An alternative to Clinton and Trump. The Libertarian Party might get more votes this year. Before the primaries, Time Magazine, frequent pusher of trends that do not exist, put Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ken.) on its cover and called him the "most interesting man in politics." Then Paul fizzled, and pundits said the "libertarian moment," if there ever was ... MORE
The dawning of a libertarian moment? Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the likely presidential nominees of America’s two major political parties, would be among the best-known and most-disliked candidates in history. What better time for the Libertarian Party (LP), the only third party that will be on all 50 states’ ballots, to make its move ... MORE
The Libertarian party is selecting a nominee too. A recent poll shows that if the election were held today, 11 percent of Americans would vote for a Libertarian, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. That's surprising, since last election Johnson got just 1 percent of the vote. This year, he's doing better, probably because Donald Trump and ... MORE
It’s THE serious choice. This year, the likely presidential candidates of the major political
parties are two of the less savory individuals ever to run for office in
a country whose Wikipedia entry doesn't feature periods of military
rule. The Republicans seem poised to give us a crony capitalist who admires authoritarian foreign governments, views ... MORE
Lighten up, truth can be scary. In this year's Republican presidential primaries, Sen. Rand Paul got little traction. In 2012, his father failed. That year, the Libertarian Party candidate, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, got just 1 percent of the vote. We libertarians must be doing something wrong. Maybe our anti-government message is too ... MORE
My list of best to worst possible presidents: 1. Rand Paul (R) 2. Gary Johnson (Libertarian) 3. Carly Fiorina (R) 4. Jeb Bush (R) 5. Ted Cruz (R) 6. Scott Walker (R) 7. Rick Perry (R) 8. Marco Rubio (R) 9. John Kasich (R) 10. Ben Carson (R) 11. Bobby Jindal (R) 12. Jim Webb (D) 13. George Pataki (R) 14. Donald Trump (R) 15. Lawrence Lessig (D) ... MORE
He will be significantly less bad than Obama. Should libertarians like me declare a pox on both major parties’
houses by voting for the Libertarian Party candidate, Gary
Johnson? Or should we opt for the Republican Mitt Romney, who
I think would be significantly less bad than the Democratic
incumbent, Barack Obama? Over the decades since ... MORE
If you want the right questions asked, that is. President Obama has been a failure. On his watch, the American economy has significantly deteriorated largely because he has stifled free market forces by over-regulating them and because he has laden taxpayers with debt. Those two factors alone -- the federal government increasing the cost of doing ... MORE
Choosing against governmental coercion. All political candidates call themselves freedom-lovers, but they are not. Neither major party really opposes government control of the economy or of our personal lives. I'm a libertarian because I see the false choice offered by political left and right: Democrats talk about personal liberty; Republicans talk about ... MORE
