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Frédéric Bastiat

[T]o destroy an error is to build up the truth that stands opposed to it.

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Adios, California?
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Lightfoot’s Dark Turn
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Empowering Abuse of Power
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Minimum Shock
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Another Protected Incumbent
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Watch Out!
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The Hill as Hallucinogen
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Elon & Vivek to Cut Government?
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Lost Justice, Long Island
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Abolish. Or Set in Stone
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The Incumbency vs. Progressives
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In-Nate Problem
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Voters with Zombie Power
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Is He Serious?
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Will There Be Limits?
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The Last Straw
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Daughter Draft
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Against Spying on American Journalists
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Pulling It Off
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E‑Panic
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The Socialist Pledge
What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine… is mine.
A simple question…
Government is a dangerous servant… as the American left has recently discovered. …
Corporate influence…
Corporations can buy unfair favors from government…because government has unfair …
“No Boots on the Ground”
Obama has put “boots on the ground” in Syria after …
Heinlein: Fire and Fusion
“…like fire and fusion, government is a dangerous servant and a terrible …