Ed Crane writes today in the Los Angeles Times that “Limited-government conservatives have been undermined by big-government neoconservatives,” and that “it is difficult to find noninterventionists in either party.”

The Democrats demonstrate a disdain for capitalism, free trade and the validity of contracts. They cheer the restriction of certain types of speech on campus and in federal law….Lately, the Democrats have been popularly associated with principled opposition to waging war in far-flung corners of the globe. But evidence on the…

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The Washington Post reports that President Bush will be starting something called the “Freedom Institute” as part of his presidential library in Dallas. This institute would focus on a what the Post describes as a “broad portfolio of topics, including the expansion of democracy abroad and education reforms of the kind Bush implemented during his presidency, according to organizers.”

The Post story goes on to talk about the institute’s goal of focusing on debate:

“The president’s vision is for it to become an…

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