Jason Sorens Presentation at the 2013 NY Libertarian Party Convention – Video




Jason Sorens Presentation at the 2013 NY Libertarian Party Convention Jason Sorens, Founder of the Free State Project, Assistant Professor at SUNY Buffalo, Spoke to the NY LIbertarian Party Convention (Speech starts after LPNY … By: Gee Trieste Continue reading

Ghost Issue? Health Care and the Aged (in Opinion)

A rapidly aging population is just one of many health system challenges facing BC’s next government. We have been surprised, to say the least, at the lack of public discourse around health care during this election period. As a top-of-mind issue for British Columbians, you’d think it would be as central as the always large and looming economy Continue reading

Karen Straughan (GirlWritesWhat) Presentation at the 2013 NY Libertarian Convention – Video




Karen Straughan (GirlWritesWhat) Presentation at the 2013 NY Libertarian Convention Karen Straughan (GirlWritesWhat) spoke to the NY LIbertarian Party Convention, April 27, 2013, at the Rhinecliff Hotel, Rhinecliff NY (If the visitors here c… Continue reading

SC’s libertarian Republicans take aim at chairman, Graham

COLUMBIA South Carolina Republican leaders say they are like a family and, like families, they sometimes fight. The GOPs libertarian faction on Saturday played the role of the cousins tired of always sitting at the table outside the dining room, shouting protests during the S.C. Republican Party convention at Carolina Coliseum Continue reading

World Press Freedom Day: Authors say protests help

NEW YORK (AP) Exiled Chinese author Yu Jie joined other writers including Salman Rushdie on the 20th observance of World Press Freedom Day in appealing to China to live up to its own constitution and laws guaranteeing freedom of expression, and calling on the public to put pressure on governments that crack down on writers. Yu and other writers and activists were on a PEN International panel Friday highlighting a report on trends of the last five years in China’s crackdown on free expression. Continue reading

Neanderthals, Abu Ghraib, The WikiLeaks Party, Bitches, Beaches, and more – Video




Neanderthals, Abu Ghraib, The WikiLeaks Party, Bitches, Beaches, and more An Australian and a Californian discuss Wikileaks and related topics for your infotainment. Neanderthals, Abu Ghraib, Insurance, Cyclones, Universal Healthca… By: Pamela Andjustin Continue reading

Libertarian Party opposes Lake income tax

ST. JOHN | The Lake County Libertarian Party is opposed to a county option income tax. Beth Duensing, party chairwoman, issued a statement Tuesday calling on the public to push the Lake County Council to reject a 1.5 percent assessment on the income of all county residents and workers. Continue reading

Libertarians meet

by PHILLIP WILLIAMS The Gilmer Mirror Upshur County Libertarian Party Chairman Vance Lowry quoted from an article which contends that Libertarian principles are becoming mainstream at the local Libertarians monthly meeting here April 9. In Massachusetts, he said, 45 percent of voters supported a proposal to abolish the state income tax, although opponents of repealing it outspent supporters 100-1 Continue reading

Tensions Flare Between China and Japan Over Islands and Shrine

Kyodo News, via Associated Press Japanese vessels sailed near a Chinese surveillance ship near disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China on Tuesday. TOKYO Tensions between Japan and its Asian neighbors rose on Tuesday when a large group of Japanese lawmakers paid a symbolically charged visit to a Tokyo war shrine, while Chinese paramilitary ships and a flotilla of boats carrying Japanese nationalists appeared to converge on disputed islands. The group of 168 mostly low-ranking conservative lawmakers visited the Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo in what local news media described as the largest mass visit by Parliament members in recent memory. Continue reading

CEDICE Libertad Directors Receive "Excellence in the Defense of Liberty" Award

ROSARIO, Argentina, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Rafael Alfonzo Hernandez and Oscar Garcia Mendoza, president and vice president of CEDICE Libertad, a leading defender of individual rights and free-market economics in Venezuela, recently received the “Excellence in the Defense of Liberty” award presented by ATLAS Network, a global NGO, in commemoration of Fundacion Libertad (Liberty Foundation)’s 25th anniversary. The award was granted in recognition of the directors’ tireless efforts to promote and defend the principles of free enterprise and individual rights in Venezuela. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130422/CL99033 ) The event, chaired by Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, featured several ex-dignitaries, ministers, economists and journalists in attendance including former Prime Minister of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar; acting President of Spain’s People’s Party, Esperanza Aguirre; former President of Uruguay, Luis Alberto Lacalle; former President of Bolivia, Jorge Quiroga; Colombian author, Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza; Argentine author, Marcos Aguinis; Chile’s minister of Social Development, Joaquin Lavin, former President of Brazilian Central Bank, Carlos Langoni; Director of The Cato Institute, Ian Vasquez; Cuban author, Carlos Alberto Montaner; and Atlas Network Foundation President, Alejandro Chafuen, among others. Continue reading

Norway's Ruling Party Backs Oil Drilling around Arctic Islands

Norway took a major step towards opening up an environmentally sensitive Arctic area to oil and gas exploration when the ruling Labour Party gave the go-ahead on Sunday for an impact study. OSLO (Reuters) – Norway took a major step towards opening up an environmentally sensitive Arctic area to oil and gas exploration when the ruling Labour Party gave the go-ahead on Sunday for an impact study. Continue reading

Political insider: Celebrate tax freedom April 14

April 14 may seem like another spring Sunday in Michigan, but there’s reason to celebrate: It’s Tax Freedom Day in the Great Lakes State. According to the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C., think tank, April 14 is when Michigan residents have worked enough days to satisfy all of their tax obligations to the federal, state and local governments Continue reading