Finishing Fourth

The December California Freedom was sent to the printer before Thanksgiving. I finally got my paper copy. Here is my editorial from the D...

Wayne Allyn Root's Boiler Room, Part 2

Last August I linked this post from a former Root employee about Wayne Allyn Root's boiler room operation . Now I find another exposé fr...

Wayne Allyn Root's New York Times Pofile

Pat Jordon of The New York Times Magazine provides an interesting profile on Wayne Allyn Root , dated January 21, 2007. Among other gems: *...

Wayne Allyn Root, Public Buffoon & Clown

Apparently, Wayne Allyn Root and Barack Obama both went to Columbia University, and graduated the same year. And apparently, Root doesn'...

Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot Ticket in California

Ron Paul for President, and Gail Lightfoot for Vice President, are now officially certified write-in candidates in California .

Ron Paul an Official Write-In Candidate in California

According to the Daily Paul : "In California, you must have 55 declared electors filed with the Secretary of State's office before ...

David Larkin, RIP

On October 19, Kit Maira reported that longtime libertarian and former Los Angeles County LP Chair, David Larkin, died on or around October ...

Good-Bye National Review

Chris Buckley, son of National Review founder William F. Buckley, has endorsed Obama and left National Review . I beat Chris Buckley by six...

Wayne Allyn Root Says He's Like Sarah Palin

The Ventura County Star quotes Root as saying: "The Republicans aren't stupid... They went out and got the female version of Wayne...

Ron Paul Endorses Constitution Party's Chuck Baldwin

Ron Paul had earlier endorsed "any third party." The Bob Barr campaign and Libertarian Party admonished Paul for remaining neutra...

Ralph Nader for Ron Paul

Ralph Nader has issued a statement of support for Ron Paul's principles. Nader claims he is not for Big Government. This was in respo...

Libertarian Party Demands U.S. Exit Afghanistan

While convening in Washington D.C. during the weekend of Sept 6 - 7, 2008, the Libertarian National Committee passed the following antiwar r...

Bob Bar to Step Aside for Ron Paul?

This has got to be an idiot internet rumor. The Economic Policy Journal is speculating that Chuck Baldwin and Bob Barr will step aside for...

Sarah Palin to Take Votes From Bob Barr

I believe Sarah Palin will be Bob Barr's undoing. In the past, the Libertarian Party ran purist libertarians. But the Barr/Root ticket ...

A Fine Line: Requiring vs. Subsidizing English

Among other items in his Washington Times op-ed , Bob Barr has said: "It is not the government’s business what people speak at home. Bu...

"Libertarians" for English Only

Libertarian Party "National Media Coordinator" Andrew Davis has issued a statement from LP headquarters, in which Davis slams Dem...

Wayne Allyn Root's Boiler Room

FWIW, here's an excerpt from an anonymous post, dated November 1, 2005, by someone who claims to be a former employee of Wayne Allyn Roo...

Is it Biden ... or Hillary?

The news media is reporting that Obama will pick Biden. I hope so. I hope it will be anyone but Hillary Clinton. But I'm a pessimist. ...

Wayne Allyn Root Calls for Afghan Surge

"Born again non-interventionist" Wayne Allyn Root is now endorsing an Iraqi-style surge in Afghanistan, according to Independent P...

I Discuss Sonny Landham at L.A. Trade Tech

Last June, I brought the libertarian message to Glendale Community College . On July 29, I brought much the same message to L.A. Trade Tech...

Sonny Landham Brings Racism and Socialism to the Libertarian Party

The Libertarian Party has become such a "big tent," its candidate for US Senate from Kentucky, Sonny Landham , has engaged in Arab...

Wayne Allyn Root Alleged "Cockroach" Remark

According to the Classical Liberal blog, "land developer Treg Loyden" spoke with Wayne Allyn Root on the campaign trail, and heard...

Libertarians Favor Obama Over Barr

According to this Rasmussen Report . It's 53% for Obama, 38% for McCain, and 3% for Other. These are Libertarians talking.

Libertarian Majority Congress, A.D. 2020

In 2020, after the Reform Caucus guts the Libertarian Party of its principles, the LP finally wins control of Congress. Reformer: “Hey, we ...

Wayne Allyn Root Campaign's Smearing of Mary Ruwart

Over at Last Free Voice , Steve LaBianca posts details on the smearing of Mary Ruwart: "Is it not common knowledge (my understanding i...

Mending the Cracks

My editorial from the July 2008 California Freedom : "I hope they have ambulances parked outside," joked one reform delegate at th...

Glendale Community College Hears Antiwar Message

I introduced a Glendale Community College class to the Libertarian Party today, courtesy of instructor Denise Munro Robb. Denise had invite...

U.S. Bullies Iraq's Bogus Democracy

Anyone who still thinks that the U.S. "liberated" rather than occupied Iraq, so we can force our military bases upon them, shoul...

I'm Published in The Nation

Actually, my letter to the editor only made The Nation 's web edition, but still, I got my libertarian points across. They even publis...

Marine Kills Puppy -- Americans Finally Outraged

Marine Lance Cpl. David Motari has been discharged for killing a puppy in Iraq. Two observations: 1. War brutalizes. Without excusing his ...

Muslim Libertarian Outreach

Hazim Kira described the American Muslim Task Force as "an umbrella organization of all Muslim organizations in this country, focused ...

Sherman Ball, the Bob Barr body artist

Most Bob Barr delegates were identifiable from their dark suits and cowboy hats. At least, that's how it seemed to non-Barr delegates. O...

Both. And Neither.

Here's my From the Editor column in the June 2008 issue of California Freedom . I finished the issue before leaving for the convention...

Is Israel an "Official" U.S. Ally?

Whether one thinks that Israel is a good or bad ally of the U.S., I'd always assumed that it was an "official" ally of the U.S...

Why Not Obama/Paul?

For Vice President, Barack Obama should pick ... Ron Paul. Like Obama, Paul has a devoted following among the young, antiwar, and change-ori...

Libertarian Party of California: "We Suck!"

San Fernando LP Chair Ed Bowers was so unhappy with his fellow California delegates (more of whom voted for Nevadan Wayne Allyn Root than fo...

Last Minute Anti-Ruwart Lies on the Convention Floor

Someone (or a group of someones) was spreading ugly and outlandish anti-Ruwart rumors on the convention floor during the voting. Before the ...

Massachusetts LP Revolts Against Barr/Root

On May 27, as I was leaving for Denver airport, a member of the LNC (who shared the van ride with me) told me that the Massachusetts LP is i...

Libertarian Party's Antiwar Resolution

One bright spot of the 2008 LP national convention was the passage of an antiwar resolution. It was introduced by Los Angeles County LP Vi...

Christine Smith's Meltdown

Many have called newbie Libertarian presidential candidate Christine Smith "delusional" and worse. Although behaving in a condesc...

Libertarian Party Convention Report

I'm at the LP convention now, on the floor. A delegate just asked about a rumor that Bob Barr's campaign is stacking the floor with...

Mike Gravel: The Best Antiwar Candidate

There are no perfect candidates. I compromise. I determine the big issues. Then I select the candidate who can best promote those issues. Wa...

May 2008 California Freedom

I'd submitted the finished May 2008 issue of California Freedom on April 27, but for some reason, it's still not up on the website....

Mike Gravel Would Be a Decent Libertarian Candidate

Former Democratic Senator Mike Gravel is now running for the LP presidential nomination. The LP could do worse. Gravel has a longtime ant...

"The Man" Doesn't Worry About the Libertarian Party

Here's a story I was told by several longtime (decades long) Los Angeles LP members over the years. Whether it’s a true story or apocr...

Wayne Allyn Root Supports Foreign Aid

Wayne Allyn Root now realizes that to get the LP presidential nomination (something his ego seems to want very badly), he must please the LP...