Author: LtNorm

  • Middle East Policy: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Iran

    To express my Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Iran policy I have some Persian calligraphy I discovered in Kabul.  It is four lines from a poem by Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi al Balkhi, commonly known in the West as Rumi. از محبت خارها گل میشود وز محبت سرکه ها مل میشود از محبت نار نوری میشود وز محبت Read more

  • Respect and Welcome for Immigrants

    I stand with and support the libertarian position that immigration is a positive tradition of the country which is “twice blessed”- it is good for the immigrants and good for our nation. The diversity of talent and creativity brought by people from around the world has been vital to our economy. We do not share Read more

  • The Two Most Troubling Entangling Alliances

    The libertarian movement supports free trade with all and entangling alliances with none.  One example of an entangling alliance is a US taxpayer subsidy to a foreign government.  It is unfortunate enough that we are taxed to such an extent to pay for the schemes of the scoundrels in Washington, without additionally having to subsidize Read more