Former LNC staff member Robert Kraus warns of potential legal issues that may face the LNC. (This article was much of a comment by Robert Kraus, and has been elevated to article status. Reminder: The Chair & other officers of the LNC continue to be in direct violation of DC Non-profit Code – in particular: Standards of Conduct (D.C. Code…
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Political Analysis by Stewart Flood SPOILER ALERT: Love it or hate it, if you never watched this movie then go watch it before reading this! What can I say? I had to find a way to bring one of my favorite movies into this. The premise of the movie is quite simple: The USSR builds a super sub, designed to…
Commentary by Stewart Flood Earlier in the week I was sitting here at my desk, working on some code, when there was suddenly a knock on the door. No, it wasn’t Santa Claus, it was something better. I went over the door and asked who it was. The response came back: “This is Mike Gastin and I’m running for city…
Commentary by Stewart Flood A word of advice to anyone trying to write in the modern world: don’t ever take a weekend vacation where they don’t let you talk politics or religion. It throws you off pace. But while I was on this weekend retreat at the end of June, I did manage to sneak in a few minutes on…
[Editor: Publius Valerius has sent us Part III of his, her, their, or its proposals for a new party. (“Its”? Under modern conditions, the possibility that Publius Valerius is an Artificial Intelligence cannot be completely ruled out.)] To deal with the people who are not welcome, since there is a general tendency of small political parties to attract to their…
Toward an Organizing Committee for a New Freedom-Aligned Party by Publius Valerius [Editor: We are in receipt of a new statement by Publius Valerius. His, her, or their opinions are his, her, or theirs.] The responses to my previous post raised a variety of questions that are meritorious for further discussion. Publius Valerius Publicola was a Roman patriot of the…
Toward an Organizing Committee for a New Freedom-Aligned Party by Publius Valerius Surveys have shown roughly equal division between people who think that libertarians should abandon the Libertarian party and tried to take over the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, people who think that libertarians should try to cover their party from the current controllers, people who think that…
Because ‘first past the post’ election schemes work just fine when only one party is on the ballot. One of our political sources counted. In 2022, only 10% of state legislators had opposition in their primary election. Two-thirds of state legislators had no opponent in the General Election. Massachusetts needs a Second Party, the Republicans being effectively not in business…
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No, that’s not a typo. I said lost not won. Of course most people currently living in the US would call it a victory. The winners get to write the history books. However, if you were someone who lived on this continent before the relentless swarm of invaders headed inward from the eastern shore, you would say lost. The same…