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This edition of CatoAudio features Jim Powell and David Boaz on the growth of the federal government; Charles Murray on the causes of human excellence; Rep. Barney Frank on liberals' opposition to Internet gambling; The Postal Rate Commission's Shelly Dreifuss on the lack of accountability at the U.S. Postal Service, Roger Pilon on the benefits of drug reimportation; and Ed Crane on the ideological collapse of the Republican party.

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.

This edition of CatoAudio features Ed Crane on the State of the Union address; Catherine Crier on reforming the legal system; Roger Pilon on the Constitution and property rights; Tom Miller on Medicare; David Fleming on secession and city government; and Ted Galen Carpenter on dealing with North Korea.

This edition of CatoAudio features Dan Griswold and Tom Palmer on immigration past and present; Chris Edwards on real budget reform; Jerry Taylor on the sense and nonsense of sustainable development; Competitive Enterprise Institute president Fred L. Smith Jr. on antitrust and the software industry; Author Diane Ravitch on the politics of school textbook adoption; and Cato Fellow Randy Barnett on his new book Restoring the Lost Constitution.

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.

Stephen Moore and Stephen Slivinski on Cato's fiscal policy report card on America's governors; Sen. John Sununu on the false allure of protectionism; Warren Farrell on the sacrifices men make for their larger paychecks; Krista Kafer on the growing culture of dependency in higher education; Rep. John Shadegg on legalizing interstate commerce in health insurance; and in this month's featured selection, William Shipman on managing costs and risk in personal retirement accounts.

Radley Balko and Jacob Sullum on the DEA's war against pain sufferers; Floyd Abrams on political partisans who support free speech, but only when they agree with it; William Niskanen on the lessons Enron teaches about financial mismanagement; David Boaz on why Congress should defend the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Steven Davies on the explosive growth of the world's wealth; and Anne Applebaum on how totalitarianism came to power in Russia and Germany.

This edition of CatoAudio features Stephen Moore and Alan Reynolds on President Bush's tax cut; Pat Toomey on Social Security and Election 2002; Bob Levy on "Total Information Awareness"; the FCC's Kathleen Abernathy on the future of American radio spectrum policy; P. J. O'Rourke on H. L. Mencken; and Jerry Taylor on the environmental agenda for the 108th Congress.

This edition of CatoAudio features Chris Edwards and Brink Lindsey on the economy, trade, and Election 2004; Patrick Basham on the future of democracy in Iraq; Doug Bandow on the pitfalls of military conscription; U.S. News and World Report columnist John Leo on free speech and anti-discrimination laws; John Samples on the free speech and campaign finance regulation; and ABC News 20/20 anchor John Stossel on bias in the media.

This edition of CatoAudio features Roger Pilon and James Swanson discussing federal and Supreme Court vacancies; Ed Hudgins on privatizing space; Robert Levy on challenging the District of Columbia's gun ban; Pakistani physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy on Islam and the United States; The Economist's Adrian Wooldridge on the history of "the company"; and The Center for Democracy and Technology's Jim Dempsey on the Patriot Act.

This edition of CatoAudio features David Boaz and Patrick Basham on the midterm elections and state of the nation; John Samples on Election 2002; Andrew Biggs on Social Security choice; Ivan Eland on the case against attacking Iraq; Doug Bandow on the pitfalls of nation building; and Wendy Kaminer on defending liberty in America today.

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.

This issue of CatoAudio features David Boaz and John Samples on the results of the 2004 election; Steven Pearlstein on the difference between American and European capitalism; Ted Galen Carpenter on the merits of a restrained foreign policy; Bob Barr on the misguided crusade for a national ID card; Greg Mankiw, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, on the rebounding economy; Dan Griswold on the relationship between liberty and religious faith.

This edition of CatoAudio includes Stephen Slivinski and Chris Edwards on the need for spending cuts and fundamental tax reform; Ed Crane on the moral imperative for Social Security reform; Pollster Scott Rasmussen on bridging the generation gap over personal accounts; Stanley Weiss on trimming the fat at the Pentagon; National Interest editor John O'Sullivan on the EU's crisis of legitimacy; and more.

This September 2004 edition of CatoAudio features West Point historian Robert McDonald on the long struggle for equal rights in America; Charles Peña and Timothy Lynch on the 9/11 attacks, three years later; Jack Valenti on the moral significance of intellectual property; Ted Galen Carpenter on the looming danger of war with China over Taiwan; Stanford's Marcus Cole on successful schools and charities that were crowded out by the welfare state; and more.

This edition of CatoAudio features David Boaz and Susan Chamberlin previewing the 108th Congress; Ron Faucheux on lessons from Election 2002; Charles Rounds on the semantics of Social Security; David Kopel on the risks of undermining The Posse Comitatus Act; New Zealand Ambassador John Wood on free trade and agriculture; and William Saletan on "Framing the Debate".

This edition of CatoAudio features Ted Galen Carpenter and Chris Preble on America's role in NATO and the United Nations; Bill Emmott, editor in chief of The Economist, on the global role of the United States in the 21st century; Cato senior fellow Doug Bandow on U.S. military presence in South Korea; Marie Gryphon on reforming the nation's special education fiasco; Erik S. Jaffe on race-based preferences in college admissions; and Kenneth W. Starr on the changing role of the Supreme Court.

This October 2004 edition of CatoAudio features David Boaz and John Samples on the 2004 election; Marie Gryphon on the high costs of the affirmative action myth; Chris Edwards on Bush and Kerry's budget priorities; Erik Luna on the injustices of the federal sentencing guidelines; Bob Levy on reconciling tort reform and federalism; and Tom Palmer on the deep roots of liberty in Western civilization.

Marie Gryphon and Roger Pilon on the affirmative action myth; John Yoo on congressional hypocrisy in the Schiavo controversy; Chris Edwards on the mixed record of the Republican Congress; Chuck Pena on the folly of expanding the army; Dan Griswold on the sweet opportunity for free trade with Central America; and Alvaro Vargas Llosa on reversing five centuries of oppression in Latin America.

This issue of CatoAudio features Randy Barnett and Mark Moller on medical marijuana and federalism; Federal Election Commission chairman Brad Smith on free speech and campaign finance regulation; Walid Phares on the history, agenda, and strategy of Al Qaeda; economist John Merrifield on the benefits of specialization in education; and law professor Jonathan Turley on the disturbing use of military commissions in prosecuting enemy combatants.