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This month's feature: MSNBC's Tucker Carlson on the decline and fall of the Republican Party. Also, Tom Palmer on his recent visit to Iraq; Chris Edwards on waste and fraud in federal spending; Sen. Jim DeMint on improving Americans' health through private choice; economist correspondent Robert Guest on international trade barriers as a form of corruption; and Kenneth Langone on Eliot Spitzer's abuse of government power.

This edition of CatoAudio features Wayne Crews and Adam Thierer on regulation of the Internet and broadcast media; Nat Hentoff on erosion of civil liberties; William J. Bicknell, MD, on U.S. failure to prepare for smallpox bioterrorism; David Henderson on the sordid history of government sponsored racism; Patrick Basham on the future of liberty in the European Union; and Tom Palmer on the rise of Western liberty.

Richard Epstein and Mark Moller on Kelo, NSA spying, and the Constitution; Salem Ben Nasser Al Ismaily on economic freedom in the Arab world; Mark Skousen on the political predilections of Benjamin Franklin; Robert Enlow on the economic evidence supporting school vouchers; Joel Miller on what big government is costing ordinary Americans; and in this month's Feature, Stephen Davies on the history of liberty in Eurasia.

In this edition: Jim Harper and Dan Griswold on the immigration pretense for national ID cards; Jerry Taylor on whether buying oil funds terrorism; John Hasnas on protecting the rights of white-collar defendants; Rep. Zoe Lofgren on fair use of digital content; David Reiff on the humanitarian justification for war; and Kimberley Strassel on how the law hurts working women.

This edition of CatoAudio features Michael Tanner and Alan Reynolds on "reforming" Medicare; Jonathan Turley on government response to health epidemics; Reason magazine senior editor Jacob Sullum on the myths and realities of drug use; Colorado Gov. Bill Owens on Internet taxes; Federal Trade Commissioner Orson Swindle on canning e-mail spam; and Doug Bandow on demonizing the pharmaceutical industry.

This edition of CatoAudio features welcoming remarks by Cato President Edward H. Crane; appreciation of Milton Friedman by Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Thomas Sowell; presentation of the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty by Newsweek International Editor Fareed Zakaria; and remarks by Hernando de Soto, recipient of the 2004 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty.

In this edition: John Samples and Michael McDonald on the midterm election results; Johan Norberg on the entrepreneur as the backbone of human progress; Andrew Mwenda on the damage done by foreign aid and debt relief; Jeffrey Record on the trouble with insurgencies for the U.S. military; Marie Gryphon on why government schools can't find good teachers; and Andrew Sullivan on conservatism's intellectual crisis.

In this edition: a roundtable discussion with Michael Cannon and Michael Tanner about a SiCKO health care proposal; Anthony Romero on the struggle for freedom in an age of terror; Rep. Jeff Flake on the irrational U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba; Sallie James on a plan to free American agriculture from government; Chris Edwards on a middle-class tax increase; And this month's featured selection, Brian Doherty on the quirky history of the libertarian movement.

This edition of CatoAudio features David Salisbury and Casey Lartigue on the state of America's schools 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education; Ambassador Edward Peck on the transition of Iraq's power; Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission member Peter Bradford on the future of nuclear power; Wall Street Journal's John Fund on challenges facing American education; Former US Attorney General Bill Barr on telecommunications regulation; and Brink Lindsey on the myths and truths of outsourcing.

This edition of CatoAudio features John Samples and Susan Chamberlin on what's ahead for the 108th Congress; Jerry Taylor on our nation's twisted energy policy; Peter VanDoren on innovations in transportation policy; Dan Griswold on trade, peace, and the Middle East; Ian Vasquez on drug war failures in Latin America; and Jason Lewis on what's wrong with a tax-and-spend state.

This edition of CatoAudio features Ted Galen Carpenter and analyst Subodh Atal on states that sponsor terrorism; Gene Healy on civilian policing and a free society; Former Representative Bob Barr on the dangers of military law enforcement; The Wall Street Journal's John Fund on the challenges facing American education; Nobel laureate James M. Buchanan on the impact of F.A. Hayek's economics and philosophy; and Michael Tanner on Cato's "6.2 Percent Solution" for Social Security.

Christopher Preble and Dan Griswold on how U.S. farm policy hurts both the economy and liberty; Jay Greene on the myth that more money could save public education; Randy Barnett on the modern history of federalism; Ron Bailey on why genetically enhanced humans are no threat to political equality; Chris Edwards on the high cost of funds for federal pork spending ACLU president; and Nadine Strossen on the Constitution's ability to protect both religion and government from majoritarian whims.

Mark Moller and Ilya Somin on private property and the Constitution; Ed Crane on America's libertarian Constitution; Jonathan Turley on the dangers of mixing religion and politics; Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) on America's economy, the envy of the world; Jerry Taylor on the fallacious economics of "energy independence"; and David Schoenbrod on how the EPA damages the environment and the Constitution.

Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren on what, if anything, Congress should do about high gas prices; Utah legislator Margaret Dayton on opting out of the No Child Left Behind Act; David John on reforming Social Security for the next generation; George Ayittey on how foreign aid undermines Africa's indigenous economy; Vietnam veteran Andrew Bacevich on the dangers of American militarism; and David Boaz on the relentless, but not inevitable, growth of government.

Mark Moller and Susan Chamberlin on the future of federalism at the Supreme Court; Bob Barr on why the Patriot Act is unnecessary to fight terrorism; Peter Van Doren on how health insurance impacts our medical choices; South African entrepreneur Moeletsi Mbeki on Africa's wealth drain; Andrew Coulson on answering opponents of school choice with success stories from other countries; and Jeffrey Rogers Hummel on the deep roots of support for the American Revolution.

This edition of CatoAudio features Ian Vasquez and James Gwartney on the state of global economic liberty; the Washington Legal Foundation's David Price on the FDA's cruel treatment of the terminally ill; Adam Thierer on the relentless expansion of choice and diversity in today's media marketplace; P.J. O'Rourke on the follies of nation building; David Boaz on heroes of liberty great and small; and more.

This edition of CatoAudio features Michael Tanner on Cato's plan for Social Security reform; Scott Wallsten on Major League Baseball's raw deal for D.C. taxpayers; Pat Michaels on media exaggeration about global warming; Jennifer Zeigler on the components of effective welfare programs; columnist Deroy Murdock on simple lessons in persuasion; and The Economist's Robert Guest on the corruption that cripples Africa.

This edition of CatoAudio features Ed Crane and Doug Bandow on Ronald Reagan's legacy; Todd Zywicki of the Federal Trade Commission on marketing food to children; Education Secretary Rod Paige on the sorry state of America's public schools; author John McWorter on the declining ideology of black victimhood; former New Zealand finance minister Ruth Richardson on promotion of economic freedom; Democratic Leadership Council president Bruce Reed on Oliver North's "covert" Head Start program; and more.

This edition of CatoAudio features Susan Chamberlin on the politics of Social Security reform; Gene Healy on the criminalization of almost everything; The Washington Post's Sebastian Mallaby on the World Bank and policy prescriptions for economic development; Congressman Cal Dooley on the merits of free trade and the looming political obstacles; Christopher Hitchens on New York City's draconian smoking ban; and more.

In this edition: Daniel Griswold and Peter Van Doren on the upcoming farm bill; John Mueller on our overblown fears of terrorism; Thomas Ricks on failures of leadership in Iraq; Robert Levy on how libertarians differ from conservatives on the Constitution; Thomas Firey on the phenomenon of Obama-mania; and Robert Amsterdam on anti-market and anti-democratic policies in Russia.