Libertarian Candidate: Richard Mack

This profile of Arizona candidate Richard Mack, who is running against Republican Lamar Smith in the primary appeared in Libertarian online mag Reason.com.   It's a must-read for this week, because the piece places Libertarian ideas in the context of the Traditional and Southern ideas we've been reading lately.  Here's how it begins:

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), authored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) at the behest of Hollywood and the recording industry, inspired one of the largest and most organic opposition campaigns in recent memory. Twitter users put "STOP SOPA" banners on their user avatars; numerous sites, including Wikipedia, Google, and Reddit, "blacked out" in protest; and Congress eventually tabled the bill. Smith bore the brunt of the backlash. His biggest primary opponent, an Oath Keeper named Richard “Sheriff” Mack, has ridden the outrage like a wave. Mack isn't opposed just to SOPA, but a slew of other acronyms that Smith has supported: TARP, NDAA, the PATRIOT Act.