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Author: Bruce Ramsey
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Bruce Ramsey

Bruce Ramsey is a retired Seattle newspaperman and author of Unsanctioned Voice: Garet Garrett, Journalist of the Old Right (Caxton, 2008) and The Panic of 1893: The Untold Story of Washington State’s first Depression (Caxton, 2018). His web page is bruceramsey.net.
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A Bet on China

Bruce Ramsey May 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

I bet against China once. I came to regret it. It was the first piece I wrote for Liberty, printed in the March 1990 issue. …

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What’s Not Done is Done

Bruce Ramsey April 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

The cartoon crisis brings out a blind spot in libertarians. The best example is Virginia Postrel’s blog, with which I generally agree. But while embassies …

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Shooting Elephants

Bruce Ramsey April 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

Who won America’s wars? The libertarian answer is that the state won them because, as Randolph Bourne said in World War I, “War is the …

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The Freedom to Discriminate

Bruce Ramsey April 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

In late January the state of Washington passed a gay-rights bill banning discrimination against homosexuals in employment, housing, and accommodations. It was an odd issue: …

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My Subsidy, Your Subsidy

Bruce Ramsey April 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

When a challenge is made to the recipient of a subsidy, or the petitioner for one – “Why should you get a subsidy?” – the …

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Debating the War on Drugs

Bruce Ramsey March 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

“Exit Strategy for the War on Drugs.” That was the name of the conference held in Seattle on Dec. 1 and 2, 2005. Washington is …

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The Liberal Front

Bruce Ramsey March 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

As I write, Samuel Alito appears to be on his way to confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. It is instructive to dissect the liberal …

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Still Written by Winners

Bruce Ramsey February 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

Each side in a political dispute settles on its own version of history. Each may see an event from the same media eyes, but what …

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No Good Deed Unpunished

Bruce Ramsey February 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

Only 18 House Republicans voted against the reauthorization of the Patriot Act in December 2005, including two who had voted against the Iraq war resolution …

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America Contra Mundum

Bruce Ramsey January 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

John Yoo, professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, is a pariah of the campus Left. His offense is his support of the …

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