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GOP Sound Bites vs. Libertarian Trends

GOP Chair Reince Priebus has released his party’s “ Principles for American Renewal .” By coincidence, Grover Norquist, longtime political

Oct 21, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
5 Mins
Three Enemies of Capitalism (Part 1)

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Oct 13, 2014
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2 Mins
Don't ban religious teaching, teach reason

Recently Zoltan Istvan, author of the provocative book The Transhumanist Wager, called for “regulation that restricts religious indoctrinati

Oct 2, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
'The Economist' on Plea Bargaining and Coerced Testimony

End plea bargaining : that’s the radical proposal for America’s justice system given this week by one of the most prestigious magazines in t

Oct 2, 2014
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3 Mins
Paul Ryan Rejects Ayn Rand in the New York Times

No, I wasn’t distancing. I adored her novels when I was young, and in many ways they gave me an interest in economics.

Sep 15, 2014
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3 Mins
Sidney Powell on "The Real Legacy of the Enron Task Force"

Atlas Summit 2014 -- Texas "superlawyer" Sidney Powell describes how a handful of corrupt federal prosecutors destroyed Arthur Andersen...

Sep 12, 2014
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2 Mins
Republican Party values: a panel discussion

The panelists include Edward Hudgins, editor and lead author of The Atlas Society's latest book, The Republican Party's Civil War: Will Free

Sep 9, 2014
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2 Mins
Illinois Establishment GOP Sinks in Sleaze

Illinois is well-known for corrupt Democratic governors and government. Sadly, establishment Republicans are joining in the sleazy moral...

Sep 2, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
3 Mins
Rand Paul Revolution in Silicon Valley

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, recently spoke at the “ Rebooting Congress, Causes and Campaigns 2014 ” conference in Silicon Valley...

Jul 25, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Corpses, and Context

Television newscasts over the past week have featured videos of corpses, including the bodies of children, piled in hospitals and morgues

Jul 23, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
4 mins
Highway Trust Fund Injustice

The US federal government is holding one of its periodic debates about highway funding. President Obama says that the federal highway trust

Jul 16, 2014
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3 Mins
Hobby Lobby: Corporations' Rights Protect Individuals' Rights

Pursuing a profit does not mean giving up your other values, not even if you do it by means of a corporation. That’s the most important meaning of today’s Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby.

Jul 1, 2014
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2 Mins
Cantor's Defeat and the GOP Establishment's Dilemma

Establishment Republicans are in shock over the Virginia primary loss by GOP House majority leader Eric Cantor at the hands of Dave Brat

Jun 11, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
6 Mins
Take-Aways from When FDA Tried to Take Away Your Cheese

The FDA recently said it was illegal to age cheese on wooden boards; in the face of an outcry, it retreated...

Jun 11, 2014
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3 Mins
McConnell Should Unleash Our Inner John Galt

GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says that Republicans “have often lost sight of the fact that our average voter is not John Galt.

Jun 10, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Family Values Still Threaten GOP

In another skirmish in the GOP’s civil war, Ken Blackwell recently linked mass killings with same-sex unions. This is why, in spite of the..

May 30, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Climate Kerfuffle on Cosmos

I’m a big fan of the Cosmos reboot series, just as I was of the Carl Sagan original. But the host Neil deGrasse Tyson recently stumbled very

May 23, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
The Buckyballs Settlement: A Loss All Around?

Craig Zucker, the Buckyballs CEO who fought back irreverently when the Consumer Product Safety Commission went after his product, has

May 23, 2014
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Sidney Powell Attacks DOJ Corruption

The main feature at the Atlas Summit on the evening of Friday, June 20 will be our Friday, June 20 Dinner Event: A First Look at Atlas

May 14, 2014
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2 Mins
Innocents in Prison? No Kidding, Judge Rakoff!

In early April, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of Manhattan’s federal trial court spoke at the University of Southern California law school. His topic.

May 6, 2014
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James J. Treacy
4 Mins

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