Libertarian Party

Many have asked what it was like to be the 2012 Libertarian candidate for vice president, along with Gov. Gary Johnson as our candidate for president. I can say that on the one hand, it was a deeply humbling, uplifting, interesting and gratifying...

In my Sunday column, I wrote that it’s past time for the Obama administration to subject its nomination of suspected terrorists for the “kill list” -- secret death warrants, to put it bluntly -- to some form of independent review, at...

It's nice to be home again with the Daily Pilot. After my recent venture into national politics, I am looking forward to regaling you once again with weekly columns for at least the next year. During this time, the predominant theme will be to cite an...

PIERRE — Three prominent advocates for legalizing marijuana in South Dakota made their cases to a legislative panel Thursday, asking that state judges be allowed to consider medical necessity as a possible criminal defense by people caught with 2...

PIERRE - Three prominent advocates for legalizing marijuana in South Dakota made their cases to a legislative panel Thursday, asking that state judges be allowed to consider medical necessity as a possible criminal defense by people caught with 2 ounces...

One of Kentucky's best known elected officials weighed in recently on how the state should prevent massacres like the one in Newtown, Conn. Sen. Rand Paul's ideas were characteristically bold, but also off the mark.  Paul told a group of Oldham County...

American workers got an unpleasant surprise this month when they received their first paychecks of 2013. The typical full-time worker, who earns about $40,145 a year, found that his two-week paycheck was $30 lighter than his last check of 2012. The lost...

It would seem highly unlikely Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg pay attention to the South Dakota House of Representatives. Those three...

Organizers of the Maryland Conservative Action Network conference (Turning the Tides 2013) were profoundly disappointed that The Sun ran an attack on our conference and our speakers on the very morning of our conference ("The tide of Islamophobia," Jan....

Four members of the Alaska Republican Party faced a leadership hearing to address complaints filed by fellow members Thursday. A bulk of the time at Thursday's hearing was spent addressing a complaint filed against vice-chair elect Debbie Brown...

It is almost a certainty that the ongoing debate about the merits of individualism versus the need for a profound community spirit will not be a compelling interest for many citizens. Such an old and subtle issue can only get a yawn. For this reason,...

Your report on moves to change state referendum procedures repeatedly refers to "electronic signatures" ("Petition process under scrutiny," Jan. 9). That is a misnomer. It would be nice if in the 21st century we were allowed to petition our government...