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Robert Reich has spent more than half a century arguing with my father. Read More
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A recent federal court decision, Liberty Global v. United States, deserves the attention of policy makers and the public at large. My interest in this issue stems from my time as a state senator and, subsequently, from my time as Nebraska's Tax Commissioner responsible for the regulation and enforcement of state tax laws. Those experiences gave me a close-up view of two of our co-equal branches of... Read More
“These kids today” is as old as the United States. And that’s bullish. It’s something to keep in mind as Hoover Institution senior fellow and Global Liberty Institute co-founder Scott Atlas becomes the latest, but surely not the last conservative to lament the state of young American adults. Writing recently at the Wall Street Journal, Atlas indicted a whole generation that... Read More