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Was a Telecom CEO Sent to Prison because He Resisted NSA?

Even before 9/11, the National Security Agency went to Qwest Communications and asked it to turn over Americans’ phone records without....

Jun 10, 2013
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2 Mins
Sen. Ted Cruz takes Ayn Rand to Washington

One of my all time heroes, Ayn Rand, in Atlas Shrugged described how the parasitical class would put into place arbitrary power...

Mar 8, 2013
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3 Mins
Netflix CEO Targeted for Facebook Post

We’ve all been warned about the dangers ill-advised Facebook posts can pose to our reputations. But Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is now learni

Dec 13, 2012
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3 Mins
A Health Insurance Speech Mandate

Under ObamaCare, health insurers must in some cases send rebates to insured individuals. Under new regulations, the Wall Street Journal....

May 14, 2012
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1 Min
Questions for Conservatives about Gay Marriage and Sock Drawers

Let’s start with your views concerning government. Most of you believe that government should not jail consenting adults for engaging, in...

Jul 2, 2011
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Edward Hudgins
5 Mins
The Freedom Olympics

Americans typically measure their freedom by looking backward or forward—backward to the early republic or forward to their ideal republic.

Apr 10, 2011
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10 Mins
Book Review: The Normality of Freedom

In 2003, the Supreme Court declared that people challenging the constitutionality of an economic regulation must "negative every conceivable

Mar 30, 2011
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Victor Sperandeo
10 Mins
Sovietizing America: How Sustainable Development Crushes the Individual

April/May 2005 -- An unrecognized threat to the liberty and prosperity of each American has spread throughout the country, taking root in

Mar 29, 2011
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Michael Shaw and Edward Hudgins
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Justice Vick-timized

December 2007 -- Last summer’s federal criminal charges against professional football player Michael Vick for running an illegal dogfighting

Mar 16, 2011
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Ray Newman
6 Mins
Gay Marriage

There is no established Objectivist position on gay marriage per se. However, I think Objectivism can be seen to apply to the issues at hand

Jan 25, 2011
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Abortion

In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court declared a constitutionally protected right to abortion. Far from resolving the debate that gave rise to it..

Jan 23, 2011
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8 Mins
Ban Big Government, Not Political Speech

The Democrats can’t garner votes in the 2010 general elections by bragging about their legislative achievements—greater government control..

Oct 27, 2010
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Edward Hudgins
5 Mins
The Internet in Closed Societies

Apparently the World Wide Web isn't as worldwide as it could be. The Internet—the centerpiece of the "new economy" technology that was

Oct 18, 2010
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Patrick Stephens
4 Mins
Martha Burk's Pseudo Event

if Martha Burk of the National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO) has learned anything from her attempt to force the Augusta National..

Aug 26, 2010
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Russell La Valle
6 Mins
Free Verse

September 2004 -- As John Enright notes , there is a wealth of poetry about political and personal freedom. I thought Navigator's readers

Aug 19, 2010
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4 Mins
Nat Hentoff and David Kelley on Libel Laws, Pro and Con

libel laws pro and conFrom Libertarianism.org: "In this video from a 1986 Free Press Association event, Nat Hentoff and David Kelley engage

Aug 15, 2010
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2 Mins
Did Rand Paul Waffle on Civil Rights?

It sure didn’t take long for Rand Paul’s political opponents to sharpen their daggers. Less than 24 hours after winning the Kentucky Senate

Jun 21, 2010
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Bradley Doucet
4 Mins
EPA Spy Planes Monitor Feedlots

In its efforts to supervise Nebraska cattle producers' obedience to the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency is literally...

Jun 4, 2010
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2 Mins
Drug Prohibition, Prostitution, and Pornography

Objectivism holds that the sole purpose of government is to secure our right to live free from force. This implies property rights and

Apr 14, 2010
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William Thomas
3 Mins
Robin Hood and the Robber Congress

April 18, 2005 -- On April 13, the House of Representatives voted to permanently repeal the Estate Tax. More accurately described as the

Apr 4, 2010
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins

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