Libertarians versus National Isolation
. . By Thomas L. Knapp On April 1, Fox Business Network’s John Stossel hosted a debate featuring three candidates — Gary Johnson, John McAfee and Austin Petersen — for the Libertarian Party’s 2016 presidential nomination (a fourth, more radical libertarian, Darryl W. Perry was unfortunately excluded). Those seeking an alternative to America’s failed political […]
L. Neil Smith’s The Libertarian Enterprise: TELL IT LIKE IT IS — Liberal means “Nothing”
By L. Neil Smith You are cordially invited to consider this a funeral oration for the once-honorable word “liberal”, which, in the past 70 years or so has come to mean precisely _nothing_. In earlier centuries, it might have been used to describe today’s libertarians, politically and socially tolerant of all possible viewpoints. Thomas Jefferson […]
Election 2016: Finally a Real Third Way?
. . By Thomas L. Knapp As I write this column, the polls haven’t yet opened for “Super Tuesday.” By the time you read it, polling predicts that Donald Trump will have carried at least 12 of the 13 Republican primary and caucus states, the possible exception being Texas (which may go for Ted Cruz), […]
L. Neil Smith’s THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE: My 2016 Endorsement
By L. Neil Smith Perhaps I should begin this by explaining that I first became a member of the Libertarian Party in 1972, the first full year that it existed. I had been a philosophical libertarian for far longer, since 1962, when I was an enthusiastic Robert A. Heinlein fan and an extremely annoying Randite […]
L. Neil Smith’s THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE: The Time To Decolonize America is Now!
By L. Neil Smith Democrats and other sociopathic vermin are employing phony excuses to jettison certain historical figures whom they once revered, but now, having abandoned the cause of individual liberty, they find deeply embarrassing. Having attempted to alter and erase the history of the industrial North’s aggressive war against the agrarian South, who were […]
Election 2016: The Incredible Evitable (AVOIDABLE) Hillary Clinton
. . By Thomas L. Knapp Yes, I’m a concern troll. I’m no Democrat, nor am I a Republican. But I would really, really, really like to see the Democratic Party nominate a viable candidate for President of the United States this year. Why? In a word, gridlock — or at least what passes for […]
L. Neil Smith’s THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE: Reforming the Libertarian Party
By L. Neil Smith I recently joined a group, the LP Radical Caucus, that was new to me, and one of the things they asked on their Facebook page was what ideas, if any, did I have for straightening out what’s wrong with the Party. I’ve had many such ideas for years. The following essay […]
Libertarian Party of California state convention at LAX
Message from the LPC Chair – Ted Brown I have a lot of good news to report! The Libertarian Party of California state convention will be held April 1 – 3 at the Hilton at Los Angeles Airport, near LAX. The contract has been signed, and our convention committee headed by Mark Hinkle is in the […]
And Then There Were 16: Perry Drops Out
. By Thomas L. Knapp I am neither a Republican nor a Rick Perry fan. Nonetheless I find Perry’s decision to drop out of the GOP’s 2016 presidential nomination contest disheartening. Here’s why: Like Perry or not, agree with him on the issues or not, he was arguably the single most experienced political executive […]
Election 2016: Can John McAfee Change The Game?
. . By Thomas L. Knapp The 2016 presidential election cycle got a lot more interesting on September 8 when John McAfee announced his candidacy under the banner of a newly formed “Cyber Party.” McAfee, whose eponymous computer security software made him a multi-millionaire, sports a long record of public eccentricity that I need not […]
