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The Democrats Have Winning Issues for the 2022 Midterms
A look at the swing in voter engagement surrounding the issues of the 2022 midterms and the murky outlook on the end results of those elections.
Shouldn't Your Loyalty Be to the Constitution?
A response to an opinion letter written by one of Trump's base.
Overturning Roe vs. Wade Will Mark the Death of the Republican Party
The Republican Party and conservative-led Supreme Court is doing wrong by women everywhere. This is unbelievable and will lead to the end the GOP.
Apologize for Electing Biden? Sorry, Not Sorry
Trump supporters seem to think that Biden voters should have some remorse for the 2020 election. One word - nope.
Revisionist History Is Plaguing the Grand Old Party
Opinion pieces that show critical omissions of fact are plaguing the GOP currently and this will show an example of that.
The Only GOP Platform is to Appease One Man's Malignant Narcissism
Right now, the GOP in America stands for one thing and one thing only, appeasing a malignant narcissist's loss in the 2020 election.
Camp Siegfried for American Nazis
In the 1930s, a group of Americans sympathetic to the ideals of Nazi Germany set up a community in New York state.
Libertarians: Release and Pardon All Victimless Crime Prisoners
A “victimless crime” is an oxymoron since there can be no crime if there is no victim. Libertarians demand that people charged with victimless crimes be immediately released under full pardon.
A Libertarian Society: How Do We Get There From Here?
Libertarians have many different visions of what a libertarian society should look like but getting to any one of them means marching down the same path together.
Governing for All Does Not Mean Pandering to GOP Representatives
Bipartisanship does not necessarily mean pandering to GOP representatives more interested in politics than the desires of their own constituency.
Is It Time to Rename The GOP?
With the apparent shift in policy the last four years, perhaps it is time to rename the Grand Old Party. Here are some suggestions...
Libertarian Peacemakers Wage Antiwar Against the Warmakers
Politics is always about power, wealth and ego. When any of those desires can be obtained through war politicians will pursue war. Libertarians want to change that.
The Heart of Libertarianism: Charity, Voluntaryism, Compassion
The Non-Aggression Principle against coercion, intimidation and fraud is the ultimate expression of compassion because libertarians apply it unselfishly to everyone.
Volunteerism Sputters to a Halt in Both Political Parties
Volunteerism belongs in the party platforms of both Republicans and Democrats as a solution to the social problems of the United States. But both parties have lost sight of this important part of American exceptionalism.
Are Republicans Fiscally Conservative?
The GOP likes to say they're fiscally responsible and that Democrats like to "tax and spend". When the actual data is analyzed, we find Republican administrations have been "tax cut and borrow" and the largest contributors to the deficit.
Libertarians: Turn the Phony Corporate Person Into a Corpse
Free market capitalism is in a fight for survival against corporatism, a political ideology in which big corporations and big government collude for mutual benefit
Who Are These Libertarians and Where Do They Come From?
Some people are born with a spark of individualism, others find that spark later in life, but it’s that special spark that separates individualists from collectivists.
Defections Will Plague the GOP This Time Around
In 2016, a fractured Democratic Party and a disliked candidate handed the presidency to Donald J. Trump. This time around, it's the GOP in disarray.
Where Are All the Libertarian Women? Right Where They’ve Always Been!
Women have always been active participants in the Modern American Libertarian Movement. Maybe they’re just not all being counted in those “Where are they?” surveys.
Liberalism Is Not Left-Wing
The divide of liberals in conservatives is brought up constantly in the United States' media. There is a common misconception that liberalism is leftist. In this article, I explain why liberalism is not left-wing.
Libertarians: Human Nature Is Individual, Not Collective
Philosophically, ideologically, politically collectivists hone in on the universality of human nature while libertarians focus on the individuality of human nature.
Why I'm Glad to Be an Independent, Not a Republican
I pity the poor Republicans. Judging by the effects of the Reagan, Bush, and Nixon administrations, I think the Republicans will fail once again under Trump.
Libertarians, Facebook Bans, and the Government-Corporatist Complex
Free speech can only justifiably be banned in the private sector. Unfortunately, there is no private sector. The Government-Corporatist Complex controls everything.
Libertarian Queryin’: Is Evolution Evolving Exponentially?
If evolution has sped up to the extent that it has affected our racial, sexual and gender issues does that mean the libertarian philosophy will evolve faster too?
Development of Social Democratic Politics
People on the centre left of politics strive for a society of equality and stress the importance of the community over the individual.
A Libertarian Challenges the Unlibertarian Mentality
A thought project for libertarians and everyone else: Answer your own questions—how would YOU solve society’s problems without coercion, intimidation or fraud?
The Tragedy of the Florentine Republic and Contemporary Republicans
There is an interesting allegory between Machiavelli's role in the ever-changing Florentine Republic and the role of the modern-day Republican in the Age of Trump. Two very different political situations joined together by a common theme: Survival.
Free Trade, Fair Trade and Other Economical Comicals
This isn’t an attempt to explain economics or markets or trade, just an attempt to make sense out of the nonsense of trade in the economic world.
Armchair Activists: Spreading Libertarianism Without Leaving Home
How to help others understand the beauty of the libertarian philosophy of peace, freedom, and compassion for everyone without leaving the comfort of your armchair.
How Did the GOP Take Over the Federal and State Governments?
After reading this article, you will understand that it was not just one event or one group of people that created the forces for the GOP takeover of government, but it was a long line of individuals who were able to create the proper conditions for takeover.
Reason, Compassion, Technology: A Libertarian Take on Abortion
Libertarians are split on abortion. Here’s an opinion based on rationally defined terms and a logically applied Non-Aggression Principle, not on personal attacks.
Sorry Critics, Libertarianism Isn’t What You Imagine It Is
So many people have Conceptual-Reality Undifferention Disorder (CRUD) that it needs its own entry in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Cognitive Disorders.
Libertarians vs. Labels: Real People vs. Stereotypes
Consciously or subconsciously we all label each other until we get to know each other as individuals. But some people never get beyond their negative labeling.
Alt-LiberARYANS: Going Over to the Dark Side
Finding no antidote to the SJW-left in libertarianism some went over to the alt-right Dark Side and became alt-liberARYAN, becoming no better than the alt-left.
Why Democrats and Republicans Breed the Same Evil
While liberals and conservatives may differ in certain beliefs, the harm they do to the American public is still just as cruel.
Libertarians and the Unsocial Media Game of Egos
Online debate sites are a swamp that will drown the unwary. Only those who stay calm and make their attackers defend their own insults have a chance at survival.
The Myth of the Wasted Vote: Why a Third Party Vote May Be the Answer
Busting the myth of the "wasted" third party vote and exploring why a third party vote may be the best solution to the two-party duopoly.
Fringe No More: Libertarians Are Everywhere Now
Libertarians are everywhere, online and off, in politics, society, communities, your neighborhood. We're fighting the culture war against the authoritarian left and right.
4 Things GOP Voters Trust More Than Liberals
Conservative voters have been convinced that the term "liberal" is something so vile and scary that they are willing to go to extremes to combat electing one to government. Here are some examples.
Public Service Announcement: Know Your Imaginary Libertarians
People who don’t want to admit that they just don’t get libertarianism—but still want to sound informed—create endless counterfeit libertarians and pretend they’re real.
American Tribalism During Trump's Presidency
Progressive Democrats and conservative Republicans are moving so far apart that there seems little hope of bridging the divide.
Another “Once-a-Libertarian” Who Never Really Was
Those who claim to be “former” libertarians are simply those who never fully grasped libertarianism; they never really got beyond their old left-right politics.
Laugh at Libertarians and They’ll Laugh Back, With, and at You
No matter how rude, crude, imbecilic and wrong anti-libertarian mockery gets on the internet it still means this: Modern American libertarianism is here to stay!
Why Groupthinkers Can Never Understand Libertarians
Because of deeply held philosophical, psychological and emotional differences libertarians rarely become groupthinkers and groupthinkers rarely become libertarians.
Surprise! the Non-Aggression Principle Is a Principle – Not a Philosophy!
The Non-Aggression Principle is not a philosophy, not a textbook, not a user manual, not the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything. It’s a principle!
Voluntaryism: The Bridge Between Socialism and Libertarianism?
An exploration of why is it so difficult for socialists and libertarians to understand one another.
Critiquing “a Critique of Libertarian Strategy”
A libertarian advocate writes that libertarians should stop just advocating and launch a “hands-on movement.” Where has this person been for the last 70-plus years?
Why Libertarians Should Embrace Their Infighting
Infighting keeps libertarianism viable, vital, vibrant, vigorous, virtuous and ultimately victorious. Infighting is libertarianism’s strength, not its weakness.
Libertarians and Collectivists: A Failure to Communicate
Our attempts at civil online discourse frequently devolve into insults, mockery and ridicule along with endless mutual charges of “Contrived Social Constructs.”
Libertarian Looters: Using the State Against Itself
Some libertarians won’t touch Social Security, Medicare or other government graft; others say everyone has a moral right to loot the government looters.