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"Letter to the Editor: Equal rights? Not quite...," by Nat Hentoff, Washington Post, October 30, 2009

"Obama Moves to Protect, Rather Than Fix, Patriot Act," by Nat Hentoff, Metro West Daily News, October 27, 2009

"The Patriot Act: Looking Back to 2001," by Julian Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, October 24, 2009

"Have Any Patriot Act Horror Stories Come True?," by Julian Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, October 23, 2009

"Obama as Bad as Bush-Cheney," by Nat Hentoff, Courier-Express, October 22, 2009

"The Patriot Act: Does It Actually Work?," by Julian Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, October 21, 2009

"'War on Terror' II," by Julian Sanchez, The Nation, October 19, 2009

"CIA, GOP and Obama Versus 'the Real Facts'," by Nat Hentoff, Orangeburg Times and Democrat, October 9, 2009

"Keeping Lone Wolves from the Door," by Julian Sanchez, Reason, October 5, 2009

"Real Reform for the PATRIOT Act?," by Julian Sanchez, American Prospect.com, October 1, 2009

"War Crimes by Doctors and Psychologists," by Nat Hentoff, Orangeburg Times and Democrat, October 1, 2009

"National Security Court: Reinventing the Wheel, Poorly," by David Rittgers, FindLaw, September 21, 2009

"Tough Questions For Doctors Who Aided CIA Torture," by Nat Hentoff, Metro West Daily News, September 18, 2009

"Rebel Interrogators Want Investigation," by Nat Hentoff, The Jamestown Sun, September 16, 2009

"What Interrogation Info Is the CIA Still Hiding?," by Nat Hentoff, Milford Daily News, September 8, 2009

"Expand Torture Inquiry," by Doug Bandow, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 4, 2009

"The Second American Revolution," by Nat Hentoff, Bemidji Pioneer, August 28, 2009

"Expanding Double Jeopardy," by David Rittgers, National Review (Online), August 7, 2009

"'Teachable Moment' Missed Lesson on Free Speech," by Nat Hentoff, Metro West Daily News, August 6, 2009

"Hate Crime Bill Goes against Constitution," by Nat Hentoff, Pasadena Star News, July 30, 2009

"Is Obama's 'Prolonged Detention' American?," by Nat Hentoff, Aspen Daily News, June 17, 2009

"The "Militia Panic" of 2009," by Gene Healy, DC Examiner, June 16, 2009

"O'Reilly Being Found 'Guilty by Snippet'," by Nat Hentoff, Courier-Express, June 11, 2009

"Dick Cheney Is Becoming Obama's Enabler," by Gene Healy, DC Examiner, May 19, 2009

"'Thought Crimes' Bill Advances," by Nat Hentoff, RealClearPolitics.com, May 13, 2009

"Who Is Watching the Watchmen?," by Gene Healy, DC Examiner, May 5, 2009

"Still a Nation of Laws, Not Men?," by Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, May 4, 2009

"The Castros Are Dr. King's Disciples?," by Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, April 27, 2009

"Obama Shrugs Off Concerns," by Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, April 20, 2009

"Of Course It Was Torture," by Gene Healy, DC Examiner, April 20, 2009

"The World's Great Genocide Test," by Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, March 16, 2009

"New Battle for Britain," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, March 9, 2009

"Cartoon Protest Pits NAACP against Free Speech," by Nat Hentoff, Daily News Tribune, March 5, 2009

"Is President Obama Listening to Dick Cheney?," by Nat Hentoff, Daily News Tribune, February 25, 2009

"Bill of Rights: Mark it Uncollectible?," by Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, February 23, 2009

"The Cost of Criticizing Jihadists," by Nat Hentoff, Washington Times, February 9, 2009

"Arrest Michael Phelps Now!," by Doug Bandow, National Review (Online), February 6, 2009

"Gitmo & National Security Courts: Poor Law, Poor PR," by David Rittgers, RealClearPolitics.com, January 24, 2009

"Be Wary of Using Military as Police," by Gene Healy and Benjamin H. Friedman, Orange County Register, December 26, 2008

"Individual Liberty and the Constitution: A Response to Robert Bork," by Roger Pilon, The Federalist Society (Online), July 9, 2008

"The New FISA Compromise: It's Worse than You Think," by Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, July 7, 2008

"Habeas Half-Truths," by Robert A. Levy, Reason (Online), July 2, 2008

"Liberals, Conservatives, and Individual Rights," by David E. Bernstein, Cato.org, June 27, 2008

"Dark Chapter of WWII Clouds Our Own Time," by Robert A. Levy, Rocky Mountain News, May 26, 2008

"Can E-Verify Help Stem Tide of Illegal Immigration?," by Jim Harper, Daily Herald, March 30, 2008

"Sanford Should Stand Up to Fed Bullying Over REAL IDs," by Jim Harper, Charleston Post-Courier, March 27, 2008

"Limits on Eavesdropping Need to Stay," by Timothy B. Lee and Gene Healy, Orange County Register, February 19, 2008

"No, a President Can't Do as He Pleases," by Edward H. Crane and Robert A. Levy, The Star-Ledger, February 13, 2008

"Telecom Amnesty," by Timothy B. Lee, Slate, February 13, 2008

"New Look for 9th Circuit," by Ilya Shapiro, Arizona Republic, February 10, 2008

"The Surveillance Scam," by Timothy B. Lee, Reason (Online), February 7, 2008

"Listening to the Enemy," by Roger Pilon, The Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2008

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

"Scrutinizing the Rights of the Terminally Ill," by Mark Moller, Cato.org, May 9, 2006

"Untwist the Chain of Command," by Mark Moller, Legal Times, February 28, 2006

"Torture's Long Shadow," by Vladimir Bukovsky, Washington Post, December 18, 2005

"Trial by Press Release," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, March 6, 2005

"Don't Make a Federal Case Out of It," by Gene Healy, Reason (Online), December 17, 2004

"Like All Those New Laws? You May Get a Charge out of Them," by Gene Healy, Chicago Sun-Times, July 3, 2004

"Bill Wilson and the Drug War," by Radley Balko, National Review (Online), May 17, 2004

"Hamdi and Habeas Corpus," by Tim Lynch, The Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2004

"Is it Becoming a Crime to Keep Quiet? Court Will Decide," by Tim Lynch, Chicago Sun-Times, March 22, 2004

"Martha's Mistrial: The Insider Trading Accusation Came from a Cowardly Press Leak from a Congressional Committee," by Alan Reynolds, Cato.org, March 9, 2004

"A Fair Trial for Martha?," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, January 18, 2004

"The O.J. Simpson Case and the War on Terrorism," by Tim Lynch, Reason (Online), October 6, 2003

"Letting Guard Down Would Allow Bush to Take Away Rights and Liberties for Good," by Tim Lynch, Detroit News, September 15, 2003

"More Surveillance Equals Less Liberty," by Tim Lynch, The Hill, September 10, 2003

"Patriotic Questions," by Tim Lynch, National Review (Online), August 21, 2003

"Jose Padilla: No Charges and No Trial, Just Jail," by Robert A. Levy, Chicago Sun-Times, August 11, 2003

"Upholding Liberty in America," by Edward H. Crane and William A. Niskanen, Financial Times, June 24, 2003

"Endless Public Flogging on Wall Street," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, May 25, 2003

"Trial Lawyers on Trial," by Stephen Moore, Scripps Howard, May 2, 2003

"A Rare Chance to Control Junk Science," by Doug Bandow, Copley News Service, April 30, 2003

"The Paper Chase," by Tim Lynch, Forbes, January 20, 2003

"Calling the Dogs off on Wall Street," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, December 1, 2002

"Why Civil Libertarians Are Concerned," by Robert A. Levy, Cato.org, November 24, 2002

"Assaults on Liberty," by Robert A. Levy, Cato.org, November 24, 2002

"Remember Ruby Ridge," by Tim Lynch, National Review (Online), August 21, 2002

"Blocking Medi-Pot Defense: Case Shows How Far U.S. Will Go to Enforce Bad Policy," by Tim Lynch, Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2002

"United We Stand, but We'll Snoop Divided," by Robert A. Levy, Los Angeles Times, July 22, 2002

"Not on Our Soil," by Robert A. Levy, National Review (Online), January 25, 2002

"Military Tribunals No Answer," by Tim Lynch, USA Today, December 11, 2001

"Tribunals, Trials and Tribulations," by Robert A. Levy, The Wall Street Journal, November 20, 2001

"Shame on Lockyer," by Tom G. Palmer, Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2001

"FDA Actions Threaten Civil Liberties," by Jerry Taylor, USA Today, February 14, 1997

"'Playing by the Rules': Not That Easy," by Tim Lynch, The New York Times, March 28, 1993

"Popular Myths Muddle Clear Thinking on Guns, Drugs, Dogs, and Other 'Dangers'," by David Kopel, Rocky Mountain News, September 27, 1991



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