I care for kids, families, the sick and the elderly, working class, middle class, and every American. To end poverty and advance the American Dream, I am Libertarian Girl.
Note: Libertarian Girl is off to Europe, but while she’s away she’ll be updating with previously written posts about politics and life in the places she’s visiting. She’ll soon be back to her regularly scheduled Libertarian Girl programming.
The Stephansdom cathedral is one of the central sights in Vienna. As the center of commerce and home [...]
Westboro Baptist Church is the unspeakably obnoxious group that protests at things like dead soldiers’ funerals (apparently more than 280 of them) and the funerals of college students. Their main gripe seems to be, of all things, homosexuality, and they hold signs saying things like “Thank God for IEDs.”
The disgusting behavior of these people is [...]
Libertarians believe in individual freedom– life, liberty, property, the pursuit of happiness, and all that. This can often be accomplished through ownership of private property. What about freedom for trees, though?
I present to you The Tree That Owns Itself, in Athens, Georgia.
One unfortunate aspect about The Tree That Owns Itself is that, while it [...]
Would the poor prosper better in a libertarian society than they do now? I believe so. Here’s why:
The current system often benefits the rich and special interests, not the poor.
The “War on Drugs” disproportionately places poor people in prison for non-violent crimes, separating families and ruining lives.
The inflation tax is a tax no politician [...]
This is the conclusion of my two-part series discussing why science would be better if it left government funding behind. In the first post, I discussed why government should not be given control of scientists’ work, what government have done when they did have this control, what they will continue to do, and how [...]
“The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by federal government project allocation, and the power of money, is ever present, and is gravely to be regarded.” — President Dwight D. Eisenhower
The government should stay out of science completely. Science, scientists, taxpayers, and the world would be better off for it. Research scientists are usually [...]
I woke up at 6am Saturday morning to serve as a patient for a graduating dental school student as she tried to pass her board exams. As I was waiting, I noticed that the testers and graders were not affiliated with her dental school, and the exam was a state exam. It turns out [...]
Ye Olde Waffle Shop, on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, recently celebrated the 35th anniversary of their opening by bringing back their original 1972 prices for a day. The differences in prices are absolutely shocking (graphic courtesy of The Daily Tarheel).
Why would waffles costing $1.25 in 1972 now cost $5.55?
The answer lies in the [...]
Big-government lovers like denying it, but a study has concluded that nonprofits save society money, both short-term and long-term, in a way that government does not and cannot.
The study was conducted by nonprofit leaders regarding organizations located in the Washington DC area– local, national and international. The source is biased, sure, but I’d love to [...]
A building in my apartment complex burned to the ground tonight. My building was unharmed, but it is very unsettling to have such an uncommon, horrible occurrence happen right next to your home, which is supposed to serve as the ultimate safe haven. It makes you think about things you don’t normally think about.
At least [...]