The Democratic Party, Now the Leading Party of War
by John V. Walsh Last May a remarkable column by Stephen Kinzer appeared in the Boston Globe. It was headlined: "Republicans Return To Their Roots As The Antiwar Party." More significantly, the subheading ran: "Since the Vietnam era, Americans have come to expect...
Ludwig von Mises Is Winning
By Tho Bishop As a young man Alexander Hamilton once wrote, “There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.” While it is tragic that Hamilton would grow up to advocate all sorts of government...
Ron Paul: Europe Commits Suicide-by-Sanctions
By Ron Paul A Swiss billboard is making the rounds on social media depicting a young woman on the telephone. The caption reads, "Does the neighbor heat the apartment to over 19 degrees (66F)? Please inform us." While the Swiss government has dismissed the poster as a...
Harry Browne’s Famous 9/12 Letter, with a Foreword from Scott Horton
On September 11th, 2001, in the aftermath of the most deadly foreign attack on the United States since 1941, then-recent Libertarian Party presidential candidate Harry Browne sat down and hammered out this simple and honest take on the situation. He warned that our...
Lessons Learned: Ron Paul’s Warnings Against the War on Terror Stand True
By Angela McArdle Twenty-one years ago, our country was changed forever. On Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaeda militants hijacked commercial airplanes and flew them into the World Trade Center in New York, killing nearly 3,000 people. As countless families still grieve their...
LNC Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos in Featured Cover Story of Denver’s “Westword” Magazine
Excerpt from article Castle Rock's Caryn Ann Harlos Wants to Return the Libertarian Party to Its Roots “With actual, simple, clear, not-obfuscating-the-issue-of-what-we-believe messaging, I think that we could make a huge impact — and for third parties, an impact...
LNC Response to President Biden’s Speech on Firearms
On June 2nd the White House released President Biden's remarks on the recent shooting in Uvalde, TX where a deranged young man ended the lives of 19 elementary students and 2 teachers while police stood outside and failed to protect the innocent. It wasn’t until an...
Advanced Voting Methods can Save our Elections
This weekend, hundreds of Libertarians will be traveling to Sparks-Reno, NV to participate in the 2020 Libertarian National Convention. During this time the delegates representing all 50 states will be voting on proposed changes to the national platform and bylaws,...
Why Libertarians Should Care About the War On Sex
By Cathy ReisenwitzOriginally published in LPNews, 2022 Spring Edition As the War on Drugs begins to ramp down after 50 years of failure and devastation, authoritarians are hardly going quietly into that good night. The nanny state never sleeps, and the new moral...