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The Conscience of A Conservative: No Longer Unconscious
Ron Paul has brought the libertarian ideology to the forefront of American politics. The election of Barack Obama gave media pundits a new repertoire of talking points. Among these points was one claim...
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On Our Responsibility to the Poor
I. A Preamble As a little boy in Colombia, I remember walking through Bogota’s busiest streets firmly holding my mother’s hand. I was afraid, terrified, by the amount of beggars lining outside...
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Keeping up with the Smiths: In Defense of Capitalism
Meet the Smiths, an average American family. The calendar on their wall says the year is 1970. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Smith went to college. Mr. Jones works as a manual laborer making household and...
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Nanny Sam and the Death of Buckyballs
Their website is non-assuming and accessible. With a beige and blue theme, slowly cycling images of infants and tents, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission seems friendly and paternal as it...
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Winner: Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Before you go shopping at the Providence Place Mall, take note: Rhode Island has the highest sales tax in New England. At 7 percent, the Ocean State’s sales tax is 0.75 percentage points higher than...
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Ron Paul: “It’s the cause of liberty that I stand for”
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) championed the cause of liberty in front of a packed and enthusiastic crowd in Salomon 101 at Brown April 16. Hosted by the Brown Lecture Board, Paul touched upon foreign...
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Paul @ Brown: Liberty Among Liberals
On April 16th, an angelic choir alighted from the Heavens for Brown’s comparative-handful of libertarians. When the door opened on stage left of Salomon’s upper-level auditorium, and Dr. Ron Paul came...
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Cybersecurity and the Importance of Privacy
It’s easy to feel that Big Brother is watching you. In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, then-President George W. Bush signed into a law a controversial wiretapping bill in 2001. The USA...
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The Model Congressman
Justin Amash (R-MI) is Brown’s unlikely bedfellow for good government. ‘Good Government’ is not only an ideal — it’s a class at Brown. Public policy concentrators who’ve taken the requisite intro class...
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Libertarian Values and Brown: An Unlikely Marriage?
Libertarian speakers have been popular amongst the student body, As Tevya’s daughters cry in the classic play “Fiddler on the Roof,” “matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match!” Although the notion of a...
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