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The NRA may not be complaining, but this week’s election has once again thrown the fate of the Second Amendment into question. At least gun owners feel it, and that’s why they’ve been lining up and leaving the shelves empty at gun stores across the country.
Local gun dealers quickly are running out of stock of [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Politics, libertarianism
I watched the presidential debate at Reason’s HQ, where Libertarian Bob Barr responded in real time to the major candidates’ answers. I was afraid the event would be Barr shouting at a television, but the whole thing came off surprisingly well — the candidate would just motion to an aide to mute the volume when [...]
Filed under: Election, War, libertarianism
More than one person has observed to me the funereal vibe in the Xcel Center this week. “It’s like the walking dead in there,” said one new media broadcaster. Maybe on Sunday and Monday, before the proceedings kicked into typical gear. But now I liken things less to Dawn of the Dead than to the [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Election, libertarianism
Yesterday was the grassroots Ron Paul march/rally on the National Mall, six thousand marchers and more than a dozen speakers, from Tom Woods to G. Edward Griffin (author The Creature From Jekyll Island) to Michael Scheuer to Naomi Wolf — and, of course, Dr. Paul himself at the climax of the day’s events. Woods gave [...]
Filed under: libertarianism
This Saturday is the grassroots-organized Ron Paul Revolution March on Washington D.C., and it promises to be one of the most eclectic and interesting things this town has seen in a while. The march, from the north lawn of the Washington Monument down Connecticut Ave. to the west side of Capitol Hill, begins at 9:30 [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, libertarianism
As long as government is involved in controlling markets to some extent–regulating, taxing, exempting from taxes, subsidizing–corruption will run rampant. Amid the unfolding controversy over the VIP loans Countrywide Financial extended to powerful lawmakers, people have been missing the real point: Bank of America, who is buying Countrywide and all its crummy loans, stands to [...]
Filed under: Economics, libertarianism
Brendan and Dan say that Boris Johnson’s recent edicts show a disappointing bossy streak in London’s new mayor. Quite right. But it’s hard to feel upset about the booze ban on the Underground, especially if, like me, you have had drunks wet themselves in the seat next to you, or seen them vomit on [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, libertarianism
Writing at Reason online, Brendan O’Neil criticizes what he sees as new London mayor Boris Johnson’s authoritarian tendencies. Johnson has banned drinking on London’s subways and buses and wants to take away juvenile offenders’ travel passes. “Like a Stalinist thug, he’ll deny internal freedom of movement within London to any youngster who fails to behave [...]
Filed under: World, libertarianism
My Reason review of Pure Goldwater, a collection of the late senator’s journals and miscellanea edited by his son, Barry Jr., and John Dean, is now up at their website. Unlike more famous Goldwater books like Conscience of a Conservative, this one is actually the senator’s own words (even though, weirdly enough, the publisher has [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, libertarianism
It took six rounds of balloting, but former Georgia Republican Rep. Bob Barr beat Mary Ruwart, the choice of the Libertarian Party’s radical caucus, for the LP’s presidential nomination today. Wayne Allyn Root, another ex-Republican, took the vice presidential slot after a tight race with medical marijuana activist Steve Kubby. Robert Stacy McCain and David [...]
Filed under: libertarianism