I’m out of town for a few days, but I thought IPR readers might be interested in this post from my personal blog about why I rejoined the Libertarian Party and my thoughts on the LP’s frequent internal conflicts.

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I’ve said this in the comments, but maybe it will get more response this way. I’m heading out in a little over an hour to go to Chicago for the Green Party national convention. I have a press pass for IPR (it took one simple email, quite different from the on-off-on again deal with the [...]

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From a particularly talented writer at the new Amateur Economists online magazine:
Polls show a large number of Americans are not satisfied with the choice they’re faced with this November: Obama or McCain?
One reason is that the two major-party candidates show an equal level of disdain for basic economic principles. Obama decries “the idolatry of the [...]

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From Soul Voice…
As Senator Barack Obama continues pivoting away from those primary-election positions and promises that once galvanized his Democratic base, he may have a new worry looming on the horizon in the person of Cynthia McKinney. A former Georgia Congresswoman, McKinney is said to be a shoo-in as the Green Party’s 2008 presidential nominee [...]

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In a 1,500+ word piece entitled “The Tao of Chuck,” Reason associate editor Dave Weigel profiles Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin.
Here’s a particularly interesting passage:
Baldwin’s view of the financial industry is darker than Paul’s, and it comes from a different place. Where Paul worries about the influence of the Federal Reserve, Baldwin compares “international [...]

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