Zoltan Istvan is founder of The Transhumanist Party. He is currently running for Governor of California as a Libertarian. This commentary is from reason.com…
Posts published in August 2017
Gary Johnson at The Jack News:
Photo of hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” march down East Market Street toward Emancipation Park during the “Unite the Right” rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia, by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.…
2012 LP VP candidate Jim Gray at The Jack News:
People in government have their own biases and personal desires for power and influence. But Liberty, in this context defined as instituting a system for private individuals to have incentives to prosper by producing (legal) goods and services that other people will desire and purchase, will almost always triumph over government bureaucracy, controls and regulations.…
Via LP.org and email list:
Dear Libertarian,
You have probably heard the news about the President’s plan to increase American military involvement in Afghanistan.
The Libertarian perspective is very different.…
Ralph Nader at blog.nader.org:
The most popular Democratic leader by far is still former President Barack Obama. Despite this popularity, many of the signature accomplishments of his modest legacy are being brutishly unraveled – being repealed , suspended or slated for extinction – by the Trumpsters.…
Deirdre Griswold at Workers World:
Three Marine Corps generals in the White House: Chief of Staff John Kelly, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Joint Chiefs Chairman Joseph Dunford.…
Angela Hart in the Sacramento Bee (H/T Ballot Access News):
Frustrated that Democrats dominate elective office in California, a Republican eyeing a 2018 run against Sen.…
Matt Lewis at the Daily Beast:
Libertarianism has an alt-right problem. Many prominent leaders of the alt-right have, at some point, identified as libertarian. I am curious as to… why?…
A wrap-up of The Jack News Guide to the Libertarian Party Presidential Race in 2020.
Editor’s Note: The introduction to this series includes links to each of the nine profiles.
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