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The Libertarian
by Richard A. Epstein
by Richard A. Epstein
June 18, 2013
In Defense of the NSA
Its wiretapping program has been derided as an intolerable invasion of individual privacy rights, but it has benefits for national security.
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The Supreme Court and Arizona’s Voting Requirements
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February 19, 2013
In Praise of Income Inequality
You cannot make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.
February 5, 2013
America’s Favorite Golfer Gets Fleeced
What Phil Mickelson’s tax saga teaches us about the uses and abuses of state fiscal policy.
January 15, 2013
The Age of Administrative Excess
Why is the federal government locking unwilling citizens into Medicare?
January 10, 2013
Politics and the Poor Man's Plate
Image credit: Barbara Kelley
January 2, 2013
When Government Takes You Hostage
Do property rights count for nothing when you refuse the state's unlawful demands?
December 18, 2012
The End of Unions?
What Michigan Governor Rick Snyder gets right and wrong about labor policy.
December 11, 2012
Memo to SCOTUS: Cut the FDA Down to Size
The behemoth is not only standing between sick patients and crucial drugs, it is violating the prohibition against free speech.
December 5, 2012
Health Care vs. Health Insurance
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December 4, 2012
Google: A Threat to Civil Liberties?
When it comes to regulating large tech companies, the government should proceed with caution.