By Sharon Kelly, DeSmog. A scheme to abolish the Department of Energy (DOE) helped spur a failed 1980 Libertarian Party presidential bid — and in the process laid the groundwork…
This is an essay written by Charles Koch in response to the proposal by President Carter to create a U.S. Department of Energy to help America respond to the energy…
This document contains the prepared remarks for a speech given by David Koch on May 31, 1980, in Portland, Oregon, while he was campaigning for Vice President of the United…
This document is a May 10, 1980, letter from Charles Koch's confidant Ed Crane to “Clark V.I.P’s” about media coverage of the Ed Clark-David Koch presidential campaign. Enclosed in the…
This document is a campaign pamphlet from the campaign of Libertarian Party presidential candidate Ed Clark. It contains short examples of the campaign's positions on issues, such as Clark stating…
This undated document is likely from 1979 and is a brochure titled, “What Should Be our National Energy Policy?” published by the Libertarian Party’s New Hampshire Publicity Committee sometime after…
This document is a 1980 statement made by Libertarian Party presidential candidate Ed Clark at the Phoenix Press Club on February 1, 1980. The speech calls for the elimination of…
This document is a brochure for the Ed Clark For President Campaign that sought to place a Libertarian in the White House in the 1980 election cycle. The brochure outlines…