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Why do we always have to use the government to protect people from making their own choices?
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The Democrats and Obama have put the national debt on a path to exceed GDP! That's about the worst governing since the Bush administration.
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The following is the text of the letter I wrote to the Daily Tar Heel. Please, PLEASE, write to them about the issue. Submit your letters here Democracy in North Carolina is being threatened.  Dr. Mike Beitler, Libertarian candidate for US Senate in NC was denied an invitation to two debates hosted by the...
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Now, I’m not suggesting that we govern according to the Bible, but I came across this passage and couldn’t resist sharing the strong Libertarian message. In the following passage from 1 Samuel, the Israelites fall into the statist trap, and demand a King. God warns them of the military drafts, taxes, government employees, and...
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Immigration has dominated much of the national debate recently, before the Mosque issue cast its shadow into every realm of political news media.  Pushing the debate to the forefront of politics and punditry is attempt by some congressional Republicans to nullify the 14th amendment from the Constitution. Never mind that the 14th amendment is one of the...
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Interesting news from Reuters “Cash-strapped Bulgaria and Romania hoped taxing cigarettes would be an easy way to raise money but the hikes are driving smokers to a growing black market instead. Criminal gangs and impoverished Roma communities near borders with countries where prices are lower — Serbia, Macedonia, Moldova and Ukraine — have taken...
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Last night, the Chapel Hill / Carrboro chapter of the NAACP hosted a forum for all the U.S. Senate candidates for Richard Burr’s NC seat. From the College Libertarians, I, Steve Kwon and David Deerson were in attendance. It was my first time seeing Burr’s opposition (though, quite tellingly, not Burr himself) and they...
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College Libertarians members Tom VanAntwerp (left), Donnie Hill (right) and Steve Kwon (cameraman) took a moment to celebrate their liberty on a cruise to Grand Turk. Fighting for freedom means nothing without the chance to enjoy it!
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Here is this week’s round-up of what our members are saying in the press: On March 16th, Tom VanAntwerp published a column in The Daily Tar Heel about the importance of prices and how wasteful we would be without them. On March 17th, Steve Kwon wrote an editorial demanding an end to corporal punishment...
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In response to this particularly horrible column by a couple of SDS members in the Daily Tar Heel yesterday, UNC-CH College Libertarians member Will Harris wrote this letter to the editor: I appreciate Sarah Baker’s and Ana Maria Reichenbach’s support for accessible higher education for the poor and for undocumented aliens, but their demands...
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