By Brandon Gazdag We’ve all been taught that you shouldn’t talk about politics or religion when breaking bread with fellow human beings. It can lead to disputes between the closest of friends, and this is why most of us are wary to bring up our personal opinions (unless of course you are on social media). …
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…
FACTUALLY, America is an exceptional and unique nation. There has never been another nation that has come close to your history and principles. America is the only nation that was founded on the ideals and principles of nature’s law and nature’s God. These principles are consistent and never change regardless of the time or who…
Austin Peterson Is Wrong. Here’s Why. I’ll admit, I’m writing this primarily to see if he’ll publish an article of this title. I mean, he’s still wrong, but in a pretty inconsequential way and merely by implication. On Twitter, he wrote: “Well… that #SOTU2020 has me leaning toward voting for @realDonaldTrump in November:” Well… that…
There’s really no denying that we are in a time of deep political division. With everything from the impeachment proceedings to a contentious election cycle that began as soon as the midterms ended, it seems we may have indeed become the divided republic the American founders feared. Though there are many reasons to be optimistic…
The Libertarian Party fired shots at former 2016 LP Presidential candidate Austin Petersen on Twitter on Friday, accusing him of abandoning the principles of liberty. The insults came as a response to Austin posting on Twitter about how he wished President Trump would keep his campaign promise of bringing U.S. troops home from the Middle…
Perhaps the most libertarian value is the belief that the government cannot (and should not) be involved with people’s emotions. Discourse in modern media tends to focus on this belief when it comes to the right to hate. Debates over what should constitute a “hate crime” still occur. Where I don’t see many libertarians intervening…
“What does a woman want?” Freud famously asked. My friend John, a man in his late fifties, has recently raised this same question several times and is, I am unhappy to report, growing into something of a misogynist. He makes exceptions, one of them being my daughter, but in general he has come to despise…
It doesn’t take long browsing libertarian-leaning social media accounts to see the words, “you’re not really a libertarian.” I always imagine a pompous little kid who thinks they’re special just because they got 100% on some online quiz that told them they were a libertarian whenever I read those words. Gatekeepers can be a real issue in many…
TLR: This is Gary Doan talking to Todd Hagopian. Todd is a political commentator on social media who’s popular in libertarian circles on Twitter, where he goes by the handle Libertarian-In-Chief. Unlike many libertarians, he also has a family and a successful career. Todd, thanks for talking with me. TH: No problem. I appreciate the…