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Dr. G. Patrick Lynch is a Senior Fellow at Liberty Fund. He is currently working on a book length manuscript focusing on the "state of nature" in political theory.

September 1, 2015|Grover Cleveland, Horace Greeley, Jorge Ramos, Walter Cronkite

Jorge Ramos’ Journalism Is As American As Apple Pie

by Patrick Lynch|2 Comments

Jorge Ramos is politely removed from Donald Trump's press conference, Dubuque Iowa.

Last week’s dust-up at an Iowa campaign event between the corporate-rent-seeker Donald Trump and the media-attention-seeker Jorge Ramos has prompted many to wring their hands. Did Ramos violate a sacred tenet of the journalistic canon by being biased in his coverage?

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August 27, 2015|Drug Legalization, John Stuart Mill, Ronald Coase, Theodore Dalrymple

Risk, Liberty, and Drugs: A Response to Theodore Dalrymple

by Patrick Lynch|3 Comments

Theodore Dalrymple’s provocative four posts outlining a case against the legalization of drugs provide an interesting contrast to the contemporary momentum in the Western world today toward relaxing prohibitions on substances long deemed too dangerous for public consumption. 

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June 22, 2012|John Judis, Nate Silver, Real Clear Politics, Realignment Elections, Roy Teixeira, Sean Trende, The Lost Majority, Walter Dean Burnham

Sean Trende’s Realignment of Electoral Analysis

by Patrick Lynch|1 Comment

About ten years ago a friend and fellow political junkie told me about a new political aggregator website called Real Clear Politics, which had become popular among his colleagues and friends in academia with an interest in American politics.  I quickly became a regular visitor and big fan of the site. RCP not only links to the mainstream media and political sites from the left and right, they also employ a group of writers and journalists who produce original pieces using solid political science methodology presented in clear, easy-to understand language.  The original work has always been top-notch compared to the MSM and partisan shouting one often encounters on-line. 

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Book Reviews

The Road to Iranian Democracy

by Luma Simms

The suppression of the Green Movement last time around widened the gulf between Iran's elite and its people.

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Justice Field: Hero or Villain?

by Walter Stahr

Field’s mode of analysis, although derided today as “substantive due process,” did not actually distinguish between substantive and procedural due process.

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Podcasts

Did Liberalism Fail? A Conversation with Patrick Deneen

A discussion with Patrick Deneen

Patrick Deneen argues that “Liberalism has failed—not because it fell short—but because it was true to itself.”

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Presidential Rhetoric and the Challenge to American Constitutionalism: A Conversation with Jeffrey Tulis

A discussion with Jeffrey K. Tulis

Have changes in the style and manner of presidential rhetoric in the 20th century served us well?

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Debating the Thorniest Issues: A Conversation with Peter Schuck

A discussion with Peter H. Schuck

Debating Poverty, Immigration, Racial Preferences, Campaign Finance, and Religious Freedom with Peter Schuck, author of One Nation Undecided.

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Walker Percy in the Ruins: A Conversation with Brian Smith

A discussion with Brian A. Smith

Why we need Walker Percy's diagnosis of what ails the contemporary soul.

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