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Is Libertarianism Necessarily Pro-Choice?
November 9, 2011
Sharon Presley
, Association of Libertarian Feminists
Jakub Bozydar Wisniewski
, Ph.D. candidate, University of London
U.S. Defense Spending: Is It Too Much?
September 20, 2011
Christopher A. Preble
, Cato Institute
Jamie M. Fly
, Foreign Policy Initiative
Is the Book of Mormon Historically Accurate?
September 7, 2011
Richard Packham
, Exmormon Foundation
Rod L. Meldrum
, Foundation for Indigenous Research and Mormonism (FIRM)
Does Marbury v. Madison Support Judicial Review?
June 29, 2011
Robert Lowry Clinton, Ph.D.
, Southern Illinois University
Alan J. Meese
, College of William and Mary
Winfield H. Rose, Ph.D.
, Murray State University
Jeffrey H. Anderson, Ph.D.
, Benjamin Rush Society
The Virgin Mary in Scripture
May 23, 2011
Jim Tetlow
, Eternal Productions
Tim Staples
, Catholic Answers
Libya and the War Powers Resolution
May 11, 2011
Geoffrey S. Corn
, South Texas College of Law
Oona A. Hathaway
, Yale Law School
Birthright Citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment
April 19, 2011
Edward J. Erler
, Claremont Institute
Garrett Epps
, University of Baltimore
Health Care, the Commerce Clause, and “the Broccoli Argument”
March 8, 2011
Ilya Shapiro
, Cato Institute
Mark Hall
, Wake Forest University
Abortion and Rape: Is the “Middle Position” Untenable?
February 1, 2011
Todd S. Bindig, Ph.D.
, author, Identity, Potential, and Design
Lynn D. Wardle
, Brigham Young University
Is Late-Term Abortion Ever Necessary?
February 1, 2011
Mary L. Davenport, M.D.
, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Tracy Weitz, Ph.D.
, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health
Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?
November 22, 2010
Lawrence J. Korb, Ph.D.
, Center for American Progress
Elaine Donnelly
, Center for Military Readiness
Snyder v. Phelps: Is Offensive Speech Protected?
October 5, 2010
Jeffrey Shulman
, Georgetown Law Center
Joel Kleinman
, Dickstein Shapiro
     
 

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Defense Manifesto 2012: Obama Channels Rumsfeld
Austin Bay
Unseat These Atrocious Moderators
Brent Bozell
Echoes of World War II in Normandy
Susan Estrich
Obama’s Militarization of the Homefront
Joseph Farah
The GOP’s Creative Destruction
David Harsanyi
Afghanistan forever. And ever. And ever.
Jim Hightower
The Mythical Middle in American Politics
Terence Jeffrey
Romney and McCain: The GOP Frenemies\’ Club
Michelle Malkin
Of Pigs, Pokes and Pious Baloney
Roger Simon
The Freakin’ FCC: The Increasingly Incomprehensible Ban on Broadcast Indecency
Jacob Sullman
In Greed I Trust
Walter Williams

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