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The article discusses the different aspects of the concept of Overton Window developed by libertarian think tanker Joseph Overton in Michigan in the 1990s. Topics covered include the use of the Overton Window strategy in the candidacy of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, the universal theory of change of the Overton Window concept, and how Overton's colleague Joe Lehman used the Overton Window concept in training sessions for other right-leaning think tankers.

The article discusses the use of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by corporations involved in litigation. Topics include legal arguments from airlines such as Southwest Airlines, internet companies such as Google Inc., and the pharmaceutical record broker IMS Health Inc. that involve free speech and possible legal protections for information disseminated by corporations. Topics include the history of free speech in the U.S., the advocacy of economic free speech by some libertarians, and the rights of corporations under U.S. law.

The article discusses the perceived schism forming between traditional conservative republicans and libertarians as illustrated by the 2006 mid-term elections in which democrats won U.S. congressional seats in areas typically under republican control. The author questions whether this signals a new alliance between libertarians and liberals.

Argues in favor of the opposition of civil libertarians and religious conservatives to the homeland security bill proposed by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2002. Role of Representatives Dick Armey and Bob Barr in stalling the bill in Congress; Overview of the legislation; Criticisms on the plan of the administration of President George W. Bush to expand its national security state; Implications of the bill for the privacy of employees.

This article looks at the presidential candidacy of Ed Clark as endorsed by the so-called Libertarian party. It explains the virtue of the Libertarian party that cannot be found in the Democrats and Republicans. Libertarians strictly adhere to their political philosophy and they nominate and choose as candidates only their fellow libertarians. Unlike the Democrats and Republicans who most of the times try to steal each other's traditions.

The author offers information on Posse Comitatus, a rebellious group which inhabit the extreme right of the U.S. political spectrum. According to the author, Posse is not strictly a tax protest group, instead, its members believe that there is a right-wing conspiracy theory involving bankers and anonymous insiders who are manipulating global events. The group, which is not nationally organized and has no single leader, lives up to its sole official policy of resisting to all state and national government. Its members also holds that the county law is the highest legitimate authority. This view is a notion derived from their idiosyncratic obsession with common law. The author also describes Posse members as hyper-libertarians, angry and antisocial.

The article looks at political aspects of innovation and technological development in the U.S., as of 2014. Addressing those on the political left, the author says that the value of innovation is widely extolled but that specific government policies in the area of technology are needed if the benefits of innovation are to be preserved. Topics include the Internet tool Google Reader, libertarian views of innovation, and concerns about Internet privacy.

The author analyzes and contradicts the arguments put forth by Brink Lindsey in the article "Liberaltarians," which appeared in the December 11, 2006 issue of "The New Republic." Lindsey argued that Libertarians constitute a decisive bloc of swing votes, and their disenchantment with Republicans explains the Democrats electoral victories in 2006. The author, conversely, says the Libertarian agenda is wildly unpopular and supporting it would cost Democrats more votes than they would gain.

Focuses on problems among students who lived in the Right House, a conservatives-only group house set up at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. by former Young Americans for Freedom activist Floyd Brown. Aim with which the house was established; Information on the ten original members of the house; Discussion of how communal solidarity gradually gave way to personal and doctrinal disputes; Details about the incident when the libertarians gathered at the Right House and exercised their First Amendment right to watch an X-rated videotape.

Focuses on the life of Roger N. Baldwin, civil reformer and antiwar activist of the U.S., who died at the age of 97 in 1981. Information that he was the central figure in the defense and propagation of civil liberties for almost the whole of the 20th century; Contribution of Baldwin in the transformation of the easy loyalties into realistic, practical, specifications; Effect of Baldwin on civil libertarians; Capability of Baldwin in reacting to injustice with a stubborn zeal that amazed and shamed fashionably lethargic listeners half his age.

Asserts that telephone services such as caller ID, teleconferencing, voice mail, answer call, call waiting, and call block are the basis of a revolutionary shift in power from the caller to the call recipient. Functioning of voice mail as a real secretary; Concern of civil libertarians regarding the anonymity of those who want to leak important information; Attitude of phone companies toward these services.

The article discusses the book "The Great Days," by John Dos Passos. Dos Passos is one of the few living American writers who is a world figure. Abroad, his books are sometimes cited as criticisms of American capitalism and as novels which expose American claims and propaganda. Dos Passos deserves reconsideration and this novel helps to see what he is about. In his own feeling, he is a libertarian. During his long literary career, he has been concerned with bigness. Bigness and liberty are not easily compatible. Dos Passos has always been a novelist of disillusionment, and this is central in his thinking.

Offers a look at the changes within the Democratic Party regarding social issues in the United States such as abortion and the right to die. Split within the Republican Party between social conservatives and anti-government libertarians; Split among the Democratic Party between social libertarians and communitarians; Assumption of Democrats that their positions on social issues such as abortion and the right to die have appealed to a majority of voters; Reference to the book "Bearing Right: How Conservatives Won the Abortion War," by William Saletan; Report that the Democrats used to frame the issues in terms of the notion of privacy; Claim that the Democrats mistakenly reinforced the perception that they were morally suspect; Reaction of the Democrats to the case of Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman whose husband fought for her right to die; Obligation of the government to the weak, the sick, and the disabled.