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by | Jun 6, 2013

Matt Purple offers stark contrast between Sen. Rand Paul’s portrayal of an “assault on the Constitution,” and Sen. Lindsey Graham’s predictable giddiness at our ever-expanding surveillance state. Matt makes a great point. These days, our expectations of privacy are especially…

by | May 13, 2013

We always knew it was going to be bad. But today’s “ObamaCare Rate Shocker” is even worse than you might have expected. Lost amidst the Kermit Gosnell trial, Benghazi-gate, and IRS inquisitions is a damning new report released by the…

by | May 2, 2013

Political writers have established it as a maxim that, in contriving any system of government and fixing the several checks and controls of the constitution, every man ought to be supposed a knave and to have no other end, in all his…

by | Apr 18, 2013

1. Are you an American citizen?    – “Yes.” (Congrats. Proceed to q.2)    – “No.” (End questionnaire. Thanks. Gracias. Merci. Dankeschön.) 2. Do you value your civil liberties?    – “Of course I do” (Thank goodness. Proceed to q.3)…

by | Apr 11, 2013

The recent RNC autopsy confirmed the Republican brand is in bad shape. This “Grand Old Party” has emphasized neither the former nor the latter. Instead, they’ve underscored the “Old.” Consensus is, they’re outmoded, out-of-touch, aging white guys. In the immediate…

by | Mar 29, 2013

I have a confession to make. I’m a fan of Conor Friedersdorf. I respect his opinion, even when I disagree with it. I find him articulate, insightful, and shrewd. He speaks comfortably to a generation of liberty-minded Americans who don’t…

by | Mar 20, 2013

Over at NRO, Jonah Goldberg has written a great piece on the time-honored relationship between libertarians and conservatives. He offers a conciliatory perspective I find refreshing. Given the amount of ink that’s been spilled fighting idea wars between natural allies,…

by | Mar 12, 2013

This morning, as a light drizzle fell upon our nation’s capital, a line grew outside of The Dirksen Senate Office Building. Men and women, young and old, the be-suited and the uniformed, stood in the rain and waited. Imagine the…

by | Mar 8, 2013

When we reference the “demagogue,” we imply a political leader who plays on the emotions and prejudices of the ignorant. A tub-thumping, rabble-rouser who doles out torches and pitchforks to the lowest common denominator. If Rand Paul is a “demagogue…

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