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June 7, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, While our recent national convention was a lot of work, I am especially encouraged that well over 500 people attended, when we were only expecting about 400. It was a huge success. Your new Libertarian National Committee officers and representatives are already hard at work and leading by […]

Dear Friend of Liberty, First I’d like to thank the 2010 convention delegates for electing me to serve as your new Libertarian National Committee Chairman. I hope to tell you more about our future plans, but right now I need your help to fend off an immediate threat to the Libertarian Party. Please donate $1,000, […]

The St. Louis Beacon has published a fairly extensive article on the Libertarian National Convention last weekend. It includes some coverage of our new chairman, Mark Hinkle: Hinkle, 59 and a small businessman, said he campaigned as a uniter. But he emphasized that, as chairman, he won’t shy away from the Libertarian Party’s longstanding platform. […]

May 31, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, Today is Memorial Day, and I enjoyed reading these comments from David Boaz at the Cato Institute. At the Libertarian National Convention in St. Louis over this Memorial Day weekend, the following individuals were elected to serve as officers and other members of the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) […]

Attached are Saturday’s minutes from the Libertarian National Convention. The minutes can be downloaded below:

This convention live broadcast is provided by a volunteer. The broadcast video and sound quality will probably be erratic, so please understand that before trying to view. Hopefully the video is good enough for some who could not attend to get an idea of what the convention proceedings are like. The convention schedule is here. […]

Bob Barr, the 2008 Libertarian nominee for president, and keynote speaker at the 2010 Libertarian National Convention this weekend in St. Louis, writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the possibility of privacy intrusions by census workers: What many Americans don’t realize, is that census workers — from the head of the Bureau and the Secretary […]

At the Libertarian National Convention in St. Louis this weekend, delegates will elect a new national chairman for the party. Five candidates have declared for this office: Ernest Hancock http://ernesthancock.org/ Mark Hinkle http://mark4chair.com/ John Jay Myers http://www.johnjaymyers.com/lnc George Phillies http://philliesforlncchair.robpower.com/ Wayne Allyn Root http://www.rootforamerica.com/

by William Redpath reprinted from the May 2010 issue of LP News I don’t know how he did it. Mickey Spillane supposedly squirreled himself away for a short period of time, and BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM—he would write a book. He wrote “I, the Jury” in only nineteen days, according to his Wikipedia page. Ayn Rand was a […]

May 24, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, In just a few days, Libertarians from around the country will converge on St. Louis to help set the direction for our party. Delegates to the convention will vote on such things as our bylaws, platform language, and Libertarian National Committee members.