libertarian

Being a Libertarian is a curious thing. It's the up and coming party in the world of politics, yet many people misunderstand the political philosophy. These misunderstandings aren't due to a lack of activity on the net, as The Humble Libertarian offers us the top 100 libertarian blogs and websites as a reference.

Websites like CATO are large and popular flagships of libertarian thinking, yet smaller websites like Libertarian Logic show that libertarian thinking is coming from individuals as well.

Members of the traditional major political parties are recognizing the benefit of returning to values associated with individual freedom. For example, there are any number of organizations and individuals running for office that identify themselves as Liberty Republicans.

One of America's founding fathers was George Washington, and he told us that "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." Many around the country like Libertarian Papers are trying to transplant and nurture core American values into our political discussion, and some are asking if the time is right for libertarianism.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “libertarian”

• Libertarians Need to Rethink Support for Drug Legalization

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 820
  Does a mans death from swallowing a bag of pot during an arrest illustrate the evil of outlawing drugs? No, just the opposite.
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• The Founders on Education: Where Is That Federal Role Anyways?

  
  The Claremont Conservative — Authority: 135
  My friend and sometimes co-worker Ilan Wurmans final piece in The Claremont Independent calls me out, sub silentio , for being a "libertarian," as if that were a dirty word. With this straw man construction, he besmirches those of us who question whether or not there ought to be a federal role in health care, in ...
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• All to look forward to

  
  Politics Index — Authority: 159
  
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• Video: Robert Welch ‘Solutions to problems in the Government’

  
  Political Byline — Authority: 590
  The last time I posted anything related to the John Birch Society on this Blog; my hits just about went off the charts. My servers had smoke rolling out of them and I could have sworn that I heard that said server yelping a bit in agony. Okay, the second part was not true. Nevertheless, there were a good deal of ...
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• Scenes from first Massachusetts US Senate special election debate

  
  Independent Political Report — Authority: 611
  NECN reports: 12u;onz#V,6W>!BtC&*`Rrv0}2=p@VrczG@w#dT(E$Xm;4kb=&g;>(*t*CPu6HXq(y(Ec[wXg2Z>X9/=9z!lx1`{.`0H:.hIXa)4R64r7xU$sj_OOfWkx7PI&cUVX18RMQWSx;$D^rVWf*MRoq,@X@}}r@00#F:g;Oa*}(P*fSz}O:LhM*d/7fpM=EI-]7`G{u$Mvx$;~v*ak9bf.0?xGFNI03sUJl:sKCs;^@w_z~x0-c/h`BiST[SD" ...
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• Darryl Perry: ‘A Kennedy Even Libertarians can Support: Joe Kennedy for US Senate’

  
  Independent Political Report — Authority: 611
  Posted by Darryl Perry at Free Patriot Press : In less than a month voters in Massachusetts will go to the polls to elect a Senator to replace the late Edward “Teddy” Kennedy. There will be three candidates on the ballot, but only one man that, if elected, will stand up to the 99 other Senators in ...
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• Libertarian Mike Munger on the healthcare crisis

  
  Independent Political Report — Authority: 611
  h/t Liberty Point Posted in NewsObserver.com by Michael Munger: DURHAM — I hear people complain they can’t afford insurance. They need to realize that the real problem is they can’t afford health care. The U.S. has the world’s most expensive health care, $8,000 per person per year, eating up 16 ...
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• Libertarian Party Monday Message: Happy Holidays - May You Enjoy Religious Freedom

  
  Independent Political Report — Authority: 611
  LP blog and email list: Dear Friend of Liberty, It’s the time of year when we see “Happy Holidays!” everywhere. I know some people don’t like that phrase, but I think it indicates the variety of religious practices we have in America, which in turn shows that we enjoy significant freedom of religion. The ...
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• There Are Currently Secret Prisons In America

  
  DarianWorden.com — Authority: 111
  As if Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s secretive detention system and Joe Arpaio’s personal Gestapo throwing Hispanics into a desert concentration camp weren’t bad enough, The Nation recently reported that ICE confines people in “186 unlisted and unmarked subfield offices”. ICE official James ...
  17 hours ago

• First two debates set in Kennedy successor race

  
  Independent Political Report — Authority: 611
  Boston.com reports : BOSTON—The final stretch in the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Edward Kennedy kicks off with two scheduled debates. The debates will include Republican Scott Brown, Democrat Martha Coakley and Libertarian Joseph L. Kennedy — no relation to Edward Kennedy. ...
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• George Phillies announces for national chair of Libertarian Party

  
  Independent Political Report — Authority: 611
  Posted at Liberty For All by George Phillies Our Libertarian Party stands at its golden moment. American voters are disgusted with their major parties, the parties of perpetual war, perpetual crony bailouts, and perpetual expansion of our national debt. They know Washington politicians don’t care what ...
  17 hours ago

• Zeus Remains

  
  Libertarian Blog — Authority: 136
  From Monarchy to Aristocracy to Plutocracy to Democracy, Zeus (the State) remains, and therefore the American Revolution was thwarted: ...through whose will Mortal men are named in speech or remain unspoken Men are renowned or remain unsung For lightly he makes strong, And lightly brings strength to confusion, ...
  18 hours ago

• This Month’s Podcast

  
  Politics Index — Authority: 159
  Steven Horwitz My SLU podcast this month recaps my recent posts on the consumption goods of poor households and the falling labor time cost of most goods over the last 30 years.
  21 hours ago

• Weapon Of Resistance: The AK-47

  
  LILA RAJIVA: The Mind-Body Politic — Authority: 141
  C. J. Maloney in Lew Rockwell:“Who says that God has no sense of humor, if a rather dark one, when He gives for us the ironic fact that of all the forms of political organization that humans herd themselves into there has been none more reactionary, bloodthirsty, or political than Stalinism, and [...]
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• Libertarianism - So whats the point?

  
  Boatang & Demetriou — Authority: 425
  Its been a long year, longer for some than others. As we draw to the end of it and hopefully in a goodwill spirit often so lacking when this question is raised, I will re-visit an article recently posted by John that received quite a lot of interest. By the end it was, frankly, wholly depressing and made me seriously ...
  21 hours ago

• It’s only weather

  
  Politics Index — Authority: 159
  Gulf Times – Europe shivers as travel is halted, death toll rises The death toll continued to rise yesterday in Europe as the severe Arctic cold, blizzards and snowfalls kept a grip on the continent, causing major transport and energy disruptions. For some reason the BBC and papers here dont seem to be highlighting ...
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• Porrit Rebranding Decivilisation

  
  Politics Index — Authority: 159
  Selling a low-carbon life just got harder | Jonathon Porritt - Times Online Politicians will have to get even smarter in making the case — for improved energy efficiency in the home (saving you a lot of money), reduced car use (less congestion, healthier lifestyles), less waste and even more recycling (saving even ...
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• Obama Police State? -Black D.C. Cop pulls a Gun, at people who pelted his hummer with Snowballs

  
  Political Byline — Authority: 590
  This comes via Reason TV : (H/T Gateway Pundit ) Related Via View From the Right : Tina writes: I am a simple school bus driver. Here is a conversation I heard. Last year we had an Iranian girl who loudly proclaimed, when the school was in its Patriotic Songs Celebration (“This Land Is Your Land,” ...
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• Cats might have nine lives…

  
  Politics Index — Authority: 159
  but this deer only had 2...
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• Why challenge the two-party system? Somebody has to do it

  
  Independent Political Report — Authority: 611
  The Dover-Sherborn Press interviews Joe Kennedy : Libertarian candidate Joseph Lewis Kennedy — no relation to the famed political clan —says he offers a fiscally conservative, socially accepting alternative to the two major party candidates vying for the state’s vacant Senate seat. “Somebody has do it. If ...
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