Liberty
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In the movie “Wonder Woman,” the heroine has a choice to make. To save the world or not.
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GovernmentLibertyPolitics
Economic Ideas: Karl Marx and the Presumption of a “Right Side” to History
by Richard Ebeling June 6, 2017What does it mean to be on the “right” side of history?
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FeaturedGovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
How the New York Times Misrepresents the Supreme Court
by Rob Natelson May 4, 2017A recent New York Times story, titled “A Polarized Supreme Court, Growing More So,” illustrates how left-of-center media distort perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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I assert as anthropological fact that it is our nature as humans, in families and organizations, to refer to past wisdom (or folly) to act in the world.
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If the House Republicans can’t repeal and replace Obamacare, what can they do? Can they cut taxes, or increase the debt ceiling, or pass a budget? And if they can’t…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
That’s Why They’re Called “Entitlements”
by Fritz Pettyjohn March 27, 2017Republicans were counting on $1 trillion in savings from Obamacare Repeal and Replace, and that money would help pay for massive tax cuts. I expect them to pass the tax…
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Georgia attorney Dave Guldenschuh has emerged as a leading legal authority on Article V, and also gives periodic updates on the various Article V organizations. Here’s his latest: “Enclosed is…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLibertyUncategorized
The New Yorker Is Clueless
by Fritz Pettyjohn March 20, 2017Stu McPhail of the BBA Task Force has delivered a rebuttal of a seriously muddled article in The New Yorker. From Stu: “The March 13 issue of The New Yorker…
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Smart Democrats used to understand that elections are won and lost on bread and butter issues, like jobs, wages and economic vitality. You get the impression that boring stuff like…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
The President and the Purposes of the Foreign Emoluments Clause (Part II): Titles of Nobility
by Michael Stern March 16, 2017There has been much debate about Professor Zephyr Teachout’s claim that the Foreign Emoluments Clause and other constitutional provisions show that the Framers were “obsessed” with corruption. Compare Zephyr Teachout,…
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Opponents of Article V come from both political extremes, left and right. There’s little we can do to dissuade the leftists. They’re just don’t want a Balanced Budget Amendment .…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
The President and the Purposes of the Foreign Emoluments Clause (Part I)
by Michael Stern March 15, 2017I promised to return to the subject of the Foreign Emoluments Clause and so today I will start a series of posts on the purposes of that Clause and whether…
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FeaturedLibertyPoliticsSpeaker Series
Heartland Event: Assaults on Free Speech and the Future of Liberty
by Nancy Thorner March 11, 2017A defense must be mounted against what happened at Berkeley, and what is also taking place on other college campuses. The act of speaking is not “violence.”