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- [Liberal Party USA Convention sees signifiant affiliate growth](https://ha-what.com/2024/12/08/liberal-party-usa-convention-sees-signifiant-affiliate-growth/) - Originally published on Third Party Watch on Sunday December 8, 2024 Liberal Party USA held their inaugural convention in Houston this weekend. While this author had hoped to attend, circumstances prevented travel.As most readers here know, I am clearly in support of the argument for a classic liberal party. So while this is intended to
- [The Good, The Bad, and the Non-Partisan](https://ha-what.com/2023/10/14/the-good-the-bad-and-the-non-partisan/) - Originally published on Third Party Watch on Saturday October 14, 2023 Earlier in the week I was sitting here at my desk, working on some code, when there was suddenly a knock on the door. No, it wasn’t Santa Claus, it was something better.I went over the door and asked who it was. The response
- [Sticks and Stones](https://ha-what.com/2024/12/24/sticks-and-stones/) - This entry is part 12 of 12 in the series Case For A New Classical Liberal Party Originally published on Third Party Watch on Tuesday December 24, 2024 I remember years ago hearing children, myself included, reciting an old rhyme that began “Sticks and stones may break my bones”.There are numerous variations of the next
- [A case for a new Classical Liberal Party](https://ha-what.com/2023/10/28/case-of-a-new-cl/) - This entry is part 1 of 12 in the series Case For A New Classical Liberal Party Last Updated on Tuesday December 24, 2024 03:12pm EST This series began near the end of May 2023, when I felt the need to start writing about how I felt the Libertarian Party had failed, and a new
- [Dallas vs Houston](https://ha-what.com/2024/11/09/dallas-vs-houston/) - This entry is part 11 of 12 in the series Case For A New Classical Liberal Party Originally published on Third Party Watch on Saturday November 9, 2024 I certainly apologize if anyone reading this believes I am going to talk about football. Baseball certainly, but never football. I was raised a Philadelphia boo-bird and
- [The Hunt for Red October](https://ha-what.com/2023/10/17/the-hunt-for-red-october/) - This entry is part 10 of 12 in the series Case For A New Classical Liberal Party Originally published on Third Party Watch on Tuesday October 17, 2023 SPOILER ALERT: Love it or hate it, if you never watched this movie then go watch it before reading this!What can I say? I had to find
- [Leave the Party, take the Cannoli](https://ha-what.com/2023/10/13/leave-the-party-take-the-cannoli/) - This entry is part 9 of 12 in the series Case For A New Classical Liberal Party Originally published on Third Party Watch on Friday October 13, 2023 A word of advice to anyone trying to write in the modern world: don’t ever take a weekend vacation where they don’t let you talk politics or
- [Robert’s, the Political Weapon of Mass Destruction](https://ha-what.com/2023/06/07/roberts-the-political-weapon-of-mass-destruction/) - This entry is part 8 of 12 in the series Case For A New Classical Liberal Party Originally published on Independent Political Report on Wednesday June 7, 2023Edited to remove an extraneous duplicate block of text in the original article. Let me take you back to the day I was first introduced to the weapon
- [How the West was Lost](https://ha-what.com/2023/06/06/how-the-west-was-lost/) - This entry is part 7 of 12 in the series Case For A New Classical Liberal Party Originally published on Third Party Watch on Tuesday June 6, 2023 No, that’s not a typo. I said lost not won. Of course most people currently living in the US would call it a victory. The winners get
- [MacArthur Versus Hooverville](https://ha-what.com/2023/06/03/macarthur-versus-hooverville/) - This entry is part 6 of 12 in the series Case For A New Classical Liberal Party Originally published on Third Party Watch on Saturday June 3, 2023 You may or may not remember reading about the Hoovervilles. Ad-hoc camps in several cities, most notable outside of the District of Columbia, put together by former
- [Tent City](https://ha-what.com/2023/05/30/tent-city/) - This entry is part 5 of 12 in the series Case For A New Classical Liberal Party Originally published on Third Party Watch on Tuesday May 30, 2023 Previously I discussed how parties currently mock and censure dissent instead of debating differences. I posed the position that the Libertarian Party’s tent is just like the
- [The Question of Political Purity](https://ha-what.com/2023/05/28/the-question-of-political-purity/) - This entry is part 4 of 12 in the series Case For A New Classical Liberal Party Originally published on Third Party Watch on Sunday May 28, 2023 (Written in response to comments posted on IndependentPoliticalReport.com) Saturday night I read a comment on Third Party Watch’s sister site that made my blood boil. Yes, my
- [Forming a New Party](https://ha-what.com/2023/05/26/forming-a-new-party/) - This entry is part 3 of 12 in the series Case For A New Classical Liberal Party Originally published on Third Party Watch on Friday May 26, 2023 All good advice. But I believe there is an important issue that you did not directly address. What about the old national committee that is likely to
- [Is “retaking” the LP really the best solution?](https://ha-what.com/2023/05/22/is-retaking-the-lp-really-the-best-solution/) - This entry is part 2 of 12 in the series Case For A New Classical Liberal Party Originally published on Third Party Watch on Monday May 22, 2023 I understand that TPW is intended as more of a commentary and opinion site as IPR evolves into primarily news, so here is an opinion starting with
- [The Long Road Back](https://ha-what.com/2024/11/08/the-long-road-back/) - Sometimes stories are so painful that you can’t write about them.But sometimes you have to.I know that the readership of this site tends to just be foreign nationals trying to break in, which of course would get them nowhere, but occasionally real humans visit and anyone doing so would justifyably get the impression that this
- [Libertarian Presidential Candidate Interviews and Debate](https://ha-what.com/2023/11/10/on-the-road-sc-libertarian-presidential-candidates/) - Last Updated on Saturday November 9, 2024 12:08am EST The 2023 South Carolina Libertarian Party Convention was held the weekend of November 10-12, 2023 in North Charleston, SC.The convention featured a debate between some of the (qualifying) presidential candidates. Interviews were scheduled with all of the candidates listed as attending as of October 22, 2023,
- [On the Road: Libertarian Presidential Debate](https://ha-what.com/2023/11/11/on-the-road-libertarian-presidential-debate/) - Originally published on Independent Political Report on Saturday November 11, 2023 On November 11, the South Carolina Libertarian Party held their 2023 State Convention to elect new officers and select delegates to the 2024 Libertarian Party National Convention. Following the convention, a debate was held between six candidates seeking their nomination next May in Washington
- [Your phone doesn’t ring just goes to voicemail](https://ha-what.com/2023/10/15/your-phone-doesnt-ring-just-goes-to-voicemail/) - Losing family can be difficult. Correction: is usually difficult. I remember exactly where I was on the day before Christmas Day in 1995, when I heard that my father had had a heart attack. My mother and sister did not understand why I had to hang around until the 26th before I could leave Charleston

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