Press Releases and Party News

The concept of “airport security” is actually Access Control.  ”Access Control” is a catch-all concept that basically boils down to the idea of controlling who can get into a particular area and who can’t. The reason that access control is impossible in an airport is very, very simple.  The underpinning of all access control is […]

It has become so standard, when a family has had a tragedy, for a family member to advocate some further restriction on freedom even if that restriction would create more tragedies than it would prevent. It’s kind of understandable. When a family member dies, we feel so impotent. We want to do something. I’ve never […]

Watch last week’s interview of LP executive director Wes Benedict.

The Tech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s oldest and largest newspaper, released the results from its political survey conducted last year.  A total of 20% of the school’s undergraduate and graduate population responded to the questionnaire from October 2010. The results show that 23% of the respondents consider themselves libertarian. Of that group, 35% believe that […]

On Sunday December 19, 2010, The Salt lake Tribune, Utah’s largest newspaper, published a libertarian essay on the privatization of liquor sales. “Limited Government: Privatize Liquor Sales” appeared on the front page of the Sunday paper’s opinion section. The author and long- time Libertarian, Tom Garrison, calls on the state of Utah to change its […]

The Leader Times (Pittsburgh area) reports on Rev. Randall Forester’s efforts to organize Armstrong County Libertarians.

C-SPAN has scheduled its recording of the "Stripping of Freedom" conference for tonight, January 10, 2011, starting at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time. It will be shown on C-SPAN2. Watch C-SPAN2 live online. LP executive director Wes Benedict’s speech should occur during the first hour of the broadcast.

January 10, 2011 Dear Friend of Liberty, The Libertarian Party has posted a statement from our chair, Mark Hinkle, condemning the recent shooting in Arizona. While some Congressmen are making noises about new laws and restrictions, I think it’s important for Libertarians to remain calm and stick to our libertarian principles.

Given at "The Stripping of Freedom: A Careful Scan of TSA Security Procedures"January 6, 2011Carnegie Institute for Sciences, 1530 P Street NW, Washington, DCI’d like to thank the Electronic Privacy Information Center for putting together this conference and for pulling together a diverse group of panelists. My name is Wes Benedict. I’m the Executive Director […]

WIBW (Kansas) reports on Libertarian Andrew Gray’s run for Topeka City Council.