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He's No Rand Disciple

Supporters of Smoking Bans Are Ignoring a Crucial Danger

Britain Should Start "Easing" Government Stranglehold on the Economy

No Copyright Exceptions

Government Found Guilty of Assaulting the Economy

Free Market Policies Needed to Solve the Crisis

Protect Citizens

Abolishing the Housing Welfare-regulatory Apparatus

Repeal the Endangered Species Act

Taking Trans Fats off the Menu

Let Mergers Take Place

The Right to Sell and Use "Medical" Marijuana

Taxpayers Shouldn't Be Forced to Subsidize Farmers

Minimum Wage Violates Rights

No Bailouts for Borrowers or Lenders

Colombia Doesn't Need a Free-trade Agreement to Get Rid of its Self-destructive Tariffs

Is It Fair to Charge More for Better Service?

McCain-Feingold Violates Right to Free Speech

Exxon vs. Chavez

Tax Credits for Education

Supreme Court Rejects Right to Life of the Terminally Ill

Concern for Whales Should Not Stop Navy from Using Sonar

The Price of Labor

"Net Neutrality" Has No Place in a Free Market

To Save Lives, Legalize Trade in Organs

FCC Should Eliminate All Restrictions on Media Concentration

Rent Control Has No Place in a Free Society

No Right to Health Care at Other People's Expense

No Bailouts for Homeowners or Lenders

To Improve Students Education, Set Their Parents Free

HillaryCare 2.0: More of the Poison that Is Killing Our Healthcare System

Don't Violate Verizon's Right to Free Speech

Bush Gets Rights Wrong at UN Speech

Caps on Fossil Fuels Would Be Devastating

To Fix American Healthcare, Get the Government Out of It

Goal of Bailout Plans is Unjust, Not Admirable

Do Not Ban TV Ads for Toys

Don't Forbid Fast Food

National Service Is a Recipe for Destroying the American Republic

Democracy Is Opposed to Freedom

Socialized Medicine Kills

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Experimental Drugs

In Defense of Industrial Civilization

Government Should Not Interfere with Whole Foods' Acquisition of Wild Oats

The Right to Produce and Consume "Medical" Marijuana

Court Rejects Right to Life of the Terminally Ill

Taxpayers Have NO Obligation to Provide Health Coverage for Uninsured Children

Walter Reed Shows Danger of Government-Run Health Care

Building Restrictions Violate Property Rights

Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical

The Unjust Imprisonment of Dr. Jack Kevorkian

The Oil Price Trajectory

Sword of Damocles

Smoking Ban vs. Property Rights

Bush Should Protect American Assets in Venezuela

End Rent Control

Manufacturers Should Be Free to Set Their Pricing Policies

Government Has No Business Banning Plastic Bags

Creeping Theocracy

FCC Has No Right to Block the Merger of Sirius and XM Satellite Radio

No Right to Health Care at the Expense of Others

No Right to Cheap Car Rentals

"Net Neutrality" Has No Place in a Free Market

"Racial Balance" Programs Are Racist

Wal-Mart Has a Right to Set Up Shop Anywhere in America

Legalize Trade in Human Organs

New York Has No Right to Ban Trans Fats

Allow Organ Sales

Airport Security Won't Give Us National Security

Our Carry-On Luggage Is Not the Real Problem

Oil Companies Should Not Apologize for Their Record Profits

Bush's Opposition to Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Anti-Life

France vs. Apple's Rights

Minimum Wage Should Be Repealed

Yes to Drilling in ANWR

"Price Gouging" Can't Be Objectively Defined--and Should Not Be a Crime

How Oil Companies Use Their Profits Is Their Own Business

There Is No Such thing as Price Gouging by Private Oil Companies

Borders' Capitulation is a Victory for Islamic Totalitarians

Vital Organs

Wal-Mart Should Not Be Barred from the Banking Business

Indecency Fines Against CBS Are an Ominous Attack on Free Speech

In Defense of My Right to Free Speech

Western Nations Should Not Tolerate Calls for the Murder of Their Citizens

Abramoff Scandal

End the Jihad Against Free Speech

Do Not Apologize for Cartoons of Mohammad

BB&T Right Not to Lend to Eminent Domain Developers

Smoking Ban on Private Property Violates Rights

End the SEC's Destructive Campaign for Disclosure

Supreme Court Right to Uphold Assisted Suicide Law

Maryland Lawmakers vs. Wal-Mart

Oil Companies Have a Right to Their Profits

The Right to Leave the Transplant List

Roche's Patent on Tamiflu Should be Respected

UN Should Not Control the Internet

U.S. Should Eliminate All Barriers to Free Trade

What Government Should Do to Bring Down Gas Prices

Repeal the Death Tax

No Apology to Indians

Senators Were Right To Reject Limits on Carbon Dioxide Emissions

"Public" Use vs. Property Rights

Supreme Court Deals a New Blow to Property Rights

U.S. Should Welcome Cuban Escapees

Supreme Court vs. The Right to Grow and Consume Marijuana

Oriana Fallaci and Freedom of Speech

Drilling in ANWR

A Secular Christmas

The Danger of Religious Fundamentalism

Privatize Space Exploration

What Government Can Do to Reduce Gasoline Prices

Whales vs. Humans

Laws Against Price Gouging Immoral

The Evil of Socialized Medicine

An Individual's Income Is 100% His Private Property

All Trade Is Fair

FDA vs. Freedom

Draft Negates the Right to Life

Children Should Not Recite the Pledge of Allegiance

Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act Is Indecent

New Iraqi Constitution Must Separate State and Islam

Get Rid of the National Endowment for the Arts

Government Should Not Finance Art

Reparations for Slavery Should Be Rejected

Proposal to Expand the Space Program Is a Bad Idea

Afghan Constitution Should Include Separation of State and Religion

Pledge of Allegiance Should Make no Reference to God

University of Michigan Hides Its Racist Policies

The Environmentalist Take on the Blackout

More Regulations Will Not Prevent Future Blackouts

Blackouts Are a Sign of Environmentalist Danger

California's Deficit and Budget Crisis

U.S. Should Not Send Back Cuban Refugees

Self-Responsibility vs. Fat Lawsuits

Sodomy Laws Are Unconstitutional

Conservatives Are Not Defenders of Liberty

Nike Has a Right to Free Speech

Supreme Court Wrong on Affirmative Action

U.S. Should Not Spend Money to Fight AIDS Abroad

Sodomy Laws Are an Attack on Freedom

Faith-Based Initiative Immoral and Unconstitutional

Cloning Should Not Be Banned

Faith-Based Initiatives Are an Assault on Secular Government

Embryos Are Not People

 

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