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Garry Reed

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Texas politicians still shoveling REAL ID horse manure

The Texas REAL ID bill, considered by many in the Lone Star State as horse manure, is scheduled to be heard on May 2, 2013, before the Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee in Austin...

 

 

Should libertarians trust the state to safeguard their gold?

Texas Governor Rick Perry wants to bring the state's $1 billion worth of gold bullion back home. It currently resides in a vault in New York City. Meanwhile, Southlake Republican Congressman Giovanni Capriglione...

 

 

Libertarian Meetup meets TANSTAAFL Pub

Tarrant County Libertarians are holding their next Meetup at the TANSTAAFL Pub in Arlington on Wednesday, April 17. This would seem like a natural since the relationship between libertarians and the pub's name and meaning is entirely appropriate; the Libertarian Party, TANSTAAFL, and TANSTAAFL Pub all have roots in the 1970s...

 

 

Connecticut's new gun laws great news for psychopaths

The Connecticut Post broke the great news on Monday, April Fools Day, but they weren't fooling: "State to have toughest gun laws in the nation, lawmakers say." This is indeed great news for serial killers, mass murderers, violent gang members and other psychopaths...

 

 

Libertarians need their own Brain Food Truck

Sheila Dean, who has long served as Libertarian News Examiner's Special Correspondent on national ID and surveillance issues, has this time spotlighted a new twist on the modern food trucks prowling the streets of our cities...

 

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Sociopaths, zombies and 'the state is our greatest invention'

In his Salon article “The Walking Dead”: Anti-libertarian critique" Steven Lloyd Wilson attempts to make the case that without our "greatest invention," the state, we'll all be just a pack of nameless, aimless shameless zombies...

 

 

Kops don't want no smart peeples

An old abc news article datelined September 8, 2000 and reported in Libertarian News Examiner in 2012 as "Bozo cops only; others need not apply" has been resurrected...

 

 

Do Libertarians deserve better spokespeople than the Pauls?

Do libertarians deserve better spokespeople than Ron and Rand Paul? MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell called the Pauls "paranoid, lying politicians" in a 9:20 minute video rant...

 

 

Is there any real 'liberaltarianism' on the left?

New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat introduced "liberaltarianism" to his readers, defining it as "a phrase coined in 2006 by Brink Lindsey ,then of the Cato Institute, to describe the possibility of a liberal-libertarian rapprochement...

 

 

Guns and mental health: Be careful what you wish for

"Connecticut passed a law today that bans so-called assault weapons. This is not hitting the real problem of mental health...

 

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Your work keeps getting better and better.  Keep it up!

This writer, Garry Reed, is a prolific Libertarian who has taught me so much. He is an analytical thinker and a sparky writer.

I love your stuff.  Please keep writing.

Your articles are an inspiration. I am so glad you find the time to write them, I will always find the time to read them.

Thanks for the great reporting. I am a lifetime registered Republican. I am very angry with all the politicians. I have voted republican all my life, but things are really changing now. The more I read your articles and listen to the media, the more I think I'm a Libertarian. I also consider myself a Conservative and an Independent.

Damn you, Garry! I'm too busy as it is, and now I have to stop and read your posts whenever they show up, because they are just that good. Hopefully lots of people who aren't already members of the choir are reading these too!

 

    

 

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