Author Archive: Sam Barr

Joel Pollak Bravely Confronts Tyranny

Joel Pollak Bravely Confronts Tyranny

Recent Harvard Law graduate Joel Pollak, running for Congress against Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), has invoked Steve Biko, the martyred South African anti-apartheid activist,...

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Ross Douthat on “White Grievance”

Ross Douthat on “White Grievance”

Ross Douthat has a wonderful way of casually saying things that you don’t hear many conservatives say. For instance, his statement on Monday that “the...

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Weighing In: Basic Economic Principles and the Unemployed

Last week, Peyton argued that, “If the goal of policy is full employment, there are likely much better ways to accomplish this than unemployment insurance,...

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The Times’ Silly Article on “Elusive” Internships

The Times’ Silly Article on “Elusive” Internships

In a couple of blog posts this spring, I commented favorably on the Obama Labor Department’s decision to crack down on employers who abuse their college-age...

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A better case for affirmative action

Liberals often try to defend affirmative action as fair compensation for historical injustice. To put their argument crudely and briefly, they say that whites got...

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Illegal Immigration: Rhetoric and Reality

Illegal Immigration: Rhetoric and Reality

One question from the ABC/WaPo poll on immigration was, “Would you support or oppose a program giving illegal immigrants now living in the United States the...

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The DISCLOSE Act and NRA Exemption

The DISCLOSE Act and NRA Exemption

Politico reports that House Democrats have agreed to a compromise with the National Rifle Association that may enable passage of a modest campaign-finance bill,...

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Racial discrimination in jury selection still widespread

Racial discrimination in jury selection still widespread

Thinking about my post from last night, I realized how strange you might think me for assuming that there’s greater risk to liberty from police and prosecutors...

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The New Miranda Decision and Souter’s Harvard Speech

The New Miranda Decision and Souter’s Harvard Speech

With the predictable 5-4 lineup, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that, in order to exclude anything incriminating they might have said to the police, criminal...

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Couple More Thoughts on Rand Paul

Couple More Thoughts on Rand Paul

First, I think Adam Serwer has really crystallized the basic problem with how conservatives (and a fair number of over-polite liberals) talk about race. It seems...

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