Posted at Poli-Tea: At Political Perspectives, Stephen Lahanas announces his intention to run for US Senate in Ohio as an Independent, writing: This nation has a problem. That problem is focused on our political process – that problem transcends partisan politics and affects all aspects of our daily lives. The problem we’re facing is the [...]

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Holiday Greetings from 2008 Presidential nomination candidate and 2010 Libertarian National Committee Chair candidate George Phillies: The very original recipe can actually be found at verybestbaking.com, but this is *not the original recipe* Mindful of the season, and noting that at least one IPR commenter was reduced to stabbing himself with a croissant, I offer [...]

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports While Uzbeks’ choice of candidates will be narrower, they at least now know their systems is among the most democratic. Uzbekistan has held parliamentary elections three times since gaining independence in 1991; none have been seen by observers as meeting Western democratic standards. On December 27, Uzbeks will again head [...]

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As we all know, truth is stranger than fiction. The inspiration for this post was in the comments on Political world reacts to news Lou Dobbs may run for President. Dominick-CT wrote The libertarian party should recruit Dobbs. Maybe the Libetarians would be able to get 5% in 2012 I responded Don’t give them any [...]

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The Philadelphia Inquirer has a story about ethical problems with the Pennsylvania court system. The story says that the state’s Judicial Conduct Board, which is supposed to investigate ethics problems with state court judges, does not do its job and is intent on keeping its actions secret from other government agencies.

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Posted in Ballot Access News: The December 25 issue of the Durango (Colorado) Herald has this story about Joelle Riddle’s lawsuit against a law that says no one may be an independent candidate if that person has been a member of a qualified party an entire year before filing. Riddle is a County Commissioner who [...]

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Chris Hoitash writes in The Easten Echo The original Whig party existed about 100 hundred years ago. Abraham Lincoln and other early Republicans came from this party, which slowly declined to extinction after the Republicans gathered steam. This new party is much more recent, and smaller, with state chapters in only 28 states, Michigan included. [...]

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Boston Tea Party National Committee has, by a vote of 4-0 with two members not voting, endorsed Joe Kennedy for US Senate. Joe Kennedy is running as an independent in the special election to fill the seat vacated by the late Edward Kennedy from Massachusetts (he is not related to the late Senator). Joe Kennedy [...]

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National Chair: Bill Redpath, incumbent, not seeking reelection, although he may run for a different position on the LNC. Known candidates: Wayne Root Mark Hinkle (1, 2) George Phillies (1, 2) Ernest Hancock: I’ve not found an article, but I saw an email response from him on a yahoo group (can’t remember exactly where or [...]

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by Brent McMillan, Executive Director of the Green Party of the United State GP.org Fall 2009 Green Pages At a press conference at the Green Party of the United States Annual National Meeting in Washington DC in 2003, then Green State Assembly member Matt Ahern was asked by a reporter, “So what’s it like to [...]

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Posted in the Hartford Courant by Jon Lender. Found by way of GP.org. A political activist and free-lance journalist who is suing the police over his arrest in Hartford at Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s 2007 inauguration parade says he has found evidence that state police used phony e-mail identities to gather information on political activities. [...]

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According to Politics1.com, The WWP was formed in 1959 by a pro-Chinese communist faction that split from the Socialist Workers Party. Although the WWP theoretically supports worker revolutions, the WWP supported the Soviet actions that crushed worker uprisings in Hungary in the 1950s, Czechoslovakia in the 1960s and Poland in the early 1980s. The WWP [...]

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Posted in Ballot Access News: The December 25 New York Times has this article about Sonoma County, California Christmas tree decorations in county buildings. It mentions that the activist who is opposed to government office display of religious symbols is Irv Sutley, and it also mentions that Sutley is associated with the Peace and Freedom [...]

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From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution By Bob Barr New cybersecurity Czar faces huge hurdles President Barack Obama has reached into the private sector and named Howard A. Schmidt as the new coordinator for cybersecurity in the administration – a new “Cybersecurity Czar,” if you will. Mr. Schmidt has his work cut out for him; balancing the [...]

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Press release from LPHQ posted at LP.org: For Immediate Release Friday, December 25, 2009 How Liberty Makes Health Care Virtually Universal by Mary J. Ruwart, Ph.D. Everyone knows that health care costs are soaring every year, making medical bills and insurance unaffordable for many. No relief is in sight with the health care bills being [...]

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ERic Moskowitz reports in the Boston Globe: Brown presses Coakley for one-on-one debate Independent will join rivals 3 more times The major candidates running for the state’s first open Senate seat in 25 years sparred yesterday over the debate schedule for the remainder of the special election campaign, with Republican Scott P. Brown accusing Democratic [...]

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By Ralph Nader Nader.org This is the golden age of muckraking books and documentaries but some of them may have escaped your attention because reviews and promotions cannot keep up with the sheer volume of material. Here are my recommendations for your Holiday and later reading time: 1. Achieving the Impossible by Lois Marie Gibbs; [...]

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Posted at LPKY.org LIBERTARIANS BELIEVE IN EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE The Libertarian Party of Kentucky today reiterated that they are the party of acceptance. “Liberty, freedom, and true economic prosperity cannot exist in a system which institutionalizes racism, bigotry, or other kinds of unfounded hatred,” said Ken Moellman, Chairman and Northern Kentucky native. “There’s [...]

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Karl Dickey in the Examiner: Palm Beach County commission candidate, Karl Dickey said this morning, “Our county commissioners should take a pay cut showing they are serious about getting the budget under control. We need to slash commissioner salaries by at least 35%.” Although such a reduction is mostly symbolic based on the size of [...]

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