The Hand That Rocks the Cradle: A Mother’s Day Retrospective
If we’re not persuading, we’re losing. Our words matter. Our rhetoric matters. Even when we fall short of them – especially when we fall short of them.
Libertarians Win With McCarthy’s Concessions For Speaker
Should libertarians be optimistic these changes will allow the GOP to govern with more limited government principles? by John Murphy According to Congressman Andrew Ogles (R-TN)’s interview with The Epoch Times‘ Roger L. Simon, we know McCarthy made these concessions to win over his opposition: Jeffersonian Motion – It takes only one congressperson to bring…
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Libertarians: Movers, Shakers and Kingmakers in American Politics
We try to deny it. We like to consider ourselves a group of marginalized misfits. To relish the thought that we may embody the last remnants of the rebellious spirit from which this country was borne. Attacks from all sides for our principles of rugged individualism and personal freedom help us maintain the illusion that…
Potpourri of Liberty: The Many Weird and (Mostly) Wonderful Flavors of Freedom
Love is a many-splendored thing. So is the liberty movement. As discussed in a few previous pieces, libertarians aren’t a huge percentage of the United States population. And not all those libertarians are even in the Libertarian Party. And regardless of what party we are in (if we are in one at all,) we tend…
I don’t give a rat’s ass about “social issues.” And neither should you.
“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” -H.L. Mencken Libertarians are sometimes described as being “conservative on economic issues” and “liberal on social issues.” Sometimes we even describe ourselves that way. I’ve never been really comfortable with this, for several reasons: There is often a fine line between an “economic” issue and…
Why people hate Libertarians (and we hate each other)
“You’re going to find really wonderful, well-meaning, well spoken people, and then people who are just bat-shit crazy.” -Gov. Gary Johnson, 2012 and 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nominee, when asked about the Libertarian National Convention Libertarians, whether they are in the Libertarian Party or skulking about the fringes of the Republican Party, are a notoriously…
Are Austin Petersen’s Supporters Stupid?
Austin Petersen is no stranger to political attacks, but did you know his supporters are dumb, uneducated people, who can only comprehend about 50% of the words in the articles he posts? At least that is what one of his latest trolls had to say. “Austin, do you ever feel like your followers lack the…
Young Americans for Liberty’s Cliff Maloney: “There is your revolution”
Cliff Maloney is the president of one of the foremost student groups fighting for liberty –Young Americans for Liberty (YAL). At CPAC 2020, I caught up with him to discuss his background, YAL’s student activism, political campaigning, the conservative movement, and how YAL students are going to save this country in the next 10 years….
The Libertarian Party’s Impossible Challenge
This article isn’t intended as a criticism of the people in the Libertarian Party (LP) who are working hard every day to advance the cause of liberty. These “get those petitions signed in the rain” Libertarians are the kind of salt of the earth people needed to build a successful liberty movement. I do take…
Why Libertarians Need God
This isn’t another Christian criticism of secular libertarians, or an argument for why certain people are going to Hell. In fact, if you encounter someone who makes such a charge, gently point out that only God is in a position to judge one’s heart. Rather, I’m arguing that it’s impossible to ground libertarian morality without…