Tag: Libertarianism

An empty school classroom

Students for Liberty conference shows a young approach to libertarianism

John Stossel · February 19, 2014 5:00 am

Michael Fell, of Culver City, Calif., holds up a sign reading "STOP SPENDING MONEY" as he speaks at a Tea Party rally. AÃÂ more pragmatic Tea Party movement still represents the best hope for supporters of limited government who want to prevent the Republican Party from lurching back to its Bush-era embrace of big government.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Tea Party still needed to prevent GOP lurch toward big government

Philip Klein · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

The libertarian Cato Institute is "ultraconservative," in the telling of the New York Times. And somehow, Cato (motto "Individual liberty, free markets, and peace") is "strikingly different" from an advocate for "freedom" and "a free and open market economy." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Are libertarians ‘ultraconservative’? Are ‘free markets’ ‘liberal’?

Timothy P. Carney · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

Nowhere in our Constitution is there a clause that mandates government to act as an employer, a health care provider or a charity. (Thinkstock)

Big government does too much, badly

Rep Linda Upmeyer · January 28, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., will open an African American Engagement Office in Detroit, Mich., as part of a Republican effort to improve their efforts to reach out to the traditionally-Democratic voters. (AP Photo)

Rand Paul: ‘Don’t be trashing my dad’

Meghashyam Mali · January 26, 2014 5:00 am

Then-Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks during a session of the Texas Republican Convention in Fort Worth, Texas, in June 2012. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Beltway Confidential

Republican National Committee trying to soothe relationships with Liberty Republicans

Charlie Spiering · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, shown here Sept. 4, is a key member of the House Liberty Caucus. (AP Photo/John Miller, File)

Libertarian wing of GOP gains strength in Congress

Susan Ferrechio · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Support for same-sex marriage may be on the rise, but that doesn't necessarily predict a liberal political shift in the United States. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

America isn’t destined to be more liberal

David Harsanyi · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Employees David Marlow, right, and Chris Broussard work behind the sales counter inside Medicine Man marijuana retail store, which opened as a legal recreational retail outlet in Denver on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Colorado marijuana law points out the benefits of libertarian judgmentalism

David Harsanyi · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

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In November, voters in Colorado voted to legalize marijuana by a 55- to 45-percent margin, higher than President Obama's margin of victory in the state.

A libertarian turn on social issues

Michael Barone · June 17, 2013 4:00 am

A libertarian case for having more kids

Conn Carroll · December 22, 2012 5:00 am

Red Alert Politics

Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson fishes for votes at Republican National Convention

Washington Examiner · August 29, 2012 3:10 pm