Mike Morales: How would you define libertarianism? Dale Ogden: Libertarianism is a political philosophy of minimum government espoused by the founders of our nation. People should be free to enjoy the fruits of their labor and government should be limited to protecting the life, liberty and property of its citizens. That includes such things as national defense, […]

 After three years working on a new television series for the Discovery Channel, Stephen Hawking concludes that aliens are “almost certain to exist” and could even be dangerous. Hawking says that it is rational to assume that intelligent life exists somewhere in the universe, and mathematically unlikely that life is unique to the Earth, given the existence of a hundred billion galaxies, […]

 One of Cuba's leading cigar makers, Alejandro Robaina, died at the age of 91 of cancer, with which he was diagnosed last year. His death was announced by Jose Antonio Candia, spokesman for the cigar company Habanos S.A. Robaina was the only Cuban tobacco grower to have a brand of cigars named after him.Robaina was known as...

By Chisun LeeThe US government is failing in more and more cases to produce evidence that the men it has imprisoned at Guantanamo belong there, according to ProPublica's latest look at the lawsuits that some 100 captives have filed in federal court to seek their freedom. But the Obama administration continues to challenge the...

The mayor of Champaign, Illinois denies that Barack Obama is eligible to hold the highest office in the United States, joining others who doubt the validity of the president’s birth certificate.  Jerry Schweighart said: “I don’t think he’s American, personally. You know, if you’re not willing to produce an original certificate like a birth certificate, then you’ve got something to hide.” […]

 A volcanic eruption has started under the top of Eyjafjallajökull glacier in Iceland, producing plumes of steam rising up to 5,000 feet over the glacier. The eruption has created a large hole in the glacier, as well as a fissure that is forming under the glacier, which is now around 2 kilometers (1 mi) long.People in the...

Following the release of classified video earlier this week, the US military is to carry out a review of a 2007 airstrike which occured in Baghdad. At a press conference on April 5, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., the whistleblowing wiki Wikileaks released a video which appears to contradict the official...

By Marian Wang. This article originally appeared on ProPublica.On Monday, WikiLeaks made a big splash when it released a still-classified military video [1] from 2007 that shows a U.S. helicopter gunship shooting down a group of men in a suburb of Baghdad.Reactions to the video range [2] widely: Some believe it betrays a...

25 miners are confirmed dead, two injured and four missing after an explosion in a West Virginia coal mine Monday. The incident occurred in the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, West Virginia. It is the deadliest mining accident in the United States since 1984. Search and rescue operations were suspended Tuesday due to...

 After a year of turbulent weather in Mexico and destruction of their habitat, the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) population could be down by as much as 50% to 60% this year, experts say.A gathering area for the butterflies northwest of Mexico City was affected particularly hard by severe weather this winter, which...