Sorry Rick, libertarians don't believe in "no government" Excerpt, Neal's Nuze , "Rick Santorum ... just go away": There has always been something about Rick Santorum that put me off a bit … scared me. I’ve referred to him here and on the air many times as a theocrat, and there has always been something a little creepy with the intensity of his desire to control the reproductive processes of women. Well it seems that someone has come up with a little video of Santorum addressing some...Read Full Story
His neo-isolationism "wrong path" for the movement Excerpt from Cathy Young, contributing editor at Reason magazine, from TheDaily.com , "Ron Paul’s foreign policy should worry true libertarians": Ron Paul’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has gained broad support among libertarians and libertarian-leaning conservatives. But would a Paul presidency — regardless of its chances of happening — be good for liberty? He advocates not only a drastic downsizing of the regulatory...Read Full Story
Oh, no! We've been discovered by Eric Dondero A paragraph from an editorial in South Carolina's Statesman-Journal , by former Senior Editor at Tim Amy Sullivan, "Is compassionate conservatism dead?" Jan. 31: the Tea Party movement has embraced what political writer Jill Lawrence calls "Darwinian conservatism." You could also call it "Ayn Rand conservatism," after the libertarian philosopher whose work many congressional Republicans praise. In 2010, Republican Senate candidates attacked...Read Full Story
His Peace and Free Trade agenda the right way; but it requires a Military force that is feared by all by Clifford F. Thies Dr. Azeem Ibrahim, an adjunct professor at the U.S. Army War College makes the argument that American Muslims should support Ron Paul. He also makes the point that some Repubicans don't do enough to reach out to Muslim Americans. From the Huffington Post : Ron Paul is the one Republican candidate who may get support from Muslims who see his libertarian philosophy as...Read Full Story
by Clifford F. Thies The Washington Post is running a piece (admittedly, in the "religion" section of the paper) on libertarian Muslims supporting Ron Paul. Among the individuals identified is our long-time friend Dean Ahmad of Maryland, with whom both Eric and I worked with way back in 1988, when Ron Paul was the Libertarian Party standard bearer. The obvious attraction of Dr. Paul to Muslims is his foreign policy of non-interventionism. But, this is also important, these Muslims are also...Read Full Story
Yesterday AEI hosted a lively discussion between Jonah Goldberg and Matt Welch on the question, “Are Libertarians Part of the Conservative Movement?” I’ve got a piece appearing tomorrow at Comment that will discuss the “fusionist” project and the relationship between so-called economic or “market” conservatives and social or “communitarian” conservatives.
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(David Bernstein) Young, a libertarian herself, explains why she is very uncomfortable with Ron Paul’s views on foreign policy. I suspect the column reflects the views of many other libertarians who appreciate Ron Paul’s long record of defending individual freedom, but wouldn’t want him anywhere near the Oval Office because of his foreign policy positions, among other [...]
Although they are late in joining the ranks of student campaign groups, Georgetown's chapter of Youth for Ron Paul is looking to recruit students and spread the word about Paul's libertarian ideology on campus. According to Christian Rice (COL ...
James Peron wants the libertarian movement to talk more to liberals: Just as classical liberalism ended up being corrupted by the Left, the modern libertarian movement has been corrupted by the Right. We have apologists for state restrictions on the...
Paul did not win Ramsey County but he came very close losing to Rick Santorum by only 64 votes. Ramsey has a large student population as it is home to many public and private universities including the University of Minnesota.. Again, Paul's libertarianism ...
A community portal about Libertarianism with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: In the United States, the term libertarian is usually associated with the free market philosophy of libertarianism. The first person to describe himself as a libertarian, however, was Joseph Dejacque, an early French anarchist communist. The word...more
A community portal about Libertarianism with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: In the United States, the term libertarian is usually associated with the free market philosophy of libertarianism. The first person to describe himself as a libertarian, however, was Joseph Dejacque, an early French anarchist communist. The word stems from the French word libertaire, and was used in order to evade the ban on anarchist publications, which were banned by law in France. In the context of the European socialist movement, libertarian has conventionally been used to describe those like Mikhail Bakunin who opposed state socialism.