From a blog post by Dan Wiener at LP.org on March 26, 2011:
Lanny Friedlander, the originator of Reason Magazine, has passed away. Nick Gillespie provides more information at this link to Reason.com
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Posts published in March 2011
Real Clear Politics covers political battle over ballot access in Tennessee
By Ross Levin on March 28, 2011 6:42 PM
An excerpt from Real Clear Politics:
Republicans are balking at a Democratic senator’s proposal to make it easier for minor parties to be listed on the Tennessee ballot.
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Clifford W. Thornton, co-chair of the Green Party of the US: Ending the drug war will undoubtedly reap benefits
By Ross Levin on March 28, 2011 6:40 PM
An excerpt from a blog on The Hartford Courant’s website:
But in the United States the drug reform movement is sharply focused on marijuana and not on drug prohibition as a whole.
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German Green Party wins state victory with anti-nuclear sentiment
By Kimberly Wilder on March 27, 2011 10:11 PM
(excerpt from) The Guardian UK
German Greens hail state victory in vote overshadowed by Fukushima
• ‘Historic’ first ever victory in regional Landtag vote
• Chancellor suffers after U-turn on nuclear powerThe Green party has taken power from Angela Merkel’s conservatives in one of Germany’s richest states, preliminary results from the Baden-Württemberg elections show.
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S. Rowan Wilson: Proposed Cannabis Legislation in Nevada
By Marc Montoni on March 27, 2011 1:55 PM
From an article on the Nevada Capital Libertarian Party website:
If there was ever a time to call, email, mail, fax or send message via carrier pigeon to your local Nevada Assembly and Senate members/critters to change our draconian cannabis laws, it is NOW!
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US House District 36-CA: Candidate Claims “Marijuana Will Be Legal In 2012”
By Marc Montoni on March 27, 2011 1:34 PM
From a media release by the Collett campaign:
Candidate Steve Collett Uses California’s Legalization Momentum to Draw California Voters to his Campaign.
On Saturday, Steve Collett announced his candidacy for Jane Harman’s vacated seat for the 36th US Congressional District.…
Jim Burns on Foreign Policy
By Marc Montoni on March 27, 2011 1:13 PM
From a release by Jim Burns, who is seeking the Libertarian Party nomination for President:
I offer the following 251 words about United States foreign policy:
I agree with these words of Carl Schurz “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”…
New Paltz, NY: ‘One Community Party’ Files Petitions for Village Board
By Marc Montoni on March 27, 2011 1:05 PM
From a media release by the One Community Party:
NEW PALTZ – March 25, 2011 – The One Community Party today submitted petitions for the Village of New Paltz election.…
Lee Wrights: Obama takes Nobel Peace Prize to war
By Brian Irving on March 27, 2011 12:15 AM
“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr., 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner
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