volokh.com - 2/17/2009
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Should Libertarians Go Red or Blue? I have been enjoying the recent dialogue over so-called liberaltarianism (links are in Ilya's post). I don't have that much to add except perhaps this: In a two party system, such as ours, each party is a coalition that is striving to get past 50%, unlike a ...
slate.com - 2/11/2009
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As promised, here are the gory mechanics of
the liberal conspiracy to expand welfare rolls through an...
insufficiently publicized provision in the stimulus bill: Under the welfare reform regime established in 1996, states were basically required ...
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The Money Liberal Conspiracy At Work
volokh.com - 2/23/2009
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Florida City Authorizes Use of City Funds to
Sue for Libel of Government Officials: From the Deltona...
(Florida) City Commission After Action Agenda (Feb. 16, 2009) : After discussion, the Commission voted 4 to 3 (Commissioner Denizac, Commissioner ...
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volokh.com - 2/18/2009
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Born Libertarian Onesie: Wish this had been around
when my kids were babies. Born Libertarian You can...
order yours here . Hat tip: Laura Barnett
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ILYA SOMIN HAS A ROUNDUP on the future of “liberaltarianism.”…
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ILYA SOMIN HAS A ROUNDUP on the future of “liberaltarianism.”
Another Liberaltarian Round-Up
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Over at the Volokh Conspiracy . One very minor correction: it was in fact yours truly who kicked this latest round off. Let me have my morsels of glory! ...
The ‘Liberaltarianist’ Folly
Pajamas Media —
Like it or not, libertarian interests are still best served by the Republican Party. [image] The talk lately has been liberaltarianism — the idea that libertarians (after 40 years of broken promises from Republicans) and liberals should combine in the Democratic Party to further our goals. The best summation of what I call “the liberaltarianist folly” comes from George Mason University School of Law Assistant Professor Ilya Somin, who pines: Although I wish things were different, I think that my 2006 reasons for skepticism are more valid today than they were ...
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