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David Boaz

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Distinguished Senior Fellow and former EVP of the Cato Institute; Author, The Libertarian Mind; opinions are my own.

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“Biden also made a point of mentioning Republicans who have been subjected to election threats and violence, including Pence and Raffensperger.” But no mention of Republicans threatened or attacked by leftists, such as Scalise and Kavanaugh. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

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Biden keeps saying “extreme MAGA Republicans.” Is that really a better known or scarier term than just saying “Trump”?

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Pre­dic­tIt listed a con­tract on whether the WHO would de­clare Covid-19 a pan­demic. The CFTC tele­phoned to complain about that con­tract, say­ing it was in poor taste. Did we authorize the federal government to regulate poor taste? wsj.com/articles/feder…

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George Will runs an idea up the flagpole. I doubt that the relevant parties will salute. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

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An . . . unusual libertarian endorsement. 'Masters has said that 'libertarianism doesn't work,' at NatCon conference...he has come to believe that the fight against an 'authoritarian left' demands the control and use of state power to crush that left.' reason.com/2022/11/01/ari…

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A typically balanced panel on taxpayer-funded radio: The Supreme Court, defining diversity, and the future of affirmative action | 1A the1a.org/segments/the-s…

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“from 1790 until the Fed’s creation in 1913, the dollar lost — over this entire span of 124 years — only about 8 percent of its 1790 value. In contrast, over the course of the Fed’s first 100 years, the dollar lost about 96 percent of its 1913 value.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

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You took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, but to be fair, you didn't take an oath to understand it.

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'What would be the right-wing equivalent of Kamala Harris, Maxine Waters, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Beto O’Rourke, or the “ladies” on “The View”? I couldn’t begin to imagine how we’d offer our own version of these splenetic true believers.' 🤣🤣🤣amgreatness.com/2022/10/31/the…

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The Washington Post's media critic admitted publicly what many people have told me privately: they didn't criticize crazy left-wing fads because they were afraid for their jobs nymag.com/intelligencer/…

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It’s publication day!

“Freedom’s Furies” tells the story of how three outstanding women—friends & fellow writers—transformed our understanding of freedom by taking on the tides of collectivism in the 20th century. cato.org/books/freedoms… Cato Institute Goldwater Institute

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On August 14, 1990, at the International Society for Individual Liberty's 5th World Libertarian Conference, Milton Friedman took a step back from the details of public policy issues and discussed basic libertarian beliefs and values.

Watch now 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=bibfsl…

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Unsurprisingly, she has it completely backward: It’s not the government’s role to hold media accountable. It’s the media’s role to hold government accountable.

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