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 [...]
Legislation introduced in Texas to ban full-body scanners and pat-downs
March 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This past week, Representative David Simpson (R-Longview) introduced legislation in the Texas House to ban full-body scanners and pat-downs in Texas airports and public places. He also submitted a concurrent resolution for the House and Senate that affirms the Texas Legislature’s opposition to egregious searches conducted by the TSA. The full texts of the bills [...]
Introducing StopAustinScanners.org
February 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
One of the projects I’ve had going for the past few weeks is designing a new website informing people about the dangers of full-body scanners in airports, and in particular to organize Texans to oppose them to their representatives. It’s called StopAustinScanners.org. Check it out, I bet you’ll learn something! We are working on a [...]
Who Owns You? I sure don’t
February 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I am on the board of the Austin-based Foundation for a Free Society, and one of our objectives is to put out professional, artistic, catchy videos that communicate the philosophy of liberty in a succinct and fun manner. This video is one of our latest projects and was recently featured on LewRockwell.com. If you think [...]
Keep TSA Scanners Out of Austin
February 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Libertarian Longhorns nominated for SFL Event of the Year Award
January 14, 2011 By 2 Comments
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 [...]
Do More Guns Lead to Less Crime?
October 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
Last week, an AK-47-wielding student caused a major scare on the UT campus. He ultimately killed himself in the library. Fortunately, no one else was hurt. That same day, the Libertarian Longhorns and UT Students for Concealed Carry on Campus were scheduled to host John Lott, famed author of More Guns, Less Crime, to speak [...]
UT-Austin Shooting & the “More Guns, Less Crime” Event
September 30, 2010 By 2 Comments
On the morning of Tuesday, September 28, the University of Texas community was alerted to the terrifying situation of a gunman on campus. Students, staff, and faculty were told via text messages, emails, sirens, and various forms of social media to shelter in place and await evacuation.
Mises Institute Torrents 2.0 Released
June 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Great news, folks. The good people at the Ludwig von Mises Institute have released version 2.0 of their media and book “torrents,” which is simply the easiest way to obtain the entire Mises online library. (Click here for a brief intro to torrents.) What is particularly awesome about LVMI in this regard is that they [...]
The Libertarian Party National Convention is this week!
May 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Hey folks, are you attending the LP National Convention this week? If so, make sure to find me and say hello. I’d love to meet any readers at the convention. I’ll be in the Texas delegation, and my wife will be there as well. Comment below to alert me and other Christian libertarian readers to your presence!
