Libertarian History/Philosophy
Dave Smith on Big Tech Censorship, Lockdowns, and Running for President
The comedian and podcaster talks about running for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination and his beef with Reason.
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L.P. Presidential Candidate Jacob Hornberger Wants 'To Live in a Free Society'
The longtime activist is the front-runner for the L.P. presidential nomination and has a special message to young people.
Vermin Supreme Says This Time, He's Serious
"The political duopoly electioneering of the presidential system has indeed risen to the level of a joke."
Justin Amash: People Want a President 'Who Is Normal, Honest, Practical, Capable.'
The Libertarian presidential hopeful makes his case for your vote.
Donald Trump Responds To Justin Amash: 'Never a Fan…Total Lightweight…Loser'
The president goes personal in his reply to a libertarian Republican congressman accusing him of obstruction of justice.
Libertarian Party Presidential Hopeful Adam Kokesh Arrested in New Orleans for Failing to Show I.D.
The interaction began when he was stopped by the side of the road trying to power-wash stenciled messages on a dirty concrete barrier.
Maine Decides All Its Registered Libertarian Voters Are No Longer Registered Libertarians
Now the Party needs to register over 5,000 voters to get on the ballot in 2020, even though it already had that many before the state arbitrarily changed their registration.
Libertarian Bethany Baldes Gets Within 60 Votes of Victory in Wyoming State House Race Against Incumbent GOP Majority Leader
Digging in on one winnable small-total race comes very close to paying off for Libertarian strategist Apollo Pazell.
A Brutal New Poll for Gary Johnson's Senate Bid Has Him Down to Just 8% (UPDATE: Bad Poll)
Two new surveys this week show the Libertarian fading fast in New Mexico, though his overall polling average remains at 17%.
Is This Gary Johnson's Last Campaign?
The former New Mexico governor brings Reason on the campaign trail and shares insights along the way.
Stossel: Libertarian Larry Sharpe Brings New Ideas to New York
New ideas, like leasing naming rights for public bridges and buildings, would save taxpayers money.
Tom Woods: The Making of an Anti-War Libertarian
Reason's Matt Welch sat down with the popular libertarian writer and podcaster to discuss his ideological journey, his LP plans, and controversial past associations.
Gary Johnson Contemplating Libertarian Run for Senate in New Mexico
The former New Mexico governor got nearly 10 percent of the presidential vote there as a Libertarian in 2016 and has recently said Libertarians need "a success story."
'The Libertarian Party Is the Right Answer, as Broken as It Is:' Larry Sharpe
The LP candidate for the governor of New York wants to cut spending, legalize everything, and give people hope.
Libertarian Party Vice Chair Jokes About Shooting Up a School Board; Party's National Committee Declines to Suspend Him
Party officials split on how to deal with a member's radical rhetoric.
Libertarian Plays Spoiler in Close Pennsylvania Special Election
Democrat Conor Lamb declared victory this morning, but he leads Republican Rick Saccone by just 500 votes. Libertarian Drew Miller got more than 1,300.
Do Too Many Libertarians Celebrate a False 'Perfection of the Market'? [Podcast]
Michael Munger on the radicalism of public-choice economics, the failure of Democracy in Chains, and how the libertarian movement needs to evolve.
Exclusive: Libertarian Activist Austin Petersen Is Running for U.S. Senate…as a Republican! [Reason Podcast]
Second-place finisher in 2016 LP presidential primary aims to take on Democrat Claire McCaskill in home state of Missouri.
Ohio to Libertarian Party: You Can't Qualify for the Ballot By Winning Votes Since We Won't Let You on the Ballot
One dissenting justice on Ohio Supreme Court says that the group of people who got Johnson on the ballot deserve ballot status even if their candidate appeared as an "independent."
Oral Arguments Heard in Libertarian Party Lawsuit Regarding Commission on Presidential Debates
Federal judge: The FEC isn't considering the L.P.'s arguments that the Commission is unfairly partisan and using illegitimate criteria to exclude third parties.
Libertarian Party Suit Against FEC For Restrictions on How it Can Spend Its Donations to Proceed
District Judge Beryl Howell thinks the L.P.'s claim that the restrictions are "content based" and possibly illegitimate at least deserve day in court.
Washington State Set to Deny Libertarian Party Major Party Status, Based on Write-In Votes
Even though the state generally doesn't count write-in votes; but any tool to hobble the Libertarians might be good enough.
Free Staters Seem to Have Cost the Republicans a Senate Seat in New Hampshire
Former Free State Project chair Aaron Day is sure his over 17,000 votes as independent cost Kelly Ayotte her around 1,000 vote loss.
Libertarian Party Breaks Half a Million Registered Voters
Libertarian Party also earns a record number of votes for U.S. House elections, in addition to its historic presidential results.
'Your Tears Are Delicious and Your Parties Will Die,' says Libertarian Party Chair Nicholas Sarwark
Sarwark sat down with Reason's Matt Welch to discuss the post-election fallout and the future of the LP.
3 Libertarian Party Races to Watch (Besides the Presidential Ticket)
Lily Tang Williams, for Senator from Colorado; Thomas Simmons, for House of Representatives from Massachusetts; Mark Miller, for Texas Railroad Commission
Did Libertarian Gary Johnson Totally Blow it in 2016? Or Will He Quintuple His Party's Best-Ever Finish?
And will he drag the LP across the 5 percent threshold on Election Day? Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and David Weigel talk it out.
Nick Gillespie on Libertarianism, Why Gary Johnson Is a Success, Trump, Clinton, and Millennials
Also discusses where Rand Paul went wrong on "Part of the Problem" podcast with Dave Smith. Listen now!
What Has Government Done for Lower-Income, Working Americans? Screwed Them, Mostly.
The new documentary Rigged 2016 takes a tough look at the way two-party politics hurts millennials, the working poor, and minorities.
Running "Someone Sane and Honest Is *Different*": LP Chair on Gary Johnson's Appeal
Nicholas Sarwark lays out Libertarian Party strategy through end of election and post-November 8.
Do Trump's Groping, Clinton's Lying, & Johnson's Honesty Disqualify Them from the Presidency?
Podcast featuring Nick Gillespie and Katherine Mangu-Ward, with Bloomberg View's Eli Lake talking all that plus foreign policy.
"Do Not Vote for the President Until You See this Film"
Rigged is a powerful documentary about how followers of Gary Johnson, Bernie Sanders, and others have been screwed by the Dems and Reps.
Gary Johnson Lays Out a Sane, Coherent, Skeptical Foreign Policy
Libertarian candidate wants Congress to declare wars, interventions to have clearly defined goals, and an end to "War on Terror" victory fantasies.
Radical Libertarians Now Have a (Write-In) Choice for President
Darryl Perry, who pulled 6 percent in the L.P. nomination race, announces he's an official write-in candidate in many states for Libertarians bothered by Gary Johnson's departures from orthodoxy
Gary Johnson Answers 20 Questions on Science Policy
Compare his answers with Clinton, Trump, and Stein over at ScienceDebate.org
More on Richmond Times-Dispatch Endorsement of Libertarian Gary Johnson for President
The former New Mexico governor won't win in November but he does represent the future of policy.
Gary Johnson Campaign's July Financials Analyzed
62 percent of July's $1.6 million take went to consultants; August intake already announced as at least $3 million.
Matt Kibbe of Johnson-Supporting AlternativePAC Talks About Gawker Report on $30,000 Spent on "Internet Memes"
Short internet videos make more sense to reaching a relevant audience than traditional TV ad buys, he says.
Former L.P. Candidate John McAfee Still Can't Abide Gary Johnson
Antivirus software pioneer accuses the former GOP governor of compromising Libertarian principle, especially on guns.
Gary Johnson "$15 for 15" (Percent in the Polls) on August 15 Fundraising Promotion Breaks $1.5 Million
It's a record one-day small-donation take for the Libertarian Party.
CNN's Second Libertarian Presidential Town Hall Recap
So how did Gary Johnson and William Weld do?
Watch This Gary Johnson/Bill Weld Ad While Waiting for CNN Libertarian Town Hall To Start
A commercial that is eloquent in its plain-speaking appeal.
"The 3rd Party Candidate": Coming "Docu-Series" on Gary Johnson's 2016 Run
Filmmakers producing a real-time documentary on Libertarian Party nominee's race for White House.
Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson Takes Facebook Questions
Gary Johnson took online audience questions on issues such as abortion, military interventions, Edward Snowden, gun rights, the drug war, immigration, and more.