September 2011 Archives

Jim Burns website gets a facelift

By on September 18, 2011 6:43 AM

James Libertarian Burns has updated his Presidential campaign website shortly after IPR reposted Jeremy Young’s critique of candidate websites. The update may or may not have been spurred by the article.…

Wayne Root in Vegas Seven Weekly: ‘Home-school to Harvard: A Libertarian’s view on how to save education—in your own home’

By Jordan Willow Evans on September 18, 2011 6:15 AM

Wayne Root in this week’s “Seven magazine” in Las Vegas:

America is in shambles from sea to shining sea. National unemployment hovers near 10 percent.…

California Greening: 3D Politics – ‘Political Compass’ and Beyond

By on September 18, 2011 6:04 AM

Alex Walker at California Greening:

Dear Green Friends,

Scott McLarty, Green Party U.S. Media Coordinator, posted a Facebook link to an interactive web site known as Political Compass.…

Veiled references to Americans Elect in the media

By Jordan Willow Evans on September 18, 2011 5:41 AM

Ballot Access News:

Steve Kornacki, Salon’s news editor, has this commentary on the chances of a powerful third force presidential candidate next year.

The column, and similar commentary, usually say that minor party and independent candidates for important office never win.…

Bob Barr: ‘Bloomberg again whining for more gun control’

By on September 18, 2011 5:08 AM

Bob Barr was the Libertarian Presidential candidate in 2008. Mayor Michael Bloomberg of NYC is widely considered to be the likely Presidential or Vice Presidential nominee of Americans Elect, a new centrist party currently pursuing ballot access in all states and DC with plenty of money to get the job done.…

Ballot Access News: Righthaven, Terrorizer of Bloggers, May File for Bankruptcy

By Jordan Willow Evans on September 18, 2011 4:55 AM

Ballot Access News:

Wired has this story about Righthaven, the company that contracted with various newspapers to seek out blogs that re-print newspaper stories in full, and then sue those blogs.…

Evergreen Libertarian: Getting away with murder

By on September 18, 2011 4:24 AM

Michael H. Wilson at Evergreen Libertarian:

Can you imagine if the garage mechanic was doing unnecessary repairs on your car or doing repairs poorly that customers died and were injured, then the government made it difficult to find out the reason?…

Green Anita Rios Advances in Toledo Primary for City Council

By IPR Contributor on September 18, 2011 3:51 AM

Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch:

Anita Rios is running for Toledo City Council. On Tuesday she finished second of three candidates. Although the race is non-partisan, Rios proudly portrays herself as a Green, and the other two candidates are well known as a Democrat and a Republican.…

Posts published in September 2011