On the End of an Era Hello Libertarians. This is the fifteenth and last of a series of opinion articles I have been privileged to write for you once per month on an “inside baseball” topic for the Libertarian Party. I encourage everyone who has an opinion on whatever we’re talking about this month to comment or send phillies@4liberty.net your…
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A Delegate’s Guide to the 2026 Libertarian National Convention The Libertarian Party is holding a national convention in Grand Rapids, these are priorities for delegates who want to reconstruct the party to be effective moving forward. Nicholas Sarwark Dear Friends, Greetings from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where I am attending my 13th consecutive Libertarian Party national convention, this year as a…
On Shifting Focus Hello Libertarians. This is the twelfth of a series of opinion articles I’ll be privileged to write for you once per month on an “inside baseball” topic for the Libertarian Party. I encourage everyone who has an opinion on whatever we’re talking about this month to comment or send phillies@4liberty.net your longer editorials, which may well be…
The level of disagreement over immigration enforcement continues to escalate. Readers of a certain age will recall photographic coverage of the war in Vietnam, and a few images the focused people’s minds. We perhaps now, for better or worse, have a modern equivalent. In case the above was unclear, the below may get the message across: We read complaints that…
In addition to confronting directly improper actions of Federal agents, contemplate pressuring Republicans across your state. That’s every state, not just Minnesota. The pressure should be entirely non-threatening and entirely legal. A useful start is creating a public list of all the Republican politicians in the state, most notably the large number of what are in my state called city and town…
Hello Libertarians. This is the eighth of a series of opinion articles I’ll be privileged to write for you once per month on an “inside baseball” topic for the Libertarian Party. I encourage everyone who has an opinion on whatever we’re talking about this month to comment or send phillies@4liberty.net your longer editorials, which may well be published. Grossly oversimplified,…
APPENDIX TO THE APPENDIX The Axiom of Choice and Goedel’s Incompleteness Theorem It is almost certainly the case that you should skip this section. It had little to do with the rest of the book. However, once upon a time I almost tried to become a professional mathematician. There is a specific issue that I find sufficiently annoying that I…
The purchase price is a matter of public record: $825K – and the sale netted about $615K. The current value, with a small investment for repairs ($25-50K) – would have netted about $800-825K – reducing the losses by about $200K – an excellent ROI. Yes, they could have fundraised (from one major donor) for this. They could have taken a…
On Tom’s Silver Bullet Hello Libertarians. This is the seventh of a series of opinion articles I’ll be privileged to write for you once per month on an “inside baseball” topic for the Libertarian Party. I encourage everyone who has an opinion on whatever we’re talking about this month to comment or send phillies@4liberty.net your longer editorials, which may well be…
On Where the Party Ends by Nick Sarwark It’s time for the Libertarian Party to become intolerant of bigotry as the Republican Party embraces it. One of the unsung heroes of the Libertarian Party is Keith Thompson. He is a brilliant graphic artist who distills libertarian values into powerful images for the Libertarian Party of Louisiana. Keith Thompson does some…