Word: libertarian
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...think our attractiveness is geared towards the new population of Cambridge, the people who have moved in after rent control, the younger, more affluent, maybe first-time condo owners,” said Jeff J. Chase, the chair of the Cambridge Libertarian City Committee...
...across the famously Democratic state of Massachusetts, the Libertarian Party has been making gains: enrollment has increased more than fivefold in the last four years—from around 3,000 to about 16,500—according to Elias Israel, the party’s state chair...
Cambridge political pundit Glenn S. Koocher ‘71—citing the last city election’s meager Libertarian turnout of 107 votes—doesn’t think that Condit’s candidacy stands much chance...
While westerners are frequently caricatured as being either tree huggers or strip miners, they have complicated feelings about the land. Many conservationists have a libertarian streak, while ranchers and loggers can show a caretaker's attitude toward the land they work. Neither side likes being dictated to. That's why there is much lingering resentment across the West at the perceived high-handedness of the Clinton Administration--particularly the dash to bypass Congress and designate 16 national monuments in the last year of his presidency. Westerners have always resented Washington's reach--the Federal Government owns about half the land...
...Lawrence is uneasy about his impending celebrity: the former British soldier's views on drug use are far from libertarian. "Other people take ecstasy because they want to be in an impassive state, have a different perception listening to music and to dance all night. I do it to experience normality. But I also feel the heightened sensory perception, and I wouldn't want to be experiencing that on a daily basis because you wouldn't get anything else done. So if there is an outcry over my using ecstasy, if I was investigated and if people were really anti...