Chris Spangle Responds to David Nolan's Letter to the LNC

Libertarian Party of Indiana Executive Director responds to David Nolan's letter to the Libertarian National Committee in his blog post "Political Science is as Important as Political Theory".

Libertarian Party of Wayne County Chair Rex Bell Guest Panelist on Palladium-Item Web Site Program

On Thursday, July 16th, Libertarian Party of Wayne County Chair Rex Bell was a guest panelist on the Richmond Palladium-Item web site program, P-I Live!. He was joined by liberal Robert Hertzog and conservative Nate Lamar for a recreation of Point, Counterpoint, and Another Point. It was a live chat format.

Wayne County Libertarians Advertising in Hagerstown High School Sports Program

The Libertarian Party of Wayne County will be placing "The World's Smallest Political Quiz" in the Hagerstown High School sports program again this year.

LP Stuff.com

My friend and fellow Libertarian Webb Garlinghouse runs LP stuff.com. You can get all types of Libertarian items at LP stuff.com, including buttons, banners, signs, clothing, mugs, etc. Check it out.

What's Going On With the Libertarian Party of Indiana

On June 30th, Libertarian National Committee member Rebecca Sink-Burris and Libertarian Party of Indiana Executive Director Chris Spangle went to a rally at the State House presented by Patients United Now

Libertarian Party of Indiana Central Committee member Travis Zellers (5th District) is moving to Florida. He works for Apple (my favorite computer maker). Travis will be missed in Indiana. Florida Libertarians will be blessed!

Last Tuesday, July 7th, the Libertarian Party of Hamilton County and the LIbertarian Party of Indiana had a tent at the Vans Warped Tour '09. It was a very popular tent and scores of concert goers took the World's Smallest Political Quiz. A super majority of the test takers scored in the upper Centrist or Libertarian quadrant. The future of this country is with the youth!

Libertarian Sean Shepard Feature Interview in Today's Indianapolis Star

Libertarian Sean Shepard is featured in an interview in today's Indianapolis Star titled "Trying to help dial back federal power".

Shepard was the Libertarian candidate in last year's special election for Indiana's 7th Congressional District. He is currently Communications Director for the LIbertarian Party of Marion County.

The Libertarian Party - For the Poor and Other Comments as We Celebrate July 4th

The Libertarian Party is about truly free markets and government doing a few things well, such as enforcement of laws against fraud. The federal government has grown so large and has lost so much focus, it was not able to do anything about the massive fraud perpetrated by Bernie Madoff over at least 16 years!

Libertarians are not a part of the Republicans or Democrats, which are advocates of special interest groups, such as corporations or unions.

Libertarians advocate for equality, fairness and the common woman/man. For example, Libertarians abhor the regressive Social Security tax, which only taxes a low level of income, which guarantees the poor have to pay a larger percentage of their limited income for the tax than the wealthy.

Libertarians also abhor all of the business regulations that prevent the poor from starting their own businesses by making it too difficult and expensive to do so. But the R's and D's prefer workers - they don't want them competing against their business owner elites.

Common Ground Between the Philosophies of Christianity and Libertarianism

Former Libertarian congressional candidate Eric Schansburg is a prolific writer. One of his articles is "Common Ground Between the Philosophies of Christianity and Libertarianism". It was published in the Journal of Markets & Morality, Volume 5, Number 2 (Fall 2002): 439-457

Our Current Government Doesn't Work - Cancer Grant System Promotes Research Foundation Survival - Not Treatment Breakthroughs

The New York Times has a good article on how the current cancer research grant system, fueled mightly by the United States government, has become a jobs program for research laboratories, and not a system designed to find "game-changing discoveries". It is titled "Grant System Leads Cancer Researchers to Play It Safe".

2nd Annual Libertarian Party of Marion County July 4th Party

The Second Annual Libertarian Party of Marion County July 4th party will be held from noon until 5:00 p.m. at the Dijak-Robinson home, 1222 Evison Street, Indianapolis, IN 46203.

There will be food, beer & GREAT conversations!

At 5:00 p.m. Marion County Libertarians will gather at 901 Shelby Street, Indianapolis, IN (Fountain Square) for the Art of July Parade through Fountain Square.

Wrap up the day with live music and the Downtown Fireworks Show at the southwest corner of Virginia Avenue and Leonard Street.

Minimum donations to the party for the event:

ADULTS: $20
CHILDREN (12 & under): $10

Brad Klopfenstein is Tomorrow's Guest Host on WXNT Abdul in the Morning

Former Libertarian Party of Indiana Executive Director Brad Klopfenstein will be hosting the Abdul in the Morning Show tomorrow from 6-9am on Newstalk 1430 AM WXNT in Indianapolis. He'll be talking about Farrah Fawcett, Mark Sanford & Bob Rohrman's lawsuit, politics with Libertarian Tim Maguire, and also will be taking calls for his panel of alcohol experts (Brad is the current Executive Director of the Indiana Licensed Beverage Association).

Another Future Libertarian Voter

Former Libertarian Party of Indiana Chairman Todd Singer is the proud father of his second child today. Myra Campbell Singer was born June 25, 2009 at 2 AM.