Category: Blogs
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Juneteenth – Building Bridges of Equality
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Building Liberty
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Labor, Education, Jobs and a Libertarian Opinion
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”16px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] My first job was working as a lab assistant at the Marine Biological Laboratory. I dissected squid, got the mail, cleaned the equipment and kept track of the animal supplies… I was 13 years old, I also worked as a dishwasher,
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Into the Fire
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”] For those out there that still have financial scruples, the transition from Trump to Biden is feeling more and more like being tossed out of the frying pan, into the fire. We have gone from spend-but-don’t-tax (Trump), to spend more-tax more (Biden). But to
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Memorial Day Vigil
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-31px|auto||auto||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”] People have myriad different feelings about Memorial Day. For me, that’s the real lesson of the day. For some people it’s a day to honor the fallen. For some people it’s a contrived holiday to make the tragic seem heroic.
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There’s no I in team but there is “mine” in Eminent Domain.
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”8px||70px||false|”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||”] In Russell Kentucky, the city council has unanimously voted to seize a convalescent home in order to replace it with a parking lot that will benefit the businesses downtown. The city released a statement saying that Russell is growing and new businesses
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The Death Penalty Must Die
There are too many examples of police misconduct and falsified evidence for us to feel comfortable with the state having the authority to kill people.
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E Pluribus Unum
The American motto “Out of the many one” is meant to remind us that the founders gave us a specific name. We are meant to be state united, not unified. We are supposed to be a nation of many individuals, who come together voluntarily to do good things. That’s what the National Libertarian Day Of…