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Libertarian Perspective: We are not safer or sounder than we were in 2008
Each presidential election we are supposed to reflect upon the past term and decide if we are better off than we were in order to decide our future course. Without debating how much power a president...
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Libertarian Perspective: For one election
If you now count yourself as an independent or undecided voter, it is likely because the party or candidate you once supported has not upheld their promises or your values. You are not alone. Large...
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Libertarian Perspective: Before you vote
During the past four weeks I have demonstrated how, on major issues, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are the same. The response has been frenzied ridicule. Yet, critics cannot refute the facts, based on...
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Libertarian Perspective: Voting for, not against
I knew that after the final tally one of two men would be president. I knew it would not be Gary Johnson. The work of Libertarians and all minor parties is the same as it was the day before the...
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Opinion: Gun control won’t stop premeditated crimes
I would much rather be writing about the fiscal cliff, or right to work legislation, but the events in Newtown, Conn., have galvanized and polarized us. It is horrid; a nightmare that everyone wishes...
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Libertarian Perspective: Captive society
These names are familiar to all Northwest Ohioans: Victoria’s Secret, JCPenney, Target, AT&T, Microsoft, IBM — I could list many more. These names will be foreign to most Northwest Ohioans: Toledo...
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Libertarian Perspective: Economics and politics
Sequester, minimum wage and jobs — it is all about the money. When looking at the headlines and the roles Democrats and Republicans have taken, one wonders if they even have a basic understanding of...
View ArticleRight Result Wrong Reason
Senator Rob Portman (R. OH) has changed his stance on gay marriage after revealing he has a gay son. Immediately there was backlash from both the left and the right. Both are claiming his change of...
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Libertarian Perspective: Drugs in America
Some cops say legalize drugs? Yes, many do and I will explain some of the reasons why. In America, we have strong moral feelings about drugs that can cloud reason, especially when coupled with a lack...
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Libertarian Perspective: Ohio needs to reassess motherhood from rape
The breaking news out of Cleveland involving three young women held captive for as long as a decade brought back to my mind the story of another young woman from the Midwest, Chicago-area attorney...
View ArticleSharp: Meditation as Rehabilitation
How many of you have stepped completely outside your normal comfort zone to try something new and challenging? I recently completed a mentally and physically intense ten-day course in Vipassana...
View ArticleSharp: Foreign Affairs
I watched the movie “Argo” recently and was disturbed by some of the footage of a female Iranian revolutionary narrating to the outside world what the sins America committed in her country were. That...
View ArticleSharp: A Tale of Two Cities
When I was growing up in Toledo, it was always understood that when Detroit caught a cold, Toledo got the flu. Toledo was the underdeveloped sibling of Detroit. But just like the old “Looney Tunes”...
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Sharp: Mess at the BOE
As a Libertarian I do not get any joy out of the catastrophe that we call the Lucas County Board of Elections (BOE). While I am neither surprised nor truly bothered when the leaders of the two major...
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Libertarian Perspective: Ohio should decriminalize marijuana
It was Flower Day at the Toledo Farmers’ Market Downtown over Memorial Day weekend. There were throngs of people seeking and purchasing a variety of plants and accessories. Nature is amazing in its...
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Sharp: Hobby Lobby lessons
T he Hobby Lobby opinion announced at the close of the Supreme Court’s term has ignited a firestorm between deeply divided sides. What is missing from the debate is how the decision illuminates how...
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Sharp: No winners in Israel-Palestine conflict
There can be no winners in the current conflict between Israel and Palestine. There can be no winners when both sides have allowed violence to be the method of decision. Distrust and betrayal of truth...
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