As Russia masses troops along its border with Ukraine, American policy makers are mulling what action to take to deter Moscow from invading its neighbor. Options have ranged from troop deployments to supporting a Ukrainian insurgency like the Reagan in Afghanistan during the 1980's. Both options will inevitably involve American defense and intelligence personnel along with taxpayer money that can be better used elsewhere. The libertarian position would be to avoid any military involvement against Russia. Such participation would violate the LP's non-aggression principle while also helping to d ..read more

This week, Randy Sadac and Adam Haman sat down for a great conversation with Mike Maharrey of the 10th Amendment Center. You can listen to the discussion here. As its name might suggest, the 10th Amendment Center focuses on helping state governments stand up to unconstitutional power-grabs and abuses emanating from Washington DC. America was designed to have a small Federal government, with most political power reserved for the states ..read more

The Las Vegas Sun was kind enough to publish a letter to the editor from our Southern Regional Representative Adam Haman - he wrote a rebuttal to a previous letter they had published which railed against free markets in the name of empathy. Many people fail to appreciate the harmony and emergent nature of a free market system. People wrongly assume that a) nothing can happen without a law being in place and b) the stated intention of a rule/law will be the real-world outcome of that rule/law. In reality, the world is far more complex than the planners anticipate.  As Hayek said; “The curi ..read more

We recently had John Tsarpalas, the President of the Nevada Policy Research Institute, on the podcast. He was able to provide more insight on school choice here in Nevada. For example:  In 2019, there were 24k students in Nevada that were home schooled.In 2021, that number increased more than 3 and a half times to 88k. There is a school voucher law that passed in 2015 in Nevada. Due to political pressure, the vouchers have not been funded for years.   The whole episode is interesting (John also has some insight on winning elections in the heavily Democratic state of Illinois). We s ..read more

Finally! The 82nd Legislative Session has come to a close, and the people of Nevada have a reprieve from the machinations of our politicians - until the next cycle. The Libertarian Party of Nevada was active during this session. Our volunteers provided verbal testimony on a number of bills, our legislative committee submitted written testimony on behalf of the party, and we called on our community to engage in the process with "calls to action" sent to our email list. See below for links to our statements:   AB101: a bill requiring that the credibility of prison informant testimony be com ..read more

AB 386 is a bill that will severely harm midwifery and home birth in Nevada. It proposes to create an oversight Board to regulate midwifery, and to establish a framework for mandatory state licensure. Midwives who fail to adhere to the requirements and regulations enacted by the Board could face civil and criminal charges. You can read the full text of the bill here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/10315/Text Save Midwifery In Nevada by Lenny Sue Tinseth, of Alpine Midwifery I’ve recently learned more about why Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno chose to sponsor A ..read more

Communism by Ed Stoneham A little more than a century ago a radical idea took root in a significant part of the world – communism. It was spurred by absolutist thinking, to the effect that movement toward an extreme would bring about extreme results. In this case, it did. It led to 100 million premature deaths, yielding a death rate greater than present-day deaths due to vehicle accidents and surpassed only by heart disease and cancer. However, there is a positive lesson to be learned from this – that extremist thinking can bring about radical change, whether the change be for better or f ..read more

SB172 by Katie Banuelos On March 9th, I testified on behalf of the LP-NV at the hearing for SB172, a bill which would allow minors to consent to all available forms of contraception and STD prevention, without limitation and without parental consent or notification. It was a very interesting experience! The sponsors of the bill included representatives from both Washoe County Health District and the Southern Nevada Health District. In their opening presentations it became clear that they had drafted this bill specifically with treatment for HIV-AIDS in mind. I felt that parts of their pre ..read more

A New Education System proposal - by Ken Cavanaugh The all encompassing SOLUTION to our Education system (Overview only written here) - This is a complete overhaul of what we have today. Take control of your OWN child's education directly, is the need today. But how? Get the government out of it, entirely. All taxes that support the schools shall be repealed. The parents, in order to HAVE that control, must own the education system themselves. That will do it, but how will we have schools? There is no need for 'schools' themselves. However, a place for the kids to be at with their peers ..read more

See the new piece in the Independent by Katie Banuelos CDC PROTECTS BIG PHARMA NOT YOUR CHILDREN ..read more