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The Libertarian Party, hoping to capitalize on the public's apparent discontent with incumbent politicians, is offering what it calls a "politician removal service."

Most debate about Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito has focused on his propensity to vote to overrule Roe v. Wade and the similarity between him and conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. But despite the superficial parallels between the two conservative, Italian-American Catholic jurists, it is important to recognize that Alito has a substantial libertarian dimension to his jurisprudence as well as a conservative one. In several key fields of law, he is more likely than Scalia and other conservatives to be skeptical of assertions of government power. More important, there is much in his record that should appeal to libertarians and -- to a lesser extent -- even left-wing liberals.

The entire gay marriage debate, intensified by the California legislature's approval of a bill granting licenses for homosexual marriages and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to veto it, misses the big picture. The real question is: Why is government licensing marriages in the first place?

Liberties should be as unlimited as possible -- unless and until there arises a real threat to the open society.

The Land of Custom-Made Government

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Can you be a Bible-believing Christian and still vote for George W. Bush?

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Legalization

One of the profoundest explanations of freedom does not contain the word "freedom." Or "liberty."

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Freedom

"Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a pretext for evil; but live as servants of God." 1 Peter 2:16

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Big government harms you, hurts your family, and injures your neighbors

Do North Carolinians have a choice?

The lack of coercion by other persons and power over circumstances.

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