Eric Sharp

<div><p>Eric Sharp is a grassroots activist, artist, and journalist from Tennessee.</p><p>He's worked with Young Americans for Liberty, and written for The Humble Libertarian, YAL blog, and Mises Canada.</p></div

Super PAC App Fact Checks Ads In Real Time

Justin Adelson, MIT Sloan Political ads often bend and distort reality to achieve an end. However, emerging tools make it easier than ever to dispel confusion about political TV ads.

By Eric Sharp

September 7, 2012

Super PAC App Fact Checks Ads In Real Time

Young Voters Becoming More Independent

Photo: americanprogress.org Voters are becoming more independent of conventional partisan politics, and young voters in particular are getting harder to squeeze into a red or blue box. While many

By Eric Sharp

August 21, 2012

Young Voters Becoming More Independent

Photo: americanprogress.org Voters are becoming more independent of conventional partisan politics, and young voters in particular are getting harder to squeeze into a red or blue box. While many

By Eric Sharp

August 21, 2012

Russian Band, \Pussy Riot\ Trial Divides Russia

Photograph: Aleshkovsky Mitya/Itar-Tass Photo/Corbis Strange but eerily familiar events are taking place in Russia as the trial of Russian punk band, Pussy Riot, continues this week: "Three

By Eric Sharp

August 7, 2012

Russian Band, \Pussy Riot\ Trial Divides Russia

Photograph: Aleshkovsky Mitya/Itar-Tass Photo/Corbis Strange but eerily familiar events are taking place in Russia as the trial of Russian punk band, Pussy Riot, continues this week: "Three

By Eric Sharp

August 7, 2012

"Batman" Shooting Provokes Twitter TSA Fears

Photo: tsa.gov In response to Friday's tragic shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, Twitter users took to their timelines to express their worry. Their concern

By Eric Sharp

July 23, 2012

"Batman" Shooting Provokes Twitter TSA Fears

Photo: tsa.gov In response to Friday's tragic shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, Twitter users took to their timelines to express their worry. Their concern

By Eric Sharp

July 23, 2012

White House Seizes Control of Internet by Executive Order

In an unprecedented step for executive power, President Obama signed an Executive Order on July 6th that allows the executive branch to seize control of all communications infrastructure in the

By Eric Sharp

July 15, 2012

White House Seizes Control of Internet by Executive Order

In an unprecedented step for executive power, President Obama signed an Executive Order on July 6th that allows the executive branch to seize control of all communications infrastructure in the

By Eric Sharp

July 15, 2012

European Union Rejects ACTA by a Landslide

The European Union has, by a landslide, voted to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) Treaty: said in a statement For an international treaty to work well all the major

By Eric Sharp

July 11, 2012

European Union Rejects ACTA by a Landslide

The European Union has, by a landslide, voted to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) Treaty: said in a statement For an international treaty to work well all the major

By Eric Sharp

July 11, 2012