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May 17, 2013 It is a common misunderstanding that those who support the legalization of cannabis, if only for medical reasons, are a gaggle of pot smokers in the pejorative sense who do little to contribute to society as hard working Americans. Across all political and economic lines, the use of cannabis has been consistent [...]

The following is an article from the June 2013 issue of Reason magazine about the Free State Project. It is part of the front page series called “Experiments in Libertarian Living.” The three experiments are FSP, free cities in Honduras and secessionionists in Australia. Garrett Quinn is a frequent contributor who covered the 2012 Libertarian Party National Convention in [...]

Riley J. Hood is the chairman of the Constitution Party of Wisconsin (CPoW). He ran for U.S. Senate in 2012 as a write-in candidate and received 70 votes. The following are three new articles from him on education,  the IRS and the separation of church and state.  C-Scope, A Race to the Bottom Published May 17th, 2013 [...]

May 17, 2013 Department of Education, Democracy Branch The Green Shadow Cabinet’s Department of Education expresses our strong support for the students at Cooper Union who have been peacefully occupying their campus President‘s office since Wednesday, May 8, in protest of the college’s recent decision to end the policy of free education for all students. [...]

Randy Stufflebeam is the national vice-chairman of the Constitution Party. He hosts his radio show, Constitutionally Correct, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays each week. It is billed as Constitution Party Talk Radio. On May 16th, he hosted the latest broadcast. The guests were Constitution Party of Virginia Vice-Chairman Aaron Lyles and 2014 CP candidate for [...]

On May 18th, the Libertarian Party of Utah state convention was held. Here  is a post from the Utah LP Facebook page: Thank you to everyone who came to today’s state convention. To recap, the elections went as follows: Courtney White as Chair Mark Hilgenberg as Vice-Chair Shawn Curtis as Treasurer Katie White as Secrerary [...]

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Published on weare1776.org on May 17th, 2013. The interviewer was Michael Gray.  By Michael Gray, Contributor, We Are 1776 I recently had the pleasure of conducting an online interview with Robert Sarvis, the Libertarian candidate for Governor of Virginia. I found his ideas insightful and refreshing in comparison to the Republican and Democratic agendas with which Virginians have [...]

        From the CP of Pennsylvania website:      All Freedom-Lovers are invited to join us for the 7th Annual Constitution Party of Allegheny County Picnic at Harmar Grove, North Park RSVP HERE Our “Back to Basics” picnic is about the simple life.  It is about the old-fashioned way of doing things. [...]

Darrell Castle discusses Benghazi from the perspective if Retired Four-Star Admiral James Lyons. Castle was the 2008 vice-presidential nominee of the Constitution Party. He is considering seeking the CP’s presidential nomination for 2016. (https://www.facebook.com/DarrellCastle2016?fref=ts) Listen to more Castle Report podcasts on Sound Cloud, or choose from the complete collection at www.castlereport.us.

News Release May 17, 2013 Libertarian Party: Don’t waste time investigating IRS, abolish it NOW along with income tax Return to 1992 spending level would allow balanced budget, end to income tax The presidential administrations of Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and, now, Barack Obama have all been [...]