Libertarian Party founder David Nolan has some interesting thoughts on the future of the Libertarian Party.
He sharply criticizes the job done by the Bob Barr campaign and calls for a re-radicalization of the LP.
Here are my thoughts on voting and the Barr campaign:
I ended up pulling the lever for Bob Barr, even though not voting [...]

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Via @TAC, some praise and acknowledgment for Dr. Paul in the Weekly Standard:
Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain had much of value to say about the financial crisis as it raged through the headlines this fall. Rather than shred their campaign strategies, they played it safe, as most politicians would have. But in the name of [...]

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The American Conservative magazine is one of my favorites. It is one of only three political magazines I have a subscription to - the others being Reason and Liberty.
But this article, by Patrick Choate, is infuriating. Choate argues for bailing out the Detroit Three, which he mistakenly refers to as the “American auto industry” (after [...]

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With the results of the election in, there has been much soul searching in the Republican party.  Not surprisingly, much of the attention has been paid to George Bush’s horrendous record on fiscal policy, where he has overseen the largest increase in domestic spending since at least LBJ (if not FDR), and has brought on the nationalization [...]

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Yeah that’s about right…

But even this clever cartoon is a little generous to socialism.
After all, under socialism, if someone refuses to pay they are compelled to pay, literally at the point of a gun.  And I don’t just mean in Communist countries. If you refuse to pay taxes here in the U.S. ultimately the money [...]

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I don’t often suggest where people donate their hard earned money, but since I gave a modest amount to Antiwar.com’s quarterly fundraising drive, I’d like to give two reasons why now is a particularly good time for you to consider doing the same: 
The time is right to re-establish the non-interventionist Right
With McCain’s loss and the thorough rejection [...]

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According to the Wall Street Journal’s Political Diary (subscription only) Saul Anuzis, the Michigan GOP Chair who famously wanted Ron Paul barred from all GOP debates, is campaigning for the RNC chairmanship:
On the Republican side, the jockeying to replace current GOP Chairman Mike Duncan has begun. Mr. Duncan has been a competent administrator [...]

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Compared to the Presidential race, where I’m reluctant to vote at all, voting down the ballot is a breeze.
Here are the “choices” I’m faced with. And here are my picks:
Senate: Warner will run away with this, so a vote for Libertarian candidate Redpath is easy even though I know nothing about him except for [...]

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