Whatever its faults, the Tea Party identified the right target

Gene Healy The Washington Examiner 3/4/2014

It’s been five years since Rick Santelli’s CNBC “rant that shook the world” helped give rise to the Tea Party movement.

The first wave of anti-big-government protests began in the cities, and they were “about as libertarian as it gets,” as political number-cruncher Nate Silver put it at the […]

Seven Pieces of Good News for Freedom in 2013

Highlights from an eventful year.

Ed Krayewski, Jesse Walker, Jim Epstein, J.D. Tuccille, Scott Shackford & Matthew Feeney Reason Magazine 12/31/2013

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch’s The Declaration of Independents, published in 2011, provides a hopeful outlook for the future of freedom, a vision of how libertarian politics can fix America’s problems. How did 2013 […]

Obama throws ‘nonsense’ MSM under his bus

Obama: The IRS Scandal Was a Lie Made Up by the Media

Kristin Tate BenSwann.com 12/7/2013

Earlier this year, it was revealed that the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had specifically targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. In the process of trying to obtain 501(c)(4) status, a large number of Tea Party groups […]

A dude walks into a pub outside D.C…

It Started Out as Just a Few Libertarians Hanging Out at a Bar…But No One Could Have Guessed What It Would Turn Into

Oliver Darcy The Blaze 12/4/2013

 

Young libertarians listen to Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) speak at a bar just outside Washington, D.C. (Image source: Matthew Hurtt)

 

Nearly […]

6th Graders Told Not To Tell Parents About Political Classwork Assignment

Sophia GOP The Daily Dose 11/24/2013

…The reason why this is so concerning is that Tupelo prides itself on data driven instruction. Now, data is nice if it helps you figure out if a student needs extra help in a particular area. However, what if that effort is aimed at monitoring the political views of […]

Obama Campaign Bundler Helping Fund Libetarian in Tight VA Gubernatori

Meredith Jessup The Blaze 11/5/2013

A major Democratic Party benefactor and Obama campaign bundler helped pay for professional petition circulators responsible for getting Virginia Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Robert C. Sarvis on the ballot — a move that could split conservative votes in a tight race.

Campaign finance records show the Libertarian […]

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