Yearly Archives
2011
Elected Libertarians: Madison, Ala. City Councilman Tim Cowles
Tim Cowles was elected in 2004 to represent the citizens of District 4 in Madison City, Alabama. He works for the Missile Defense Agency as a system engineering project lead. Tim is a former Army Officer, having gone through ROTC at Vanderbilt University where he got his Bachelor of Engineering degree. He served both in […]
Read moreIndiana Libertarians kick off congressional, state house races
With the 2012 elections now just months away, Libertarians across the country are kicking off their campaigns. Why can’t you be one of them? “Touting their party’s beliefs in small government, two Libertarians kicked off their campaigns for the 2012 election on Wednesday,” the New Castle (Ind.) Courier-Times reports. “In the same press release, Rex […]
Read moreFederal court hears Libertarian case
On November 29, the 9th Circuit held oral arguments in Washington Republican Party v Washington State, the case originally filed in 2005 by the Republican, Democratic and Libertarian Parties against the Washington state top-two primary system,” Richard Winger’s Ballot Access News reports. “The political parties also submitted evidence that even sophisticated reporters who cover politics […]
Read moreRepublicans, Democrats team up to censor, regulate your Internet content
“Two bills are moving through the Senate and the House at the moment, aimed at creating a host of new controls and regulations over the internet, and threatening to change the way everybody does business and interacts online,” Forbes‘ E.D. Kain writes Monday. “SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act, is the House’s attempt to […]
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