Politics


Free Speech Gags Subjected to Scrutiny

The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform is, I believe, the best book available on one of the most important issues in American political science: campaign finance restrictions. I say that…

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Divided Government

Overall, I’m rooting for the non-Republicans in this Congressional election. GOP control of the government has given us an explosion of federal spending, a gutting of the Constitutional restraints on…

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Divided Government, Here We Come….

It’s a shame that the idiotic Foley scandal may be the straw on the GOP’s back, but I’m looking forward to divided government. Both parties are responsible for the failed…

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Corrupting Even the UnCorrupters

The Kenya head of Transparency International, a respected anti-corruption group, has been fired on the basis of allegations of …. corruption. That follows on the resignation (and departure for the…

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Why Are the Political/Legal Gay Bashers So Angry and Frantic? They Know They’re Losing

My old friend Steve Chapman of the Chicago Tribune shows why the federal amendment banning gay marriage (not merely restraining “runaway judges,” but forbidding legislatures from allowing gay marriages, as…

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Why Are the Political/Legal Gay Bashers So Angry and Frantic? They Know They’re Losing

My old friend Steve Chapman of the Chicago Tribune shows why the federal amendment banning gay marriage (not merely restraining “runaway judges,” but forbidding legislatures from allowing gay marriages, as…

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“Challenges of Democratization” on Al Ghad

My short essay on “Challenges of Democratization,” which I originally delivered in Iraq, has been published in the Jordanian paper Al Ghad.

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“Challenges of Democratization” on Al Ghad

My short essay on “Challenges of Democratization,” which I originally delivered in Iraq, has been published in the Jordanian paper Al Ghad.

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Freedom, Commerce, and Peace

Tbilisi I’ve been working with my colleagues on our conference on “Freedom, Commerce, and Peace: A Regional Agenda” to be held October 25-27 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Russian website is…

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Libert��?���© Ch��?���©rie

I had the pleasure of dining this evening with five leaders of the French classical liberal organization LibertÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?© ChÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?©rie, which has been revamped, rebranded, and revitalized by an infusion of…

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