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This time a year ago, there was talk conservatives and libertarians finally might be ready to truly join forces on an agenda to win the 2016 elections and govern as principled believers in limited government. The libertarian wing of the Republican Party – which certainly doesn’t include all libertarians – had a respectable candidate for president in Rand Paul. Another candidate, Marco Rubio, seemed open to libertarian ideas on immigration, as indicated by his participation in the Gang of 8 proposal for immigration reform. But the longer this campaign has gone on, the more the strains of the relationship have...

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse recently had a Huff-Po tantrum. The Rhode Island Democrat was miffed that people criticized him and equally liberal Senate colleagues Barbara Boxer (CA) and Ed Markey (MA) for attacking skeptics of dangerous manmade climate change like Spanish Inquisition tormentors. He says the skeptic community’s “overheated” response mischaracterized their motives and muddled their important messages: Global warming is the most serious threat we face today. Financial incentives can affect behavior, which is why the public and Congress need to know who funded the skeptics’ research. And companies that produce harmful products want to foment uncertainty about well-established health...

Two items deserve our attention today. First, a U.S. Senator went on a tirade, referring to those who oppose the 2-trillion-dollar government takeover of healthcare as 'white supremacists' with Aryan Nation ties, right-wing extremists who belong to militias, and other such balderdash. Second, a President took a tumble. Barack Obama's policies are now opposed by a whopping 56% of the American public--the highest negatives of any President in history at this juncture in his administration.