Recent News [View All]

  • Miss Utah
    In Defense of Miss Utah
    June 18, 2013

    Reality T.V. has a strange grip on our culture today and it seems a litany of shows each year try to capture a new niche market. Unfortunately, reading Mises, Hayek and Rothbard has not made me immune to the hypnotic pull watching a bunch of kids living in a house, contests of eating bugs and other disgusting items, or what appears to be an American past time, the beauty pageant. So, when my wife and the in-laws turned on the tube Sunday night, I found myself watching the finalists of the Miss USA Pageant being grilled about modern social and economic issues.
    Read Full Story

  • tylor.slinger
    The 7 reasons I thought I was a Democrat (and the reasons I’m not anymore)
    June 10, 2013

    After 17 years in the primary and collegial school systems it’s not hard to come out with a few unexamined opinions regarding political parties and their politics. I love gays, immigrants, students, helping the poor, democracy, workers, and the environment. A.k.a. what the average guy or gal on the street thinks of as a “Democrat”. But when examining the rationalizations given for specific legislative solutions, I began to re-examine those key issues that “made” me a liberal. If I wanted to build a world with more equality, more prosperity AND more freedom, the answer was not going to be more government.
    Read Full Story

  • LPMN_RainbowRifleTeam3
    Secret Civil Libertarians in the MN Legislature
    April 30, 2013

    Our libertarian activists and members work hard outside the hallowed halls of power to educate and articulate to the public on what a libertarian society would look like and how it would function if our elected officials legislated in a libertarian fashion. With all the talk of NEW taxes and spending needed to save our state, this session lacks any real discussion of libertarian ideas for solving the depression/recession cycle that has gripped our county. But there is a silver lining to the whole mess of legislation coming from the state capitol.
    Read Full Story

Upcoming Events