Paul to Air 30-Minute Special in Iowa
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) will air a 30-minute TV special in Iowa this weekend; the special was released in two parts Wednesday online. Paul broke the single-day fundraising record Sunday with $6 million...
View ArticleFighting to Block Congressional Pay Raises (Rep. Ron Paul)
With all the waste going on in government, the dollar losing its purchasing power, the collapse of the housing bubble, the economy is really struggling. We Members of Congress should not be padding our...
View ArticleTHE BIG QUESTION -- Dec. 5
The Big Question is a feature where influential lawmakers, pundits and interest group leaders give their answers to a question that's driving discussion in news circles around the country. Today's Big...
View ArticleRep. Ron Paul: 'We need more earmarks'
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) strongly defended earmarks in a floor speech on Tuesday, refuting critics who claim that the pet projects are another example of Congress not being transparent. "Earmarks are...
View ArticleAnother Dodd challenger?
If two challengers isn't enough for Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) next year, it looks like there is an online movement hoping to draft a third into the race. Here is a website that seeks to urge economic...
View ArticleRon Paul, pure libertarian, sorely missed in DC
Congress is a lesser place, and Washington is a lesser town, without the presence of one of my favorite members of Congress, the great libertarian of our generation, former Rep. Ron Paul (R) of Texas....
View ArticleRon Paul makes news, again
For those who follow the latest moves of former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), the last week was interesting, as usual.On June 10, Paul testified before the House Financial Services Committee in favor of his...
View ArticlePaul: GOP can’t ‘flip’ on gay marriage
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said the GOP cannot “flip” on social issues like same-sex marriage but should grow to welcome those with different opinions.“The party can’t become the opposite of what it is,”...
View ArticleFerguson response shows libertarian divide between Paul and Cruz
Rand Paul and Ted Cruz’s differing tone in response to the Ferguson riots could provide clues for the divergent trails they're forging to woo libertarian voters in 2016. Both the Kentucky and Texas...
View ArticleThe polls are in; the Democrats lost
According to Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight, the Republicans have a 57.6 percent chance of winning a majority in the Senate and are odds-on favorites to increase their majority in the House. So, for...
View ArticlePaul takes page from Clinton playbook
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is adopting an old tactic of Hillary Clinton's, making a habit of working across the aisle ahead of a presidential election. Paul, a likely presidential candidate in 2016, has...
View ArticleRand Paul should debate Ron Paul
William Wordsworth wrote that the child is the father of the man, but on the matter of the presidential candidacy of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the man is running away from the libertarian idealism of his...
View ArticleSantorum: Cruz isn't a strong social conservative
Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) is questioning Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) social conservative credentials, saying he has a "libertarian streak" on many key issues.“[Cruz has] sort of a libertarian...
View ArticleGary Johnson and William Weld could bring a libertarian awakening
Here in the second decade of the new millennium, the word "fascism" is being heard in America for the first time in the post-war period with serious intent: "To understand how such movements take over...
View ArticleRon Paul: 'We can do without’ the IRS, TSA and VA
Ron Paul said Tuesday that Americans would be better off without a trio of major government agencies.“We can do without the IRS, we can do without the TSA and we can do without the VA and do a much...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE: Gary Johnson, Bill Weld speak at Libertarian town hall
Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson and vice presidential nominee Bill Weld are speaking to Fusion at a town hall event Wednesday afternoon.The Libertarian ticket will discuss “a range of...
View ArticleA Senator Gary Johnson could be good not just for Libertarians, but for the...
Former Governor Gary Johnson upended incumbent Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich’s waltz to reelection a few weeks ago when he unexpectedly jumped into this year’s New Mexico U.S. Senate race.In 2016,...
View ArticleMillennials use the word ‘socialism’ — and may not know what it means
For conservatives and libertarians, the news that millennials are embracing socialism is frightening. They shouldn’t fear, because the United States is not going to nationalize the economy any time...
View ArticleWhat do anarchists believe?
As myriad commentators have lately observed, conservatives generally and President Trump, in particular, are becoming increasingly preoccupied with anarchists and anarchism. As an anarchist speaking...
View ArticleThree theories on government explain what to expect until Nov. 3
The first presidential debate was supposed to be about difficult political, legal, economic and cultural issues. Although President Trump succeeded in reducing it to a contest of personalities, these...
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