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Liberty Alliance of Massachusetts State Convention

The Liberty Alliance of Massachusetts, the state affiliate of the Liberal Party USA, will have its annual State Convention at the end of the month.  They report: Our convention will be on Sunday, May 31st, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The cost to attend is $30. If you need to renew your membership, that’s another $30.  The convention will…

LNC Ballot Access Committee Asks $45,000 for Massachusetts

The LNC Ballot Access Committee has presented a report identifying $130,000 in Presidential ballot expenses for this year. $15,000 has already been allocated.The lead current expense is $45,000 to run a candidate for Auditor in Massachusetts. If he gets 3% of the vote, few signatures would be needed in 2028 to put the Libertarian candidate on the November election ballot.…

Massachusetts Libertarian Groups Are Inactive

We report their half-year financials: LAMA (the Liberal Party Associate) raised $1,965.00 spent $998.31 and has $1,753.12 in its Federal account. Spending included $319 for its State Convention and $257 for postage.  Liberty Tree (the state PAC of the Liberal Party associate) raised $0, spent $0, and has $1,673.47 in its state account. Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts (the LNC affiliate)…

Marriott Cancels Pro-Immigration Event

The Liberal Party USA had booked a pro-immigration Summit and Rally to be held at the Houston Airport Marriott.  The Party reports that the Marriott cancelled the booking for the event when the Liberal Party confirmed that pro-immigration persons and groups would be attending.  The Liberal Party issued a press release confirming the cancellation and reason.

Sticks and Stones

I remember years ago hearing children, myself included, reciting an old rhyme that began “Sticks and stones may break my bones”. There are numerous variations of the next line, from “But words shall never hurt me” to “But names will never hurt me” and many more. But the common theme was always that words, unlike physical weapons, cannot hurt you.…

Liberal Party USA Convention sees significant affiliate growth

Liberal Party USA held their inaugural convention in Houston this weekend.  While this author had hoped to attend, circumstances prevented travel. As most readers here know, I am clearly in support of the argument for a classic liberal party.  So while this is intended to be as unbiased as possible, please excuse any on my part that may filter in.…

Dasbach Submits Amicus on Harlos Appeal

Long time Libertarian activist Steve Dasbach, who has been very closely involved for many years with ensuring that our Presidential candidate appears on general election ballots across America, has submitted to the Libertarian Party Judicial Committee an amicus brief discussing how the Libertarian Party has normally worked to ensure that our Presidential candidate appears on as many general election ballots…

Opinion: Defining the Libertarian Party to the Public

by Chris Powell <okcspowell@gmail.com> There has been a great deal of consternation regarding the LNC acting with complete disregard for any views outside of those of one faction. Leaving discussion of the motives and practices of that group aside for the moment, any Libertarian who finds themselves at odds with the LNC or their state party organization’s approach may want…

Dallas vs Houston

I certainly apologize if anyone reading this believes I am going to talk about football.  Baseball certainly, but never football.  I was raised a Philadelphia boo-bird and I am proud of it.  Even Santa Claus fears real boo-birds. Before I go any farther, I need to post one small link.  It has been more than a year since my last…

Opinion — Moving Beyond the Sunk Cost Fallacy to a New Political Home

by Schuyler Windham I know how frustrating it can be to invest so much of yourself — your time, energy, attention, and money into something only to see it flounder or backtrack. We don’t want to feel like we’ve failed at something and we know that consistency is key to success. How do we then determine when to keep investing and when…