Tag: Libertarianism

AÂ Council of Economic AdvisersÂ report called for states to impose less burdensome requirements, such as permits or simple registries, for less dangerous roles. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Obama’s economic advisers decry red tape

Joseph Lawler · July 29, 2015 4:01 am

"Well, I don't even care whether he's good or bad for the Republican Party, I don't have much interest in that per se, but I think he's is a dangerous person. And a lot of people find him sort of funny, and love him, even libertarian types," Ron Paul, himself a libertarian, replied.Â (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ron Paul doesn’t care for dangerous, ‘authoritarian’ Donald Trump

Becket Adams · July 16, 2015 9:59 pm

With gay marriage legal, the cultural debate has been moving to issues such as: Should a religiously observant baker or photographer be forced to participate in gay weddings? (AP Photo)Â

Social conservatives and libertarians will get married

Philip Klein · July 2, 2015 8:15 pm

How can the Kentucky senator and 2016 presidential candidate broaden his appeal within the Republican Party without making libertarians, including prominent libertarian activists with big platforms, unhappy?Â There may be a simple answer to that dilemma: the rest of the Republican field. (Getty Image)

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul’s secret weapon with libertarians

W. James Antle III · May 19, 2015 9:00 am

Huckabee is the rare populist who wants government heavily involved in both economic and social issues. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

Mike Huckabee, the anti-libertarian

Jason Russell · May 5, 2015 8:25 pm

Peter Goettler is new to Washington, but his ambitions for moving it toward libertarianism are lofty. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

From Wall Street to Washington

Joseph Lawler · April 27, 2015 9:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Study: High-skilled immigration doesn’t kill jobs, it creates them

Jason Russell · April 7, 2015 5:50 pm

Former investment banker Peter Goettler, left, will replace outgoing CEO John Allison, who is retiring after leading Cato Institute for two years.

Peter Goettler named new head of libertarian think tank Cato Institute

Joseph Lawler · March 30, 2015 5:24 pm

This undated photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows prison inmate Gregory Holt. A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Muslim prison inmate in Arkansas can grow a short beard for religious reasons. (AP Photo/Arkansas Department of Correction)

Conservatives rethink liberty vs. order

Steve Chapman · January 22, 2015 5:32 pm

Runners pass through security screening at the start of the New York City Marathon, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Electing liberty

John Stossel · November 5, 2014 10:00 am

An EA-6B coming from Iraq lands on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on Aug. 10 in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Beltway Confidential

Is there a third way between war and disengagement in the Middle East?

Becket Adams · August 27, 2014 9:25 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director. Paul's remarks were centered on what he said was the Obama administration's refusal to rule out the possibility of drone strikes inside the United States against American citizens. (AP Photo/Senate Television)

Beltway Confidential

This is what Pew found when it went looking for the ‘libertarian moment’

Becket Adams · August 25, 2014 10:00 pm