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Opinion and Commentary


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

"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

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

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

"'08: Big Ticket," by John Samples, New York Post, April 9, 2007

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

"Freedom of Speech, Except When It Matters," by John Samples, McClatchy News Service, August 16, 2006

"Public Shouldn't Pay," by John Samples, USA Today, June 26, 2006

"Congress Shall Make No Law...," by John Samples, PittsburghLIVE.com, April 16, 2006

"A Free Speech Kind of Thing," by John Samples, Cato.org, December 15, 2005

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

"Mr. Smith Leaves Washington," by John Samples, American Spectator (Online), August 24, 2005

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

"Don't Tighten Travel Rules," by Patrick Basham, USA Today, May 1, 2005

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

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

"Maryland Should Beware False Promise of Taxpayer Funding," by Patrick Basham and Martin Zelder, The Baltimore Sun, March 9, 2004

"The Lessons for Dr. Dean," by John Samples, New York Post, February 19, 2004

"The Reform Regime: What's next for campaign finance?," by John Samples, National Review (Online), September 26, 2005

"A Very Republican Disaster," by John Samples and Patrick Basham, National Review (Online), December 11, 2003

"Campaign Reform: It's Anything But," by Patrick Basham, New York Post, December 11, 2003

"Ruling Hurts Citizens," by John Samples, USA Today, December 10, 2003

"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

"Campaign Finance Reform," by John Samples, Cato.org, September 8, 2003

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

"The Real Winner in the Campaign Finance Case," by John Samples, Fox News (Online), May 20, 2003

"Meet the New Loopholes," by John Samples and Patrick Basham, The New York Times, November 5, 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

"McCain-Feingold Will Hurt Democrats--And They Know It," by John Samples, USA Today, March 16, 2001

"The Reform That Corrupts," by Roger Pilon, National Review (Online), January 24, 2001

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

"Most Campaign Finance 'Reform' a Bad Idea," by Doug Bandow, USA Today, October 27, 1997

"Why Campaign Finance Reform Never Works," by Bradley Smith, The Wall Street Journal, March 20, 1997

"The Who and Why of Big-Bucks Politics," by David Boaz, The Wall Street Journal, November 15, 1983

"Best Campaign-Finance Reform Is No Limits," by Doug Bandow, USA Today, August 16, 2000



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