On Shifting Focus Hello Libertarians. This is the twelfth of a series of opinion articles I’ll be privileged to write for you once per month on an “inside baseball” topic for the Libertarian Party. I encourage everyone who has an opinion on whatever we’re talking about this month to comment or send phillies@4liberty.net your longer editorials, which may well be…
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Hello Libertarians. This is the eighth of a series of opinion articles I’ll be privileged to write for you once per month on an “inside baseball” topic for the Libertarian Party. I encourage everyone who has an opinion on whatever we’re talking about this month to comment or send phillies@4liberty.net your longer editorials, which may well be published. Grossly oversimplified,…
APPENDIX TO THE APPENDIX The Axiom of Choice and Goedel’s Incompleteness Theorem It is almost certainly the case that you should skip this section. It had little to do with the rest of the book. However, once upon a time I almost tried to become a professional mathematician. There is a specific issue that I find sufficiently annoying that I…
The purchase price is a matter of public record: $825K – and the sale netted about $615K. The current value, with a small investment for repairs ($25-50K) – would have netted about $800-825K – reducing the losses by about $200K – an excellent ROI. Yes, they could have fundraised (from one major donor) for this. They could have taken a…
On Where the Party Ends by Nick Sarwark It’s time for the Libertarian Party to become intolerant of bigotry as the Republican Party embraces it. One of the unsung heroes of the Libertarian Party is Keith Thompson. He is a brilliant graphic artist who distills libertarian values into powerful images for the Libertarian Party of Louisiana. Keith Thompson does some…
A recipe for a Libertarian takeover of Congress on a platform of freedom of commerce, freedom of movement, and freedom of choice. Dear Friends, The United States is in a pretty dire state right now politically. Donald Trump’s Republicans are backing him in corruption and violations of the law. Charles Schumer’s Democrats are complaining loudly, but not taking leadership on…
Positive Action: A Libertarian Candidate for Every Federal Office in 2026 The Libertarian National Committee has a lot of house cleaning to do, but Libertarians don’t need to wait for the party to give America a Libertarian option in 2026 May 26, 2025 Dear Friends, My last update was about the opportunity that the Libertarian Party has to reboot using…
Hello Libertarians! This is one of a series of opinion articles I’ll be privileged to write for you once per month on an “inside baseball” topic for the Libertarian Party. I encourage everyone who has an opinion on whatever we’re talking about this month to comment or send phillies@4liberty.net your longer editorials, which may well be published. On Fracturing The…
An Opinion Piece by Susan Hogarth The LNC is taking action to investigate credible allegations of financial self-dealing from the resigning Chair, Angela McArdle. This could represent $45,000 in stealth payments to her own household after the LNC voted to terminate her partner’s earlier contract. The investigation could extend to her actions with other Party expenses and to dealings with…
I remember years ago hearing children, myself included, reciting an old rhyme that began “Sticks and stones may break my bones”. There are numerous variations of the next line, from “But words shall never hurt me” to “But names will never hurt me” and many more. But the common theme was always that words, unlike physical weapons, cannot hurt you.…