Gay Marriage 2013: Should Libertarians Support Marriage Equality?
Richard Lorenc in Politics 5 days ago
After becoming legal in Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota already this year, the advance of gay marriage appears unstoppable. Libertarians, however, are divided for reasons that may surprise.
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Who Won the Third Party Presidential Debate: Gary Johnson and libertarianism
Richard Lorenc in Politics 7 months ago
Live-blog of the presidential debate on Oct. 23 between the Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson, Green Party's Jill Stein, Justice Party's Rocky Anderson and Constitution Party's Virgil Goode.
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Unemployment Rate Drops: BLS Numbers Are Imprecise and Do Not Reflect Real Picture
Richard Lorenc in Politics 8 months ago
Measuring big things and big ideas is difficult. The government tries to get a feel for national unemployment, but every attempt is imprecise and reveals government's basic lack of knowledge.
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10 Libertarian Questions for Progressive Millennials on How We Can Work Together
Richard Lorenc in Millennials 8 months ago
In order for millennials to make any kind of progress, we will need to examine our answers to fundamental questions about the role of government in our lives.
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Chicago Teachers Union Strike: You Might As Well Investigate the CTU For Antitrust
Richard Lorenc in Politics 8 months ago
Imagine you lived in a city where a single entity operated 86 percent of the schools, a prime example of monopolistic behavior. Welcome to Chicago.
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Ron Paul Supporters See Libertarian Opportunity in Paul Ryan as VP
Richard Lorenc in Politics 9 months ago
On federal spending, libertarians can do business with Paul Ryan.
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Ron Paul and Millennials Agree On Key Libertarian Issues
Richard Lorenc in Politics 10 months ago
Libertarianism is here, it’s not going away, and it will be Millennials who bring its noble ideas into a new political mainstream.
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John Roberts Obamacare Decision: A Libertarian Defense of the Chief Justice
Richard Lorenc in Politics 11 months ago
“Conservative” doesn’t mean conservatives always get what they want. In fact, it means they often don’t. That makes Chief Justice John Roberts the most conservative judge on the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court Health Care Decision: Obamacare Ruling No Reason to Freak Out
Richard Lorenc in Politics 11 months ago
Millennials have a lot riding on tomorrow's Supreme Court decision on Obamacare. But it's never been anything we could control, so we shouldn't let it anger us.
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10 Big Misconceptions About Libertarianism
Richard Lorenc in Politics 11 months ago
Last weekend, my libertarian group manned a table at an outdoor civic event in Chicago. Most people were interested, but a handful shared some basic misunderstandings about the philosophy.
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Obesity is Caused by Government Intervention, Not Big Gulps
Richard Lorenc in Politics 12 months ago
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is outlawing the Big Gulp to curb rising levels of obesity in his city. But government intervention in food is actually a prime cause of unhealthy eating.
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NATO Summit Chicago 2012: Police Presence Heavy, But No Protesters to Be Found
Richard Lorenc in World 1 year ago
100 state police officers cordoned off the downtown courthouse, and they soon moved across the street to surround City Hall. Only problem? There were no protesters in either place.
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NC Amendment One Results Shows Conservatives Still Love Big Government
Richard Lorenc in Politics 1 year ago
Conservatives historically sought to protect institutions from radical change through government action. Today, however, they use the force of government actively to achieve their private aims.
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Equal Pay Hurts Working Women
Richard Lorenc in Politics 1 year ago
On Tuesday, many activists celebrated legislation that requires women to be paid the same as men for particular jobs. But this legislation actually harms women's working and earning prospects.
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Government-Centric Health Care is Inefficient and Unresponsive to Patients' Needs
Richard Lorenc in Politics 1 year ago
The only way forward is to leave the answers to the decisions of health care consumers and producers (informed by prices) in a free health care market.
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Obamacare is Bad Public Policy, Only Free Market Health Care Solutions Will Work
Richard Lorenc in Politics 1 year ago
Here are five reasons why Obamacare is bad public policy that makes problems with health care availability, cost, and accessibility worse.
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Chicago Woman Takes On The IRS
Richard Lorenc in Business 1 year ago
A Chicago entrepreneur filed suit today in federal court to challenge a new, illegal IRS rule that would require her to spend time and money for a license to prepare other people's taxes.
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A 'Civil Right to Unionize' is Bad Public Policy
Richard Lorenc in Politics 1 year ago
An op-ed in Wednesday's New York Times argues for amending to the Civil Rights Act to include the "right to unionize." But this is another attempt for a special interest group to get a leg up.
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Obama Administration’s Owl Plan Illustrates the Folly of Progressivism
Richard Lorenc in Science 1 year ago
The AP reported on Tuesday that the Interior Department is developing a plan to shoot or remove barred owls to increase the population of the northern spotted owl.
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Today's Democrats Are Not Real Liberals
Richard Lorenc in Politics 1 year ago
These days, a 'liberal' is usually considered to be someone who is pro-choice, anti-war, and in favor of gun control. But can these policy preferences really be called liberal?
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Ron Paul Will Lose the 2012 Election, But Change U.S. Politics For the Better
Richard Lorenc in Politics 1 year ago
Ron Paul is using his presidential campaign to educate fellow candidates, Republicans, and citizens on the true meaning of liberty.
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Is Ron Paul's Foreign Policy Dangerous?
Richard Lorenc in World 1 year ago
Would a President Ron Paul invite harm to America through a naive conception of foreign affairs, or would his policies actually make the U.S. safer physically and sounder fiscally?
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Does the 2012 Presidential Race Actually Matter?
Richard Lorenc in Politics 1 year ago
Would all the money, time, and inevitable heartbreak generated by the 2012 presidential election be more productively spent elsewhere?
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Is Income Inequality Unjust?
Richard Lorenc in Business 1 year ago
Is income inequality an important issue of social justice that only government can address, or is it an insignificant statistic being used to make redistribution policies more popular?
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