Defending Freedom, Fighting Collectivism
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When Lying Becomes a Virtue, Civilization Declines
“Just as in China, the moral character of Americans is being degraded. As more and more of us remain silent, morality degrades, and the social order on which we all depend loses its capacity to facilitate human flourishing.” ~ Barry Brownstein
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The Revolutionary Trigger
“We have a duty to confront a vital-but-uncomfortable question: at what point must Americans take it upon ourselves to revolt? In other words, what is the revolutionary trigger?” ~ Max Borders
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When Equality Becomes Evil
“This economic equality thing is parent to endless harm. When it’s just an idea, it’s nonsense. When it finds its way into public policy, it’s poison. Don’t drink it.” ~ Lawrence W. Reed
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Liberalism’s Greatest Gift
“Insofar as humanity embraces this liberal commitment to epistemic unpretentiousness, humanity is protected against the fevers and passions of persons who are enflamed by their sense of certainty.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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The Upside-Down Constitution and Its Critics
“The nature of the constitutional instrument tells you how to read it. Once you see that, but only once you see it, the clauses make all the sense in the world and you will know how to read them.” ~ Michael S. Greve
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Essential Words In- And Not In- Adam Smith’s Essential Works
“Don’t leave TMS behind when reading WN. Intricate souls the actors in WN surely are. What, after all, is the inner substance of the wealth of nations?” ~ Caleb Petitt & Daniel B. Klein
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Democrats Fail the Marshmallow Test
“If we can recognize how pre-schoolers do themselves a disservice by failing to defer gratification sufficiently, we should be able to identify the same sort of disservice to all of us from those sponsoring government policies that fail the marshmallow test.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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What Ain’t So Can Hurt You
“It would be better for society if our leaders were humble and honest about how little they actually know. But it’s better for the candidates for leadership if they pretend to be committed to a whole dog’s breakfast of truths that just ain’t so.” ~ Michael Munger
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Driving Liberty in the Traffic of Tolerance
“Liberty is the ability to stay in my lane without having to worry about others as obstacles to my progress. Tolerance comes from the complex mix of political institutions that result in a rule of law, like traffic lanes, that ensure liberty is shared by all.” ~ Michael D. Thomas
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Is Newsguard a Propaganda Machine? (Video)
“On this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand sat down with Phil Magness, Director of Research and Education at AIER, to discuss censorship, fact-checking, the politicization of academia, and how it affects research, corporations, and American culture.” ~ AIER
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When Lying Becomes a Virtue, Civilization Declines
“Just as in China, the moral character of Americans is being degraded. As more and more of us remain silent, morality degrades, and the social order on which we all depend loses its capacity to facilitate human flourishing.” ~ Barry Brownstein
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The Revolutionary Trigger
“We have a duty to confront a vital-but-uncomfortable question: at what point must Americans take it upon ourselves to revolt? In other words, what is the revolutionary trigger?” ~ Max Borders
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When Equality Becomes Evil
“This economic equality thing is parent to endless harm. When it’s just an idea, it’s nonsense. When it finds its way into public policy, it’s poison. Don’t drink it.” ~ Lawrence W. Reed
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Liberalism’s Greatest Gift
“Insofar as humanity embraces this liberal commitment to epistemic unpretentiousness, humanity is protected against the fevers and passions of persons who are enflamed by their sense of certainty.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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The Upside-Down Constitution and Its Critics
“The nature of the constitutional instrument tells you how to read it. Once you see that, but only once you see it, the clauses make all the sense in the world and you will know how to read them.” ~ Michael S. Greve
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Essential Words In- And Not In- Adam Smith’s Essential Works
“Don’t leave TMS behind when reading WN. Intricate souls the actors in WN surely are. What, after all, is the inner substance of the wealth of nations?” ~ Caleb Petitt & Daniel B. Klein
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Democrats Fail the Marshmallow Test
“If we can recognize how pre-schoolers do themselves a disservice by failing to defer gratification sufficiently, we should be able to identify the same sort of disservice to all of us from those sponsoring government policies that fail the marshmallow test.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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What Ain’t So Can Hurt You
“It would be better for society if our leaders were humble and honest about how little they actually know. But it’s better for the candidates for leadership if they pretend to be committed to a whole dog’s breakfast of truths that just ain’t so.” ~ Michael Munger
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Driving Liberty in the Traffic of Tolerance
“Liberty is the ability to stay in my lane without having to worry about others as obstacles to my progress. Tolerance comes from the complex mix of political institutions that result in a rule of law, like traffic lanes, that ensure liberty is shared by all.” ~ Michael D. Thomas
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Is Newsguard a Propaganda Machine? (Video)
“On this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand sat down with Phil Magness, Director of Research and Education at AIER, to discuss censorship, fact-checking, the politicization of academia, and how it affects research, corporations, and American culture.” ~ AIER