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HOUSTON Rand Paul wants to lead the United States. On Saturday in Texas, his father was speaking at a conference about how to leave it.

A lot of times people think secession, they paint it as an absolute negative, said former representative Ron Paul (R-Tex.). After all, Paul said, the American Revolution was a kind of secession. You mean we should have been obedient to the king forever? So its all in the way you look at it.

This weekend was a crucial one for Rand Paul, the Republican senator from Kentucky and undeclared candidate for the presidency. He was in California, trying to line up donors at an opulent retreat organized by the billionaire Koch brothers.

At the same time, his father retired after 12 terms in Congress and three presidential runs was in the ballroom of an airport hotel here, the final speaker at a one-day seminar in breaking away from the central state. He followed a series of speakers who said that the U.S. economy and political establishment were tottering and that the best response might be for states, counties or even individuals to break away.

The America we thought we knew, ladies and gentlemen, is a mirage. Its a memory. Its a foreign country, Jeff Deist, Ron Pauls former press secretary and chief of staff, told the group. And thats precisely why we should take secession seriously.

The contrasting scenes this weekend illuminate the odd situation of the Pauls as the 2016 campaign season begins. They are a father and son tied together but running in opposite directions.

Rand, 52, is contemplating a presidential run at its heart, an act of optimism. He is moderating some hard-line positions and introducing himself to donors and voters. At the same time, Ron, 79, has embraced a role as libertarianisms prophet of doom, telling his supporters that the United States is headed for catastrophes and might actually need catastrophes to get on the right track

Which puts Rand Paul in the unusual position of trying to win over the country while his father says it is going down the tubes.

Asked by a reporter whether he was worried about making trouble for his sons presidential campaign by talking about secession here, Ron Paul deflected the blame to the press: If we had decent reporters, there would never be any problems. You think you could ever meet one? Have a heart, buddy.

A spokesman for Rand Paul said he was not available to comment for this story. Both Pauls have said that if Rand Paul runs for president, his father will not campaign with him.

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Book Review | Escape From Leviathan: Libertarianism Without Justificationism
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Jonathan Bowden on Libertarianism
Decent enough conversation between Jonathan Bowden and Richard #39;Hungarian jailbird #39; Spencer on the topics of libertarianism,Ron Paul,Ayn Rand etc.

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NYPD Goes on De Facto Strike: Arrests Fall 66%: A Victory for Libertarianism
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Murray Bookchin - The Real Roots of Traditional Libertarianism
Clip from Murray Bookchin #39;s "The Forms of Freedom" talk.

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Sam Harris on Libertarianism

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THE abrupt demise of Durham Free School, the closure of which was announced by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan after a damning Ofsted report, will come as no surprise to critics of the free school movement.

The brainchild of former Education Secretary, Michael Gove, and inspired by experimental schools in Sweden and the United States, free schools were part of the Coalition Governments Big Society initiative.

Influenced by libertarianism, the idea was to allow parents, teachers, charities, businesses and religious groups to set up their own schools.

The vision was that free schools would be an independent but state-funded school which was open to all abilities.

Crucially, like mainstream academy schools, the new free schools would not be controlled by their local educational authority.

But free schools would continue to be subject to the same schools admissions code as all other state-funded schools.

Free schools are governed by non-profit charitable trusts that sign funding agreements with the Education Secretary.

In order to set up a free school, founding groups must submit detailed applications to the Department of Education.

While there are additional start-up funds available to new free schools, mainstream funding is on the same basis as other state schools.

The new model has spread slowly around the country and the North-East still only has a handful of examples.

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What are free schools? Does the failure of Durham Free School indicate the model is flawed?

Radicalism as Revolution: A Call for a Fractal Libertarianism
Intro/Outro by Jeff Riggenbach Written by Jeff Riggenbach Read by Tony Dreher Edited by Nick Ford Online article: http://c4ss.org/content/27335 Excerpt: "Rup...

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Author #39;s Forum: A Dinosaur #39;s Guide to Libertarianism
A book that lays bare the failings of the British political establishment and system, penned by a famously robust critic of the European Union and its politi...

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FFF Presents: Libertarianism, Social Cooperation, and the Tackling of Strawmen
Are libertarians self-centered and anti-society? Mainstream critiques of liberty and individualism often portray libertarians as rugged hermits who care noth...

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