Guest Column: (Ayn)RAND2016

Rand Paul: Shoots Campaign in Foot, Twice!

shootnfootBefore even getting started, the campaign of Rand Paul has brought his chauvinistic (anti-choice) positions on immigration and reproductive freedom to center stage. Thus demolishing, in two quick swaths of self-destruction, the fragile alliance of liberty Republicans that had formed to make an iconic libertarian leader of his father, Ron Paul—an alliance that is making great strides in rolling back federal power via Nullification and the growing Truth Movement (re: 9/11, smart meters, Obamacare, mass surveillance, Common Core, climate engineering, GMOs, etc.). Here’s hoping Rand will reconsider and put the foot-shooting genie back in the bottle. Continue reading

Brian’s Column: Rethinking Libertarian Party Strategy:1

… in an Era of Federal Government Torture, War Crimes, and Gross Treason

MrSmithJust watched the Frank Capra classic 1939 movie, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington—nominated for 12 Oscars, starring Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur—and I’m thinking, “Boy, the writers sure nailed this baby, nothing’s changed in 75 years but the hair styles!” The movie depicts a boys’ organization leader (Stewart) who by fluke is selected by a governor to fill the vacancy in the US Senate due to the death of the elected senator. The whole state, including the governor, the other senator, and all major businesses and news outlets are run by a Mafia-like political boss ‘Taylor’ played by Edward Arnold. Continue reading