Brian’s Column: Next Step for the LP? (Part 2)

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Brian Wright

Leveraging the LP to create a majority party
by Brian Wright

In Part 1 of this piece suggesting a new direction for Libertarians,
I made my case based on the following chain of observations and premises:

There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the 2012 Libertarian Party (LP) presidential candidate Gary Johnson and the Green—practically and essentially a ‘peace’ party—presidential candidate Jill Stein… when it comes to peace and civil liberties. Continue reading →

Brian’s Column: Next Step for the Libertarian Party? (Part 1)

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Brian Wright

Part 1 of 2: Time for a ‘paradigm shift’ in grand strategy?
by Brian Wright (Part 2 here)

On the night before the recent election, I’m watching the alternative debates on FreeandEqual.org. The site streams the verbal contest between presidential candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein of the Green Party, only it isn’t much of a contest. The topic is foreign policy, focusing primarily on peace and civil liberties, their positions virtually identical: yes and yes. [Dr. Stein, IMHO, has the greater civil libertarian street credit, having been arrested and held for a day by police for taking part in an Occupy Wall Street protest.] Continue reading →