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Category Archives: Politics
More Likely Than Not: The Office of Civil Rights’ Encroachment on Due Process
On April 4th, 2011, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR, an agency of the U.S. Department of Education) issued a “Dear Colleague” letter addressed to all federally funded colleges and universities, which covers all accredited schools in the country except … Continue reading
States’ Rights As the Political Panacea
Though the quest for consensus may often seem like a hopeless case, there is growing agreement on one issue at all points of the political spectrum. According to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, 80% of Americans are “dissatisfied or … Continue reading
Only the Free Market Can Make Education Truly “Public”
A recent cheating scandal in the Atlanta Public School (APS) system reveals the typical characteristics of government schooling– institutional graft, inefficiency, and unaccountability. This widespread cheating scandal was initially reported on by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution over two years ago and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Politics
Tagged Education, Free Market, public education, School Choice
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All Libertarians Are Thick, But Libertarianism Is Not Thick
This article was co-authored by Campus Coordinator Christopher Eager. An issue that has been gaining some traction among libertarian circles recently is that of thick libertarianism. The thick libertarian, in addition to espousing the traditional libertarian stance on non-aggression, aims to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Politics
Tagged SFL Debate Series, Thick Libertarianism, Thin Libertarianism
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Reason.tv: Rawesome Foods Raided… AGAIN!
Originally posted on reason.tv. Produced by Zach Weissmueller. Camera by Sharif Matar and Alex Manning. A little more than a year ago, Rawesome Foods, a health food co-op based in Venice, California was the target of an armed raid by … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Food and Drug Administration, Raw food, Rawesome Foods, Reason.tv
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How Can Libertarians Make the Blind See the “Not Seen”?
“In the economic sphere an act, a habit, an institution, a law produces not only one effect, but a series of effects. Of these effects, the first alone is immediate; it appears simultaneously with its cause; it is seen. The other … Continue reading
Marriage and the Law, 1967 and 2011
The following piece by David Boaz was posted on the Encyclopedia Britannica Blog on June 13th, 2011. David Boaz is the Vice President of the Cato Institute. The current debate in the courts and many state legislatures over same-sex marriage … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Politics
Tagged gay marriage, Loving v Virginia, Marriage, Perry v Schwarzenegger, Prop 8
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The Consequences of Minimum Wage
This article was originally posted by Damon W. Root on reason.com here: http://reason.com/blog/2011/05/09/the-consequences-of-the-minimu The Wall Street Journal’s Jason L. Riley reports on a new study from economists William Even and David Macpherson which suggests that recent increases in the minimum … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Politics
Tagged Immigration, Jason L. Riley, Minimum Wage, Reason, Reason.tv
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CPAC: Moving in the Correct Direction
For the second year in a row Students For Liberty participated in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this past weekend and it certainly was quite the event this year. Present were many of the traditional groups and stars of … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Politics, SFL
Tagged CPAC, Fusionism, SFL, Students For Liberty, YAF, YAL, Young Americans for Liberty
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