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Left/Right Populist Outrage Will Defeat Senate Health Care Bill

Jane Hamsher | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harry Reid, Populism, Ron Brownstein, Dick Durbin FutureGen, Liberals, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Health Care Bill, Libertarians, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

An impoverished left/right dialectic dominates the media coverage of politics. But it turns out that progressive bloggers and tea party activists are saying almost the exact same thing about health care.

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The Limitations of Government

Edward Harrison | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Government Spending, Economic Stimulus, Libertarians, Social Issues, Crony Capitalism, Business News
Edward Harrison

This post originally appeared at Credit Writedowns. In this post: A few thoughts about the limitations of government Our founding fathers How ...

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Right And Left Join To Reform Criminal Justice System

New York Times | ADAM LIPTAK | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Republican Party, Heritage Foundation, Conservatives, Liberals, Courts, Crime, Ronald Reagan, Nacdl, Reform, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Edward Meese Iii, Beyond Left and Right, Aclu, Libertarians, Judicial Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In the next several months, the Supreme Court will decide at least a half-dozen cases about the rights of people accused of crimes invol...

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Irony Alert: Conservatives Ride Government-Run Transit to Protest Government Spending

John Petro | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Heritage Foundation, Mass Transit, Congress, Teabaggers, Conservatives, Dc-Metro, National Mall, Washington DC, Rep-Kevin-Brady, Libertarians, Wmata, Politics News
John Petro

Incredibly, the same people that rode Metro to the National Mall to protest taxes and government spending were upset about Metro's level of service.

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The Libertarian Gotcha

Harry Moroz | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Protection, Cpsc, Libertarians, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Toymakers, Small Business, Barbie, Mattel, Business News
Harry Moroz

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act is generating quite a bit of controversy for a measure designed to protect children from lead and other unsafe consumer products.

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National Association of Manufacturers Blasts ... American Manufacturing?

Dave Johnson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Manufacturing, Free Trade, Cato Institute, Trade, Libertarians, National Association of Manufacturers, US Economy, Us Tax System, Us-Manufacturing, Harold Meyerson, Washington Post, Gross Domestic Product, American Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News
Dave Johnson

Why is America's National Association of Manufacturers echoing the Cato Institute's views against American manufacturing? Has this organization lost its way? Do NAM members know about this?

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Pop Goes The Compensation Bubble

Harry Moroz | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cato Institute, Gary Becker, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, John Boehner, Libertarians, Executive Compensation, Jeff Madrick, Tarp, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Doubts about the federal government's ability -- and willingness -- to reign in excessive executive compensation have persisted since October of last year. Now, the tables have turned.

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Ron Paul "Liberty Dollars": Counterfeiters Indicted

The Hill | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Currency, Liberty Dollars, North Carolina, Bernard Von NotHaus, Libertarians, Ron Paul, Politics News

A federal grand jury brought indictments Friday against the maker of an obscure currency supported by some libertarians....

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I, Pot Smoker

Daniel Denvir | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Drug War, Marijuana, Smoking Pot, Illinois Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, New York Times, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Libertarians, The Discovery Channel's Planet Earth Dvd Set, Living News
Daniel Denvir

The world of well-adjusted adult people who smoke pot is one of America's best-kept secrets.

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Somalia: Libertarian Paradise (VIDEO)

Posted 06.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Video, Somalia Tourism, Public Service Administration, Political Humor, Funny Videos, Satire, Somalia, Libertarians, Andy Cobb, Somalia Libertarian Paradise, Somalia: Libertarian Paradise, Libertarian Paradise Somalia, Somalia Libertarian, Libertarian, Libertarian Paradise, Andy Cobb Somalia, Somalia Libertarians, Libertarian Somalia, Comedy News

The inimitable Andy Cobb is at it again, taking libertarians to task for their hatred of all things government. You know what has no government? Somal...

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HuffPoster Reports On Montana Tea Party

Huffington Post Contributor | Louise McMillin | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Day Tea Party, Anti-Tax Tea Party, Pro-Life, Tea Party, Missoula Montana, Rockies, Libertarians, Missoula-Montana, Politics News

[Reported by a HufPost citizen journalist] And they certainly showed up in Missoula, Montana. Montana is a very conservative state. Missoula, howeve...

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