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Hace unas semanas, Hugo Chávez sufrió una dolorosa derrota en Perú cuando su candidato, Ollanta Humala, perdiera las elecciones para la presidencia de la República.
The Libertarian
The UNLV dental school has determined that 10 members of its first graduating class of 71 students -- administrators refuse to release the names -- were caught using the computer password of a part-time faculty member to sign off on patient treatment
In Sunday’s newspaper there was an article about an individual wanting to hold a memorial service for his son, who was killed in Iraq, in the church he attends. The father was initially told that the service could not be held because the church has
The Libertarian
[Due to a system glitch, we're resending this column from yesterday -- apologies if you're receiving this as a duplicate mailing.]
The late Murray Rothbard, a UNLV economist of national repute, used to tell a story about his mentor, the great Au
The Libertarian
In Washington state last year, citizens placed on the ballot Initiative 912, intended to repeal a whopping new gasoline tax increase of 9.5 cents per gallon OK’d by the 2005 state Legislature.
On a local radio station, talk show hosts John Carlso
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Hace ya más de diez años, tuve la fortuna de conocer a un hombre especial y fuera de serie; Carlos Castillo Peraza. Carlos había aceptado una invitación que le extendiéramos la Universidad de Arizona y nuestra Fundación, Liberty Americas Foundation,
The Truth about the Staged "Demonstration Elections" in Colombia and Peru.
The Libertarian
Precise language facilitates clear thinking, which may help explain why our politics are in such a muddle.
What is a “conservative”? A conservative is someone who wants to keep things pretty much as they are, dubbing any major shift in direction
The Libertarian
The Second Amendment Foundation, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, announced in mid-April that they have finally prevailed upon New Orleans authorities to start returning some of the firearms confiscated from law-abiding citizens there in the im
Most individuals see that the price of gasoline, movie theater tickets, ice cream cones, and practically all other goods and services has increased quite substantially over the past fifty years. Just recently there were comments in this newspaper ab
Producing more government laws that increase the number of individuals becoming criminals is typical of a society where government regulations control the individual as opposed to allowing the individual to take responsibility for his own life. The
The Libertarian
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote today, June 8, on repealing the death tax.
The House has already voted to repeal; the president also favors the step.
There’s a lot of talk that a repeal would “cost” the government money, with “cost” being
The Libertarian
Finally freed to speak -- months after a judge ordered their gag order lifted -- a group of four Connecticut librarians are hopping mad about the infringement of their customers’ First Amendment rights, and a government that wouldn’t even let them pa
Fascist Nation
I think a privately funded monument to the Bill of Rights done in good taste, placed out in front of the state capitol is a great idea. So do all 90 legislators. So why isn’t it passing?
The Libertarian
Voting mostly along party lines, the California Assembly on May 30 gave 49-31 approval to a bill which would award the state’s presidential electoral votes not according to how California’s own residents vote, but to the recipient of the most popular
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Siendo yo un joven e imberbe banquero, a mediados de los años 70, ocupaba la gerencia de la oficina matriz de BANGANAGRI en Hermosillo. En una peculiar ocasión, discutía con mi primo, Ernesto Salazar, el concepto de la figura bancaria del reporto.
The Libertarian
In its May 20 convention in Mesquite, the Nevada Republican Party adopted a platform plank opposed to the automatic granting of citizenship to children of illegal aliens who trespass here in order to bear those “anchor babies” -- often without even p
The Libertarian
Does the freedom of speech mean no one can be punished for anything they say?
Most would agree the Bill of Rights grants no immunity for statements like “Stick ’em up and back away from that cash drawer.” But what about a government employee who
The Libertarian
In the early days of television, some kids were so reluctant to miss a Saturday morning episode of “The Lone Ranger” or “The Cisco Kid” that they’d plop themselves in front of the TV with their bowl of Cheerios while the test pattern was still on. <
The Libertarian
Does every child have a right to a high school diploma? Then why not hang them like toe tags off the wiggling pinkies of every newborn in the maternity ward? Surely that would save us billions.
Clearly, the premise must be flawed, as stated. To u
The Libertarian
The first weekend of summer, time for picnics and barbecues and trips to the beach.
To their credit, Americans never really forgot the sacrifices of those who gave the final measure to protect the freedoms we now hold so casually. But their sacri
The Libertarian
There’s another proposal to legalize marijuana being marshaled for the Nevada ballot, this time under the guise of “regulating marijuana and making it harder for kids to get.”
It’s tempting to say they never asked me for my opinion. In fact, thou
Reflexiones Libertarias
“La función de un buen gobierno no es enriquecer a la gente, sino protegerlos cuando se hacen ricos; y el que atenta más de ello, arremete contra el orden natural. Los gobiernos no pueden ni deben mantener a la gente.”
The Libertarian
Resolving a Utah case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that police officers may go into a home uninvited, without a search warrant, without knocking -- providing they assert they did so to break up a fight they saw through the kitchen window.
The Libertarian
The term “affordable housing” gets tossed around a lot, these days. Take, for instance, the question of what the city of Las Vegas should have done about the run-down and unhealthful dwelling units in the Monterey Villas apartment complex, on Tam Dri
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REFLEXIONES LIBERTARIAS ¿ERES DE IZQUIERDA O DE DERECHA II? Ricardo Valenzuela Creo que para nadie es un secreto, mi admiración por el intelecto de Juan Francisco González Iñigo, Kiko para sus amigos y para los más íntimos, El Ca
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Clark County Sheriff Bill Young won’t run for a second term. Instead, he’s doing everything he can -- waiting till the last minute to withdraw in order to give other challengers less time, even trying to turn over his $900,000 war chest intact -- to
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And so the Nevada Board of Regents, deprived of their leading candidate, have chosen as the new president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a man who was no one’s first choice -- except for activist faculty members looking for someone who would
Ann Coulter urges the Republican men she stigmatizes as wimpy to make war on Americans. See her twelve step program on Republican Manhood and buy a copy for Father's Day.
Why you should be buying gas from Citgo by Charlie Reese. "Citgo is owned by the Venezuelan government, and yes, I know that the Bush administration has launched a campaign to demonize Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. If you believe that band o
