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Article Last Updated: 9/20/2004 05:59 AM Laid-back Big Water mixes gay mayor, polygamists Near Lake Powell: The libertarian town of 400 residents almost liberalized its marijuana laws a few years ago By Mark Havnes The Salt Lake Tribune BIG WATER - The tiny town of Big Water is not a typical Utah community. There is no church. At least 10 percent of its more than 400 residents are unaffiliated polygamists. It does not have a main street. The Town Council once tried to pass more-lenient marijuana laws. And Big Water has an openly gay mayor. Situated in a small oasis...

Eliminate Primary Elections The best way to greatly reduce the influence of big money in American politics is to eliminate the primary elections. Choosing nominees in primary elections was invented as a reform to get away from those famous "smoke-filled backrooms." That was a reference to the old political machines, which were active in most large American cities. They often played a major role in choosing nominees. As often happens with reforms, the reform has produced a greater problem than the one it was intended to solve. It's true that money is the mother's milk of politics, but it is...

Christopher Brodeur — a New Yorker who became one of Giuliani's most ardent critics during his two terms in City Hall — jumped out of his seat. "Three thousand people are dead!" Brodeur yelled before security guards escorted him out. "They were not killed because he's a great leader. ... Let's ask some real questions!" - from AP article What the AP neglects to mention is that “this perverted little creep” (Guiliani’s description) is a weirdo who fancies himself a mayoral candidate: If the 2 million plus voters in New York City heard my platform or saw my ideas, I'd...

Allright, Ive been a long time lurker here at FR, and I signed up for a sn a few months ago. I just have one question thats been bothering me for awhile. I saw a thread about someone smoking tobacco on thier patio, and being sued by a neighbor because he said it made him unhealthy. The majority of conservative responses could be summed up as "what people do on thier property, if it isnt harming anyone, is fine, and protected by the constitution" now using this logic to support tobacco use, i just have to wonder why the typical...

Saddam’s Capture Means Trouble for U.S. Officials by Jacob G. Hornberger Special to the NNPA from The Future of Freedom Forum Originally posted 12/16/2003 News Analysis FAIRFAX, Va. (NNPA)-In his official statement celebrating the capture of Saddam Hussein, President Bush announced that “the former dictator of Iraq will face the justice he denied to millions.” Notably lacking from the president’s statement, however, was whether the U.S. government would agree to relinquish control over Hussein’s trial to the Iraqi government or to an international tribunal consisting of independent judges. Why wouldn’t U.S. officials readily agree to relinquish jurisdiction over Hussein’s...

=============================== NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037 World Wide Web: http://www.LP.org =============================== For release: February 5, 2003 =============================== For additional information: George Getz, Communications Director Phone: (202) 333-0008 Ext. 222 E-Mail: pressreleases@hq.LP.org =============================== Bush's dirty little budget secret: $10 in new spending for every dollar in tax cuts, Libertarians say WASHINGTON, DC -- If you think President Bush's tax cuts will save you money, guess again, Libertarians say, because the long-term spending increases in his new budget outnumber tax cuts by a ratio of 10 to 1. "Showing gratitude for Bush's tax...

Actions Speak Loudest: Who's the more fiscally conservative, Clinton or Bush? by Veronique de Rugy August 8, 2002Veronique de Rugy is a fiscal policy analyst at the Cato Institute. President Bush may be repeating the sins of his father. Although elected on a Reaganesque, tax-cutting platform, he has veered left. President Bush has signed a bill to regulate political speech, issued protectionist taxes on imported steel and lumber, backed big-spending education and farm bills, and endorsed massive new entitlements for mental-health care and prescription drugs. When the numbers are added up, in fact, it looks like President Bush is less...

Thought for the day If you believe in a truly libertarian society, your only way to success is in working to build a society based upon traditional morality, shame and chastity. Contradictory? Actually, no. Given a little examination, it turns out to be rather obvious; almost self-evidently true. If you want to live in a country where every man supports himself rather than looking to the taxpayer, where crime is rare and so massive police powers, ID cards and DNA databases are superfluous, you will not do so on the back of the destructive policies of social liberalism. Libertarians traditionally...