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Excited to Intern!
For my first blog post as a Campaign For Liberty intern, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Maria Stavrou and I graduated in December 2010 from the University of Texas at Austin with a double major in Government and History.After [...]
Liberty NewsWire: September 4, 2012
In recent weeks, the Fed has given increasing signals that it is seriously considering the launch of another round of large-scale bond purchases, known in Fed-talk as quantitative easing. Some Fed members have argued against such action, fearing [...]
Thomas Paine's "The Crisis"
Thomas Paine's revolutionary rhetoric in Common Sense helped ignite a revolution in the hearts and minds of the people long before the first shots at Lexington and Concord. Dated December 23, 1776, story has it that George [...]
Liberty NewsWire: August 30, 2012
Sen. Rand Paul's biggest applause during his Wednesday evening speech at the Republican National Convention came from a line about protecting civil liberties... ‘To thrive we must believe in ourselves again, and we must never - never - [...]
Join Jim DeMint at LPAC 2012!
We're happy to have South Carolina's Senator Jim DeMint speaking at the Liberty Political Action Conference on opening night, Thursday, September 13!
James Otis on "Writs of Assistance"
James Otis' fight against general warrants, known as "Writs of Assistance," helped lead to our 4th Amendment being adopted.To read more on James Otis' argument against "Writs of Assitance," click here.Remember these [...]
Liberty NewsWire: August 31, 2012
For the second time this year, the Paul family has been harassed by the Transportation Security Administration. Rep. Ron Paul, his wife, and granddaughter were stopped by eight TSA workers at a small airport in Clearwater, Florida, and told [...]
Downright Offensive
Is President Obama the most flippant President in history? Allow me to explain:Last year, 30 members of the military were killed in a helicopter crash over Afghanistan. It came to light in a forum yesterday that President Obama sent form letters, [...]
Liberty NewsWire: August 29, 2012
At the Republican National Convention, the platform committee has called on Congress to establish a "gold commission" to examine restoring the country to the gold standard. Should the plank become law, the Federal Reserve would [...]
Liberty NewsWire: August 28, 2012
Paul is his father’s son. He has carried on the fight for auditing the Federal Reserve, which is now part of the Republican platform. He has extended that call to auditing the Pentagon, one part of the government that is sacrosanct to many [...]