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"Who's Afraid of Political Speech?," by Jeffrey Milyo and Tim Groseclose, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 29, 2009

"No Taxation without Representation? I'll Take No Taxation," by Ilya Shapiro, DC Examiner, March 5, 2009

"Thank You For Not Voting," by Will Wilkinson, Ottawa Citizen, October 22, 2008

"Real ID Laws Are a National Catastrophe," by Jim Harper, Delaware County Times, August 24, 2008

"Let Millionaires Spend," by John Samples and Ilya Shapiro, New York Sun, June 27, 2008

"So Long, 'Campaign Reform'," by John Samples, New York Post, June 25, 2008

"Money, Politics and the Supreme Court," by Robert A. Levy, Politico.com, June 3, 2008

"Valeo's Revenge," by Ilya Shapiro, American Spectator (Online), May 7, 2008

"Liberals Would Undo a State-Based System," by John Samples, Tennessean, April 21, 2008

"Public-Financing Follies," by John Samples, New York Post, March 3, 2008

"The Votes Are In," by Jeffrey Milyo, Columbia Daily Tribune, January 20, 2008

"Another Demand for ID Poses Danger to Free Society," by Jim Harper, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, January 12, 2008

"A Step in the Right Direction," by Richard Brand and Ilya Shapiro, Weekly Standard, December 19, 2007

"The Urgency of E-voting Reform," by Lawrence Norden and Timothy B. Lee, The Hill, August 2, 2007

"An Alternative Political Future For the District," by William A. Niskanen, Examiner.com, July 5, 2007

""Enough Is Enough"," by John Samples, National Review (Online), June 26, 2007

"E-Voting Threatens Election Integrity," by Timothy B. Lee, American.com, May 23, 2007

"It Takes a Hillage," by David Boaz, TCSdaily.com, March 27, 2007

"Schumer's Tax Loopholes," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, March 18, 2007

"Examining the Libertarian Vote in Depth," by David Kirby and David Boaz, TCSdaily.com, December 11, 2006

"Losing Libertarians," by David Boaz, Washington Times, November 6, 2006

"Shelter in Reform," by John Samples, The New York Times, October 29, 2006

"Statistical Politics Update," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, October 22, 2006

"Dear Libertarian Democrats...," by Arnold Kling, TCSdaily.com, October 5, 2006

"Give Divided Government a Chance," by William A. Niskanen, Washington Monthly, October 1, 2006

"Losing to Win," by Stephen Slivinski, American Spectator, September 26, 2006

"Would Divided Government Be Better?," by Stephen Slivinski, Arizona Republic, September 3, 2006

"Clinton May Lose the Independents," by David Boaz, Cato.org, August 5, 2006

"Bloomberg Had the Right Idea," by Patrick Basham, National Review (Online), November 9, 2005

"Democracy Demands Ousting the Incumbent Class," by Patrick Basham, Fox News (Online), August 4, 2005

"Dems Roll Back Campaign 'Reform'," by Patrick Basham, New York Post, June 8, 2005

"Playing the Irony Card," by John Samples, Washington Times, May 5, 2005

"A Long View of Short Careers: The Case for Voluntary Term Limits," by Patrick Basham, Reason (Online), March 15, 2005

"A Way to End Bitter Fights Over Justices," by Doug Bandow, Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2005

"Once Again, Incumbents Are the Big Winners," by John Samples and Patrick Basham, Fox News (Online), November 21, 2004

"I Know What You Did Last Recess," by Mark Moller, Slate, October 28, 2004

"Spending is Not a Problem," by Patrick Basham, USA Today, October 27, 2004

"Bring Back the Gov's Idea - Term Limits," by Patrick Basham, Daily News, October 5, 2004

"Political Ignorance Is No Bliss," by Ilya Somin, Fox News (Online), September 23, 2004

"Issue Ads: Let 'Em Rip," by Stephen Moore, Cato.org, September 20, 2004

"(Class) War Won’t Work," by John Samples, National Review (Online), April 13, 2004

"Howard Dean Signs the Death Certificate for Taxpayer Financing," by John Samples, Los Angeles Times, November 7, 2003

"Subsidizing Soapboxes: McCain's Free Airtime for Politicians Bill," by John Samples and Adam D. Thierer, Fox News (Online), September 23, 2003

"Taxpayers Are First Winners in California Recall Election," by Michael New, Investor's Business Daily, August 7, 2003

"For Whom the Feuding Bells Toll," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, August 3, 2003

"Keeping Libertarians Inside the Tent," by Randy Barnett, National Review (Online), November 22, 2002

"Cheating is a Problem, Too," by John Samples, USA Today, September 16, 2002

"Lessons Unlearned: What’s dangerous about Florida’s election debacle," by John Samples, National Review (Online), September 16, 2002

"Midterm Beliefs Miss Public Mood," by John Samples, Fox News (Online), September 12, 2002

"Senators Move to Repeal Committee Term Limits," by Patrick Basham, Fox News (Online), June 17, 2002

"Destroying Political Competition," by Patrick Basham, National Post, June 13, 2002

"Next Stop for McCainiacs: The FEC," by John Samples, National Review (Online), May 13, 2002

"The Illiberal Reality of European-Style Campaign Reform," by Patrick Basham, Fox News (Online), March 7, 2002

"Retire the Race Card, Election 2000 Wasn't a Racist Plot, After All," by John Samples, National Review (Online), November 19, 2001

"'Soft Money' Aids Democracy," by John Samples, USA Today, September 30, 2000

"Strangling Free Political Speech In Order to Save It?," by Robert A. Levy, Bridge News, January 13, 1998

"Making Use of the Constitution: A Term Limits Amendment," by Roger Pilon, The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 1997

"The Un-Clinton: Gore Is Not Clinton — That's the Problem," by Stephen Moore, National Review (Online), October 11, 2000



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