Libertarian scholar/activist (and one of the nicest guys in the movement) Murray Sabrin files for divorce from the GOP. While not everyone will go as far as Murray, expect more rebellions from the GOP grassroots as the folly of the party’s present course becomes increasingly clear. On August 15, 1971 President Nixon imposed wage and price controls and closed the gold window. Nixon dealt a blow to economic freedom in one fell swoop and effectively declared the United States government bankrupt. As a 25 year old living in New York who became a registered Republican a year or two earlier, … Continue reading The Last Straw