‘Walmart moms’ looking for candidates who will listen to them
“The Gender Gap, The War On Women – there’s been a lot of focus on women and moms already in this election; but is the conversation that’s been going on really the right one or the relevant one? Not according to the moms we recently spoke to in an online panel that convened over three […]
Read moreConnecticut Libertarians break fundraising record
You can’t win elections if you can’t raise money. And Libertarians are getting better at raising money. “The Libertarian Party of Connecticut has raised $15,000 in the past few weeks, a record-breaking amount,” the Norwich Bulletin reports. “The party, known for its support of limited government, had never raised more than $10,000 in any single […]
Read moreA Libertarian take on Wisconsin
Tim Nerentz, once a Libertarian candidate for Congress in Wisconsin, offers this Libertarian perspective on Governor Scott Walker’s recall election victory. “The effort to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker ended with a dull thud tonight, putting the exclamation point on 18 months of angry futility and needless public expense inflicted on the Badger state by […]
Read moreYou can’t save the country by cutting pork. You must kill sacred cows.
From’s Doug Bandow’s commentary in Forbes on what is absolutely needed to get federal spending under control, which won’t happen unless we cut military spending. The best reason to make true across-the-board cuts is substantive, not political. Military spending is far too high. Pentagon outlays have increased dramatically since 9/11. My colleagues Chris Preble and […]
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