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About: Laurence M. Vance

Laurence M. Vance

Laurence M. Vance is a columnist and policy advisor for the Future of Freedom Foundation, an associated scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and a columnist, blogger, and book reviewer at LewRockwell.com. He is the author of Gun Control and the Second Amendment, The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom, and War, Empire and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy. His newest books are Free Trade or Protectionism? and The Free Society.

Term Limits Are Not the Answer

Term limits are not the answer to the country’s woes. Binding members of Congress — in the words of Thomas Jefferson — “from mischief by the chains of the Constitution” is...

Republican Hypocrisy on Abortion

Republicans like to play the pro-life card. It makes their base think they are worthy of votes and financial support. But there is no greater example of Republican hypocrisy than on...

Mayweather’s Next Fight

Nearly everyone knows about the recent fight between boxer Floyd Mayweather and mixed martial artist Conor McGregor. What people may not know, and may never have even considered, are the tax...

Why Not Five Percent?

Representative David Jolly (R-Fla.) has proposed an “Alternative Maximum Tax” limiting any non-corporate taxpayer’s total tax payment — including federal, state, and local taxes — to 50 percent of adjusted gross...