Classical Liberalism
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The State of Competitive Federalism
We face a mixed picture for the recovery of competitive federalism.
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Two Societies: ‘May I Take Your Order?’ or ‘That’s an Order!’
“We should want to live in a society where we recognize one another’s right to say ‘no, thank you’ to an offer — that is to say, a world where people take orders instead of give them.” ~Art Carden
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Principles are the Antidote to Politics
“Jefferson understood that those who cannot even control themselves should hardly seek to control others.” ~Barry Brownstein
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The Dangerous Reinterpretation of Freedom
“When freedom from coercion is no longer a shared societal goal, history teaches that unimaginable horrors can be just around the corner.” ~Barry Brownstein
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Unity in Disunity
“When ‘unity’ means government policies will substitute for choices we would make for ourselves, it means domination, even though we do not want to be dominated.” ~Gary Galles
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Telegram Creator’s Arrest Makes the Supreme Court’s Murthy Ruling Look Even Worse
“The right to free speech is indeed indispensable, but it appears that those who believe otherwise may have already found bigger fish than Facebook and X to act as their censorship surrogates.” ~Jon Miltimore
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Texas Must Lead with Universal ESAs
“Only 24 percent of eighth graders are proficient in math and 23 percent in reading. Texas’s public education system is failing kids. The time for bold action is now: Texas must embrace universal education savings accounts.” ~Vance Ginn
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The Virtues of Social Market Order: Review of ‘Abundance, Generosity, and the State’
“Goods and services received gratuitously are not the same as those obtained as a right, especially when governments have extorted tax-‘payers’ at the point of a gun.” ~Joakim Book
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Arguments Against Markets
“Those of us who want to keep government small and strictly limited — and, hence, who want individuals to make whatever peaceful choices they wish — are far outnumbered by individuals who distrust markets to deliver enough of the goods to enough of the people.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux
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The Magna Carta’s Constitutional Tradition
“While not perfect by any means, the Magna Carta was the first example of a bloodless revolution in which the rule of law and rights in contracts lead to the advancement of civilization.” ~Will Sellers
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Conserving the Conversation
“The best defense of economic freedom rests not on statistics calculated yesterday, but rather the enduring knowledge of human nature at the heart of Western civilization.” ~Michael Lucchese
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Bitcoin Is ‘Resistance Money’
“Freedom money, wielded by its users and resistant to capture, identification, and censorship, doesn’t dispel unfair laws or make evil rulers go away — but almost nothing else does that either.” ~Joakim Book
