For Immediate Release Wednesday, March 31, 2010 WASHINGTON – After President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan over the weekend, Libertarian Party Executive Director Wes Benedict issued the following statement today: “President Obama just called the Afghanistan War ‘absolutely essential.’ Nothing could be further from the truth. The U.S. armed forces are being […]
March 29, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, A few items of interest for you: Registrations for the 2010 Libertarian National Convention in Saint Louis are rolling in. Early bird pricing ends this Wednesday, so please take advantage of it and register now! After Wednesday, prices will be higher. The convention takes place over Memorial Day […]
The Union reports on Gary Bryant, running for the California State Assembly: You can’t paint Gary Bryant into one of the polarized corners American politics have retreated into the past few years. As the candidate for the Libertarian nomination for the 3rd District Assembly race, Bryant is hoping his mixed bag of working man’s logic […]
Here I lay out where our Libertarian Party needs to go. It is a long journey. We may not all live to reach our destination. In other articles, you will hear members of the New Path for Libertarian Revival write about the simple practical steps that we clearly can put into place. Those steps will […]
Prameet Kumar writes in the Daily Pennsylvanian: Everyone is a libertarian these days: the outcast independent who is fiscally conservative but socially liberal; the gay-rights activist who wants to legalize same-sex marriage; the Tea Party protester who denounces Obama’s agenda; the college student who dreams of decriminalized marijuana. The libertarian label has been appropriated by […]
March 22, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, Like you, I am upset that the health care bill passed last night. Another huge expansion of government spending and government control is not good for our freedom or our health.
The Houston Chronicle reports: Libertarian officeholders across Texas include party chairman [Patrick] Dixon, a city council member in Lago Vista, as well as city council members in Anna, Springtown, Quintana and Jarrell; a member of the San Antonio River Authority; the presiding judge of the Brownsville Municipal Court; and the chairman of the Carrollton Board […]
For Immediate Release Friday, March 19, 2010 WASHINGTON – The Libertarian Party adamantly opposes the health care bill passed on Christmas Eve by the US Senate that is currently being considered in the US House of Representatives. The Libertarian Party calls on the US House to vote down this disastrous plan, and instead to pass […]
(updated March 28, 2010) The Chicago Tribune writes: Wes Benedict, executive director of the Libertarian Party, cited a Cato Institute report that census information was used during World War I to locate draft resistors and during World War II to round up Japanese-Americans and put them in internment camps. "Breaches happen on purpose or by […]
For Immediate Release Tuesday, March 16, 2010 WASHINGTON – Libertarian Party (LP) Chairman William Redpath released the following statement today regarding the 2010 census: “The Libertarian Party believes that the federal government’s current census procedures are unconstitutional, unnecessary, and too expensive. We believe that the census is constitutionally limited to collecting only one piece of […]
March 15, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, I gave a speech to the Libertarian Party of Maryland state convention on Saturday about how "Libertarian Candidates Make a Difference." Maryland has a nice slate of Libertarian candidates for the 2010 elections. See our entire list of candidates sorted by state.
From the Austin American-Statesman: The Travis County Libertarian Party nominated 18 candidates for the November general election.
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