Libertarian Longhorns calls to action all Texans who support civil liberties today! There are two bills in the Texas House of Representatives right now that need our help. First, the bill proposing to ban body scanners (HB 1938) has the votes in committee to be moved to the floor, and likely has a supermajority to [...]
Hayek vs. Keynes: The Second Round!
Remember the Hayek-Keynes Rap from John Papola, Russ Roberts, and EconStories? Well, they have posted their second video on Youtube just today (right now it only has 300 views). And trust me, it is EPIC! What an amazing exposition of Austrian economics ideas, plus some cultural criticism while we’re at it. The video touches on [...]
Rango: A Libertarian Spiritual Epic

I saw Rango to enjoy the combined hijinks of Jonny Depp and other cartoon animals, and in this I was not disappointed; however it was not at all the most memorable aspect of the experience. Rango led me to entirely unexpected places. It is not simply a cartoon about a lizard, but a journey into [...]
Keep TSA Scanners Out of Austin
The Libertarian Longhorns respond to the State of the Union Address
Libertarian Longhorns nominated for SFL Event of the Year Award
This week, Students for Liberty announced the nominees for their 2011 Awards, and the Libertarian Longhorns are on the list! Our “More Guns, Less Crime” event with John Lott held this past September is one of the finalists for the “Event of the Year” Award, which recognizes events that had major impacts on their campus [...]
My Little Pony and the Perspective of the Upper Class

The New My Little Pony Show I recently watched an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic that, I thought, sheds a lot of light on the mentality of the statist upper class. For those of you who inexplicably have not been watching this new show, let me explain the premise. The show takes [...]
Mary Ruwart’s Talk on Spreading the Message of Liberty
When the Needy Can Take from the Wealthy
Wants and Needs A typical characteristic of libertarians that is rarely found among other people is an assumption that it is desirable, possible, and practical to bring universal theorizing into politics. Libertarians desire a theory of politics that can be applied everywhere, to all societies, to all people, no matter how differently they should feel [...]

