If you are looking for a history of libertarian thought to gain a greater appreciation for a philosophy you already adhere to and lock in your priors—one that is written by someone who was as deeply moved by it as you were—then Burning Down The House is not the book for you. (If that’s the…
The Left and the Right are two wings of the same bird I used to say. Two sides of the same coin. It was easy for me to sit on the sidelines, be electorally insignificant, and throw rocks at both parties. Even though I wasn’t a member of a party that had any serious political…
Part I, “Unity Is Not Possible When Government is in Overdrive” discusses the 52 executive orders and memorandums issued by President Biden in his first few weeks in office, and how these wide-ranging directives will substantively change our legal system without any statutory changes or constitutional amendments. Part II explores how Democrats and their friends…
Libertarians are underdogs. The game is rigged against us. The Republican/Democrat duopoly colluded to effectively prevent any 3rd party from winning. There is no major institution in the country with a strong libertarian influence. Hollywood. The education system. Congress. The president. The corporate media. The deep state. All are anti-libertarian. Increasing spending, foreign wars, domestic…
Andrew Trunsky on November 12, 2020 Republicans won crucial elections where Donald Trump failed, sometimes outperforming the president by wide margins. Polls leading up to Nov. 3 consistently showed Trump losing to former Vice President Joe Biden, the ultimate victor. GOP candidates similarly faced tight races, according to polls, but unlike the president, defied expectations and…
By Stephen Weese During the last presidential election cycle, I performed a mathematical analysis of the phenomenon of “wasted votes” and determined that there were many fallacies assumed by people using that term. Wasted votes, specifically, are votes that have no outcome on the election – including all of the votes for the losing candidate…
“The main colors of Missouri are: Green for the grass and the trees Blue for the sky and the lakes Brown for the bricks, the dirt, the mud, the rivers—and the bullshit.” -me, November 18, 2003 Missouri has always had an identity crisis. We don’t know if we’re Southern or Midwestern. Missouri had a star…
by Jamie Marie Pope If people don’t show up as much as they speak up, change will never happen. It’s easy to get on social media and tell your friends and other like-minded individuals how you feel. It’s fun to troll those with opposing views. But at the end of the day, if you don’t…
Mary Margaret Olohan Abortion affects dating decisions more than any other political issue, data from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) show. Almost one in four Americans, 24%, said that they would never date someone who did not share their views on abortion, according to AEI’s January 2020 American Perspectives Survey. Forty-four percent of Americans said that it…
If you’re looking to spook your Progressive or Neocon neighbors this Halloween, you can scare all the warmongers off with a Ron Paul pumpkin. Get the free pattern here at PumpkinGlow.com. The website Pumpkin Glow hosts a large variety of patterns from easy to advanced featuring cartoon characters, super heroes, actors and famous people (and…