"It's the administrative state and the bureaucrats who are actually populating the rules. They're the ones running most of the government," Tennessee wrestler-turned-mayor Glenn Jacobs tells Reason.
The former WWE star and current mayor of Knox County explains how limiting government, protecting economic freedom, and trusting communities over bureaucrats can build a stronger foundation for liberty.
Texas Rep. Chip Roy joins Nick Gillespie to talk about runaway spending, the uphill battle for health care reform, and where immigration fits into the liberty vs. sovereignty debate.
Former Rep. Justin Amash and Fox News’ Kennedy join Nick Gillespie to examine how MAGA populism reshaped the Tea Party’s limited-government mission, why Congress no longer acts as a check on power, and what it will take to spark a new libertarian revival.
The Fed should be replaced by free markets, not unbridled presidential power.
Former Rep. Ron Paul argues that slashing red tape will do more to bring down home prices than pressuring the central bank to cut interest rates.
From 9/11 to the COVID-19 pandemic, crisis moments keep reshaping the political landscape.
After announcing he would vote for Ron Paul, an onslaught of criticism ensued. Those critiques missed the mark, even though the gun rights advocate ultimately caved.
The director of The Free State Project and Maine legislator talks about the free state movement’s history, accomplishments, and future.
The Libertarian Party's controversial plan is to "stop Biden" and extract promises from Trump along the way.
Farewell to the senator's son who pioneered a TV genre, helped create the Christian right, ran for president, and earned the grudging respect of Abbie Hoffman
The George Washington University historian argues that the group's paranoid mindset and obsessions are front and center in the modern GOP.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The Burning Down the House author says the shift from Hayek's classical liberalism to Rothbard's anarcho-capitalism is a moral and practical disaster.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Burning Down the House argues that the shift from Hayek's classical liberalism to Rothbard's anarcho-capitalism has led the movement astray.
An oral history of the Libertarian Party
The L.P. just held its most-momentous convention in years. Here's what is next for the third-largest political party in the country.
It's far too easy to find glowing descriptions of Putin on the nationalist right. Even some libertarians are making excuses for Russia's invasion. They should stop.
The former Texas congressman and presidential candidate says his goal was to get people to think about freedom.
The Reign of Terror author on fighting surveillance and interventionism done in the name of stopping jihad.
The popular podcaster and comedian on the future of the Libertarian Party, his vaccine hesitancy, and fighting the culture war
Former Google engineer Vijay Boyapati talks inflation, the Austrian school of economics, and his new book on bitcoin.
No one has a right to a Facebook platform, but purges can and should be criticized.
The rate cut is too little, too late for Trump, who says after the move that his Fed chair lacks "guts, sense, vision"
"If we had to pick one of them to be our president, I think she would be giving us the best chance for bringing about peace."
Congress should make sure the next attorney general respects states' authority to set their own marijuana policy.
A recent poll shows a cross-partisan constituency still interested in smaller, less intrusive government and peace.
Political correctness isn't a communist plot.
The former Ron Paul delegate, current state senator, and underdog to unseat independent Angus King says Johnson "would be one of the best U.S. senators."
What does it take for a strong third-party candidate to get polled against a scandal-plagued incumbent? His own money, turns out.
Why an attack on "cultural Marxism" isn't compatible with a fight for liberty
The Arizona senator goes out shooting against the Paul family, even as he and the Kentucky senator make common cause on Gina Haspel.
John Stossel picks the best and worst political performances of the year.
The guy who launched a movement running for president in 2008 and 2012 was not the guy from the notorious newsletters.
The former 1988 Libertarian nominee and 2008 and 2012 Republican candidate for president says Trump is just a temporary setback for the libertarian moment.
Why should obsession with "cultural Marxism" mean one should fear protesting police crimes?
The foreword to a new history of our controversial Founder written by Ron Paul.
See where Bob Poole, Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, John Stossel, Drew Carey, Veronique de Rugy, Kennedy, Deirdre McCloskey, and other friendly faces rank in this Newsmax/FreedomFest exercise.
James Kirchick, author of The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age, warns that American freedom is threatened by the loss of liberalism abroad.
"They weren't voting for libertarian ideas—they were voting for the craziest son of a bitch in the race."
This kind of Transitive Property sloppiness is what happens when you try to pin Donald Trump on libertarians
And 13 percent name Libertarian Gary Johnson.
A frantic establishment reaches for any club in a political brawl, intellectual consistency be damned
Rolling Stone article on Sanders lists his high points as two things exactly matching big things Ron Paul fans loved about him.
Libertarian former GOP congressman calls Trump, Clinton, Cruz, Rubio, Sanders, et al "authoritarians," won't endorse anyone.
