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The family is as essential to libertarianism as it is to conservatism

Jan 17, 2012 Comments Off by

The more I learn, the more I realize how little difference there is, in terms of real substance, between conservatives and libertarians. Yes, there are a few areas of substantive differences in some areas of policy, but these are primarily the outliers. On core issues, …

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New York City is not North Korea, but . . .

Jan 16, 2012 Comments Off by

In the previous post, I wrote the following:

Most on the American left would not like to live in a country like North Korea any more than any other sane person would. And needless to say, we’re not like North Korea and never …

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