can’t Get A Date by Avens O’Brien Last week we published a popular list of 7 Reasons Libertarian Women Make Amazing Girlfriends. The reactions were strong – lots of positive feedback, some negative. We were called misogynistic, unrealistic, and told that libertarian women are “unicorns” who simply don’t exist….
Senator Rand Paul Leads Hillary Clinton in Key Swing State by Josh Guckert The Republican Party has not carried Pennsylvania in a presidential election since 1988, but a new Quinnipiac poll suggests this could change in 2016 if Rand Paul and Hillary Clinton are their respective party’s nominees. The poll, taken between March 17 and…
By Casey Harper The passage of Indiana’s religious freedom law has incited uproar from the left and an equally deafening response from the right. With the cacophonous debate on both sides of this issue, it’s hard to know what the heck is actually going on. So here are the nine things you need to know about Indiana’s new religious…
By Connor D. Wolf McDonald’s defended itself Monday in New York against a new labor board standard that threatens to end the franchise model. Under the National Labor Relations Act a company can be considered an employer over a company it contracts with if it has significant enough control over the employees. Known as the…
by Jose Nino History has shown time and time again that even the greatest of empires can decay and turn into total basket cases. At first, these declines may seem inevitable and outside the citizenry’s control, but they are actually the logical consequences of horrendous public policies put in place by these very governments. The…
SeaWorld should sigh in relief, because the heat has turned away from them and onto something bloodier and even more disturbing, organized dolphin slaughter. The world’s largest zoo organization, the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), has recently been linked to Japanese drive hunts as a source of show dolphins. Japanese drive hunts are…
by Josh Guckert It was announced by federal prosecutors on Friday that R. Marc Hamid, the owner of Skybox on Sheffield, a rooftop club across the street from the Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field, has been indicted on federal fraud charges for not paying about $600,000 owed to the Cubs as well as state and local…
Harry Reid’s 12 Greatest Hits By Rachel Stoltzfoos In honor of Democratic Minority Leader Harry Reid’s announced 2017 departure from the Senate, The Daily Caller News Foundation has assembled just a few of the craziest, most insane, looniest things the gentleman from Nevada has shared with us over his decades in office. 1. Oh, the Asian…