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Boulder Weekly (Liberty Beat)
Grand Junction Free Press
CO Liberty
December 2003
Junk Politics and the New Reactionaries
by Ari Armstrong
Constitutional Limits
by John Berntson
Republicans Must Rein in Government
by Mark Hillman and Steve Gresh
Freedom Updates: December 31, 2003
* Corporate-Welfare Coffman
* Marijuana Bust for the Ages
* Big Nanny Rises in Silverthorne
* FIJA Efforts
* FasTracks to Socialized Transit
Libertarians Maintain Narrow Lead Over Greens
by Ari Armstrong
What Are 'Natural Rights'?
by Ari Armstrong
Letters to the Editor: December 17, 2003
Potter for the Masses
by Ari Armstrong
Dark Day for Free Speech
by Ari Armstrong
Independence Institute Hosts Connerly
by Ari Armstrong
Debt by Any Other Name -- Is Still Debt
by Christie Donner, Stephen Raher, and Ari Armstrong
November 2003
Challenges to Animal Rights
by Ari Armstrong
Lamping Proposes National Libertarian Coordinated Campaign
Letters to the Editor, November 20
Free states, free cities, and the future of freedom in America.
How Libertarians Can Beat Zoning and Defend Local Property Rights
by Jerry Van Sickle
Freedom Summit Explores Prospects for Liberty
by Ari Armstrong
The Future of Private Money?
by Dariush Rusta
The Matrix Con
by Jeff Wright
Open Letter #2 from Boston T. Party to All Free Staters
Littleton Grocery Tax Repealed
by Ari Armstrong
Frank Atwood's Campaign Report
'03 Elections a Mixed Bag for Liberty
by Ari Armstrong
Matrix Revolutions Ably Concludes Trilogy
by Ari Armstrong
An Open Letter to All Free State Project Members
by Boston T. Party
October 2003
Steve and Ari's Excellent Adventure
by Ari Armstrong
Plug In to Freedom
by Ari Armstrong
Freedom Updates: October 29, 2003
* Bruce Seeks Petition Rights Help
* Blake Blasts Logrolling, Debt Spending
* Atwood Defends the Poor
* McElroy on Rights of the Accused
* Free Trade, Free Juries
* "At Large" Congress Reps?
* Andrews Defends TABOR
Letters to the Editor: October 29, 2003
by Matthew P. Ronne and Bill Jambura
Flex Your Rights Releases Police-Encounter Video
Defeat Westminster Tax Hike
by Ari Armstrong
Am. 32 Property Tax Increase a Bad Idea
by Penn R. Pfiffner and Douglas Bruce
Referendum 'A' gets an 'F' for Folly
by Douglas Bruce
Does TABOR Increase Taxes?
by Ari Armstrong
Find Your Own Freedom
by Tom Preble
New Campaign Thoughts
by Richard Lamping
Individual Freedom... Up In Smoke
by Libertarian Party of Colorado
A Note of Optimism
by Ari Armstrong
Letters to the Editor: October 14
by Milt Borchert, Dave Barnes, Keith Hamburger, and Deb Hamm
Paschall Ignites Jury Nullification Debate
by Ari Armstrong
'Certificates of Participation' Violate Constitution, Suit Argues
by Ari Armstrong
The Merry Spam Killers of Slashdot
by Ari Armstrong
Reactions to the Free State Project Vote
by Jeff Wright, Katrina Damon-Thomas, Linda Cirincione, and John West
'Addiction is a Choice,' Schaler Argues
by Ari Armstrong
Novelist Stephenson Enters Quicksilver Era
by Ari Armstrong
How to Kill Spam Without the State
by Ari Armstrong
Johnson, Armstrong Debate HOAs, Gambling
by Joe Johnson and Ari Armstrong
September 2003
Amendment 33: Gambling With Colorado Government
by Peter Saint-Andre
GOP College Plan Reveals Contradictions of the Left
by Ari Armstrong
Freedom Updates: September 24
* Bruce Launches New Anti-Tax Initiative
* Appropriate Sentence for Abuse
* Open Range 2003
* Legislation vs. Contracts for Property Rules
* Alternative Currencies
Letters to the Editor: September 24
* Time for Real Academic Freedom (Steve Gresh)
* City Newsletters and TV (Doug Campbell)
* Washington, We Have an Economic Problem... (Jeff Wright)
* Endorsing Non-Libertarians? (Steve Dasbach)
City Newspapers and the Big Bird Drug Conspiracy
by Ari Armstrong
Why Cops Can Make Meth and You Can't
by Ari Armstrong
Debating Academic Freedom
by Ari Armstrong, John Andrews, and Terrance Carroll
Smoking Bans Stunt Liberty
by Craig Latzke, Rodney Mitchell, and Ari Armstrong
Dude, Where's My Blue Book?
by Ralph Shnelvar
Denver's Stress Test
by Ari Armstrong
Freedom Updates: September 14, 2003
* Conservatives on Campus
* Why Prostitutes are Easy Targets
* Expanded CBI Checks?
* Hasta La Vista, Arnold
* Social Security Reform?
* Drug War Follies
* Boston Joins Free State Project
* Littleton Grocery Tax
* USPS
* Coffman's Reports
* More on Sex and the Law
* Political "Investments"
* Wal-Mart Dirty Deal?
The Tragedy of Open Range
by Ari Armstrong
The Republican Pledge and Constitutional Literacy
by Mike Seebeck, Ari Armstrong, and John Andrews
On Furthering the Interests of the Libertarian Party
by Ralph Shnelvar
Replies to Tiger: The Libertarian Pledge
by Joe Johnson, John Berntson, and Milt Borchert
August 2003
Fear Factor in Blue (Ashcroft's Temptation)
by Eva Kosinski
Mars: Our Next-Door Neighbor (fiction)
by Ari Armstrong
The Libertarian Club
by Paul Tiger
On Republicans and Libertarian Manners
by Don Beezley, Paul Tiger, Mike Seebeck, Bud Martin, Ari Armstrong, and James Thiel
The Disparity of Colorado's ACT Scores
by Ari Armstrong
Queer Eye for the Fourteenth Amendment
by Ari Armstrong
Beating Up the Republicans
by Mike Seebeck; reply by Ari Armstrong
Letters to the Editor: August 21
The Free State Project, Trojan horses, and the politics of war.
Freedom Updates: August 14, 2003
* Revival of the Ninth and Tenth?
* The War on the Sick
* Homosexuality and Civilization
* Bill Johnson and Trigger Locks
* Schwarzenegger and Liberalism
* Adultery and the Law
* Supreme Court Gun Cases
* Media Notes
Trojans Prevent Birth of Freedom
by John Berntson
The Free State Project -- Negative Impact on Liberty?
by John Thomas
LPEP Disappointed by Colorado Springs Gun Vote
James Madison Center Files Challenge to Colorado's Amendment 27
Meth Madness
by Ari Armstrong
Comparative Advantage for Libertarian Trojans
by Steve Gresh
Prisons Threaten State Budget
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Release Non-Violent Drug Users
Libertarian Party
Politics of the F-Word
by Ari Armstrong
Letters to the Editor: August 1, 2003
Grocery Tax, Denver Pay Cut, LP.
July 2003
A Discussion About Savings
by Michael Storm Tippets
The Short Sell for Libertarians
by Paul Tiger
Kantor Helps Homeschoolers Network
by Desiree Hickson
Tuskegee Veterans, Kamau Bring Message of Responsibility
by Ari Armstrong
Freedom Updates: July 24, 2003
* Libertarianism for Good Health
* LP Fires Crickenberger
* The Limits of Federal Power
* The Economic Meddlers
* MPP Update
* Media Notes
Letters to the Editor, July 24
The grocery tax, LP leadership, and the morality of the Constitution.
Energy and the Free Market
by Jeff Wright
Jim Spencer: The Columnist Who Cried "Racist"
by Ari Armstrong
Gay Marriage and Libertarian Leadership
by Ari Armstrong
Reply by Mike Seebeck
Libertarian 'Dream Team' Pushes for Victory
by Rand Fanshier
LP: Montrose Keeps Grocery Tax
The Corruption of Conservatism
by Congressman Ron Paul
Freedom Updates: July 16
* Atwood Seeks to Repeal Littleton Grocery Tax
* Show Me the Liquor
* Armed Robbers, Vandals Roam Free
* Granolas Find Libertarianism
* LPCO Mails Fundraiser!
* DEA Continues to Trample States
* Kolwicz Blasts Mandatory Mail Ballots
* Feds Push School Drug Testing
Letters to the Editor: July 16
Equilibrium, the District of Columbia, gay marriages.
Zubrin's Mars Novel Envisions First Steps
by Ari Armstrong
Prof. Huemer Defends the Right to Own a Gun
by Ari Armstrong
A Pink Tea Party for Musgrave
by Stephanie Shearer
A Cato Intern Reports from D.C.
by John Thrasher
Freedom Updates: July 9, 2003
* Colorado Deals with Race
* New Gun Laws Baffle Post Reporter
* How a Democrat Could Win the Presidency
* Schwartz Defends CCW in Camera
* RMGO Announces Gun-Sales Website
* LPCO Board Seeks Convention Organizer
* Denver Post Two for Three on Liberty
* Criminal Sanctions for Car Passengers?
* KABA Announces Second-Amendment Petition
* The Prudence of Gun Ownership
* Olsen Dissolves 1142 Committee
* Media Notes
Letters to the Editor: July 9, 2003
Carol Hill and the Democrats, Leaner Libertarians, Joe Pietri, and Ralph Shnelvar.
Libertarians Fight Over Affiliates, Drug Policy
by Ari Armstrong
A Libertarian Chooses a Diet
by Ralph Shnelvar
Focus Offers Disturbing View of Mid-Century America
by Ari Armstrong
June 2003
Guns and the Media
by Ari Armstrong
Lakewood Knifing No 'Accident'
by Ari Armstrong
Freedom Updates: June 26, 2003
* Supremes Rule on Race, Sex, and Porn
* Mike Coffman Supports More Corporate Welfare
* The Cure for Fake Cops
* Media Notes
Letters to the Editor: June 26, 2003
Culture, guns, and self-government.
What's Wrong with American Culture?
by Ari Armstrong
Wyoming in 'No Danger' of Losing More Gun Rights
by Ari Armstrong
Boulder Weekly Readers Reply to 'Lock and Load'
by Ari Armstrong
Freedom Updates: June 19, 2003
* Failures of the Drug War
* Capitalism vs. Socialism
* Manitou Springs Considers Disarmament Ordinance
* Mail-In Ballots
* Media Notes
Letters to the Editor: June 19, 2003
Russ Cook, Unpaid Debts, and Rick O'Shay.
Jim Spencer and the Politics of Murder
by Ari Armstrong
Tom Mauser Promotes Unsafe Gun Use
by Ari Armstrong
Replies to Anti-Gun Critics
by Ari Armstrong
A Look at White's Older Writings
by Bruce Tiemann
Letters to the Editor, June 11, 2003
Right to work, lawyers, drug war, guns.
Freedom Updates, June 11
* Bruce Seeks Petition Help
* HB 1290 (Emergency Provisions)
* Drug War Hypocrisy
* DepRAVEd Act
Hickenlooper By 29%!
* Bill Clinton for President
* Media Notes
Ten Ways the Republicans Failed
by Ari Armstrong
Replies to Pam White's Gun-Class Article
by Ari Armstrong
LP Contemplates Action Against 1142
by Ralph Shnelvar
May 2003
You Are Worthy of Defending Yourself
by Ralph Shnelvar
The GO Strategy for Libertarians
by Frank Atwood
Anti-Gun Hysteria Greets New Laws
by Ari Armstrong
Libertarians Comment on the Matrix
District Court Rejects Appeal in Denver Gun Case
by Duncan Philp
Taking on the LPCO Newsletter (Again)
by Ari Armstrong
Freedom Updates: May 29, 2003
* Pamela White Reviews Gun Challenge
* Ban Automatics!
* The LP Should Target PATRIOT Supporters
* We Need Spending Cuts
* Ayn Rand and War
* Westword, Guns, and Justin Green
* Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty
* They're Stealing the Bill of Rights!
* Marilyn Musgrave, Defender of Taxpayers
* Media Notes
Pamela White Takes the Gun Challenge
by Ari Armstrong
The Libertarian Red Pill
by Ari Armstrong
A Theory of Class Victimization
by Ari Armstrong
Letters to the Editor, May 20, 2003
Australian gun laws, I.D., Santorum, state spending
2003 Colorado Legislative Review
by Ari Armstrong
It Can Happen Here, and Already Has
by Douglas Bruce
Denver Post Pushes Agenda of Anti-Gun Lobby
by Ari Armstrong
The Religious Case Against Santorum
by Mark Call (Reply by Ari Armstrong)
Freedom Updates: May 14, 2003
* Independence Institute Celebrates Victories
* Correction to Moore Report
* Denver Tax, 1142, CCW, Smoking Bans, Links
* AZ Lawyer Takes On Drug War
* Wright Fears Currency War
* The Roots of Government Education
* Potential Election Fraud
* Grocery Taxes to be Repealed?
* End Federal Gas Tax
* Regulation Insanity (Water)
* Atlas Dogged
Seebeck, Kosinski Review Libertarian Convention
Letters to the Editor, May 14, 2003
(Iraq, Santorum, Vouchers, Guns, I.D.)
'Guns & Mothers' Premieres on PBS
by Ari Armstrong
The Psychology of Crisis
by Steve Gresh
New Board Takes the Helm
by Ari Armstrong
Presidential Hopefuls Make Their Case
by Ari Armstrong
'We Have Survived,' Shnelvar Says
by Ari Armstrong
ACLU Rep. Ponders Liberty and Safety
by Ari Armstrong
Boston Touts Libertarian State for Education Freedom
by Ari Armstrong
Libertarians Debate Vouchers
by Ari Armstrong
Zubrin Reviews Mars Plan
by Ari Armstrong
Suprynowicz Inspires 'True Faith of Liberty'
by Ari Armstrong
Shell Takes on DHS
by Ari Armstrong
Free State Project Gains Momentum
by Ari Armstrong
Libertarians Should Oppose Death Penalty, Wilson Argues
by Ari Armstrong
Muslims Share American Dream, Local Says
by Ari Armstrong
BetteRose Ryan Says Farewell to Colorado LP
by Ari Armstrong
April 2003
Heads vs. Feds: Drug War Another Regulatory Failure
by Ralph Shnelvar
Heads vs. Feds Misses the Point
by Brian Schwartz
Settling into Life in Panama
by Kent McNaughton
Searching for Ragnar Danneskjöld
by Ari Armstrong
LP03: Party Adopts New Rules
by Ari Armstrong
CCJRC Pushes Sentencing, Parole Reform
Boston & You & The Police
by Ari Armstrong
Send In the Sex Police
by Ari Armstrong
Prelude to an American Police State
by Ari Armstrong
The Boss is in the Mirror
by Ralph Shnelvar
The Tragic Death of Sahil Ahmed
by Ari Armstrong
Liberties Threatened at Home, Congressman Paul Warns
by Ari Armstrong
Barnett Analyzes 'Structure of Liberty'
by Ari Armstrong
Paradoxes of the War Debate
by Ari Armstrong
The Lost American Century?
by Jeff Wright
Make My Day Law Reviewed by Sponsors
by Ari Armstrong
Colorado Gun Tax Defeated
by Ari Armstrong
Libertarian Party 2003 Convention Photo Album
by Ari Armstrong
The War Against Reason
by Ari Armstrong
LP Chair Berntson Offers Parting Remarks
by John Berntson
Libertarians Address Changes in Party
Stanley Supporter Seeks Presidential Nomination
by Ari Armstrong
March 2003
Moore's Folly
by Ari Armstrong
Vouchers May Entrench the Welfare State
by Ari Armstrong
CCJRC Opposes Debt-Financed Prisons, Works to Reform Parole
Colorado Libertarians Look to Move Party Forward
by Ari Armstrong
Freedom Updates: March 26, 2003
* Conservatives Split Over War
* Honor the Troops, Question the Leaders, Seebeck Says
* Bruce Defends TABOR
* Self-Defense at CU, Boulder
* Media Watch
Freedom Updates: March 20, 2003
* Maynard Fears Fraud with Mail Ballots
* The U.S. Goes to War
* Blizzard Provides Political Cover
* The Global-Warming Blizzard
* SB-25 Protects Rights
* The Virtues of Globalization
* Time to Reform Parole
* Fort Collins to be "Civil Liberties Safe Zone?"
* Media Watch
Olsen Announces LPCO Board Slate
Zubrin's Plan to Settle Mars
by Ari Armstrong
Colorado Civil Arms Update
by Ari Armstrong
Freedom Updates: March 14, 2003
* Maynard Fears Fraud with Mail Ballots
* "The Bell" Rings a Sour Note
* Judge Gray Joins LP
* Paschall Deserves a Break
* Republicans Support Welfare...
* ...and Democrats Support Markets
* Costs of War
* Left-Wing Racism
* Minor Party Bill Update
* Jeffco LP Meet Gains Attendance
* LP Board Members Trade Barbs
* Campaign Restrictions as Prohibition
* Progressives Target PATRIOT Act
* Big Brother is Watching Your Faucet
* Media Watch
Defeat the Colorado Gun Tax!
by Ari Armstrong
Libertarians Join Lysistrata Project
by Ari Armstrong
Freedom Updates: March 5, 2003
* Major Papers Blast Minor Party Bill 1142
* Mark Paschall, Treasurer
* The Woehr Party?
* Costco and Eminent Domain
* Hillman Offers Budget Numbers
* Potter Dissents
* Media Watch
February 2003
Guns on Campus: Irrational Fears Limit Concealed Carry
by Brian Schwartz
Is a Homeowners' Association a Contract?
by Brian Rachocki and Ari Armstrong
LP Candidates Shouldn't Sue for Media Access
by Ari Armstrong
Practice Freedom to Save It
by Jeff Wright
If I Ran the Circus
by L. Neil Smith
Freedom Updates: February 26
* John Lott and the Missing 98%
* Firestar
* Self-Defense in New York
* Media Watch
LP: Colorado Springs Police Resort to Chemical Agents
LP Demands Answers Before Iraq War
(With a reply by Kent McNaughton)
CCJRC Urges Alternatives to Prison Expansion
ACLU Promotes "Safe and Free" America
by Ari Armstrong
Dems Twist "Will of Voters" to Own Ends
by Ari Armstrong (Reply to Fitz-Gerald and Veiga)
The Right of Self-Defense is Inalienable
by Ari Armstrong (Reply to Gordon)
Homeowners Associations Debated
by Joe Johnson (reply by Ari Armstrong)
Freedom Updates: February 20, 2003
* Free Katica Crippen
* Sen. Arnold Breaks a Promise
* COPs Proposal Goes to Senate
* 1142 Passes House Vote
* Congratulations, Terrance Carroll
* Allow Adoption by Gays
* Media Watch
Legislative Update: Self Defense, Prisons, Minor Parties, CCW, God
by Ari Armstrong
COPs Evade Debt Limits
by Barry Poulson
1142 Bullies Minor Parties
by Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell
Libertarians Should Work with Other Parties
by Nate Gorman
Freedom Updates: January 12, 2003
* Kill the Flowers, Aurora Says
* Grant Defends Jury Rights
* No-Fault Auto Insurance
* Musgrave Joins Ron Paul's Liberty Caucus
* Jack Woehr Visits Jeffco LP
* Barbershop Revisited
* In Defense of Homeowners Associations
* Kosinski on Space
* End the Drug War
* Media Watch
1142 May Violate Court Rulings
by Ralph Shnelvar
LPCO: 1142 Fixes Wrong Problem
Sticking with the Libertarian Party
by Norm Olsen
The LP is the Party of Principle
by Joe Johnson
War Isn't Justified
by Joe Johnson
January 2003
Time to Commercialize Space
by Jeff Wright
Reach For The Stars
by Ari Armstrong
Amendment 22 Revisited
by Ari Armstrong
Bill Would Hobble Minor Parties, Representatives Say
by Ari Armstrong
The State of George W. Bush
by Ari Armstrong
Why the Republican Party Might Be the Best Strategy for Liberty
by John Thrasher
Smith Guts Self-Defense Bill
by Ari Armstrong
There's A New Sheriff In Town
by Desiree Hickson
Republicans Threaten Minor Parties, LP Charges
LP Leaders Discuss Strategy
by Ari Armstrong
LP Responds to Owens' State of State Address
CUT Hosts Budget Preview
by Ari Armstrong
Bills Would Protect Right of Self-Defense
by Ari Armstrong
Saying "No" to Red Light Cameras
by Brian Schwartz
Concealed Carry 2003
by Ari Armstrong
Raimondo Denounces War in CU Talk
by John Thrasher
It's Easy Being Green
by Ralph Shnelvar