This article has previously appeared in LP News. Should Libertarian candidates be “Goo Goos”?  I believe that advocating certain types of Goo Goo legislation is basically a low-risk tactic that may produce liberty-enhancing outcomes. The term “Goo Goo” is political slang for advocates of so-called “good government” reforms.  (I believe the term was widely used during civil service... 

If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all. – Jacob Hornberger. Every four years, voters in the United States are given a choice between two major party candidates in the Presidential election.  We are often told that either of these candidates are the “mainstream” candidates and if you want your vote to count, you need to choose between either one of... 

First of all, I am not a candidate and have no plans on becoming a candidate for the LNC Chair’s race during the 2010 LNC elections.  That being said, I have some suggestions for the delegates as to the type of candidate for Chair they should support at the 2010 convention. 2012 Presidential Campaign: First, the 2010-2012 LNC Chair should not under any circumstances be a candidate for our 2012... 

The primary objective of any political party is to build a voter base sufficient to elect the party candidates to public office, the most important of which are candidates for the U. S. Congress and the Tennessee legislature. A basic LPTN county organization will require a minimum of three Libertarian Party members for each voting precinct in each county. The County Chair, then, is the kingpin in... 

What is a Strategic Plan? Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Successful businessmen have been doing strategic planning for millennia. 25 years ago, it was understandable that the newly-founded Libertarian Party would have done little in the way of strategic planning. In 2000, a quarter-century later, the elected National Committee should routinely treat strategic planning as a primary task.... 

Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Businessmen have been doing it for millennia. The Hellenic philosopher Archimedes, challenged ‘if you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich’, is said to have used strategic planning: He anticipated an excellent olive harvest and used out-of-season options trading to corner the market on olive presses, thereby becoming wealthy. We are not a...