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A. Barton Hinkle

A. Barton Hinkle is senior editorial writer and a columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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• Citizens and the State: The Problem Is Bigger Than You Think

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  June 17, 2013

• Big Brother Is Watching You

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  June 12, 2013

• The Great Farm-Bill Ripoff

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  June 10, 2013

• The Citizens United Backlash Threatens Basic Rights

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  June 5, 2013

• No More Tax Dollars for Sports Stadiums

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  June 3, 2013

• Government Violates Rights in Name of Fighting Terrorism

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  May 29, 2013

• Obama's War on the Constitution

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  May 28, 2013

• Survival Strategies of Governmentus Omnipotus

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  May 22, 2013

• The Embarrassing Political Grandstanding of Ken Cuccinelli

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  May 6, 2013

• Politicians and Private Lives

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  May 1, 2013

• What Does the Boston Bombing Say About Diversity?

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  April 29, 2013

• Immigration Reform Falls Short

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  April 24, 2013

• More Budget Charades in Washington

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  April 17, 2013

• Cognitive Dissonance on Gun Rights

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  April 10, 2013

• Who Framed the Right?

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  April 3, 2013

• Both Left and Right Are Afraid of Change

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  April 1, 2013

• Do Unto Others, But Not Unto Us, Say the Media

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  March 27, 2013

• The Green-Car Blues

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  March 20, 2013

• Virginia Loses No Matter Who Wins Governor's Race

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  March 18, 2013

• America's Nation-Building Follies

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  March 13, 2013

• Will the Right Come Around on Pot?

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  March 11, 2013

• Dennis Rodman Goes to North Korea

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  March 6, 2013

• Abortion and Big Government

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  March 4, 2013

• Does Free Speech Protect the Right to Panhandle?

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  February 27, 2013

• The Bogus Case Against Junk Food

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  February 25, 2013

• Tough Immigration Policy Also Hurts Americans

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  February 19, 2013

• Why Laughter Is the Best Medicine for Politics

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  February 13, 2013

• The Costs and Consequences of Obamacare

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  February 11, 2013

• Obama's Dismal Second Term

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  February 7, 2013

• Everything Fun Is Illegal in Virginia

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  February 4, 2013

• Virginia GOP Follows Bad Examples Set by Dems

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  January 30, 2013

• It’s Time to Get Judgy About Incompetency

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  January 28, 2013

• Look Who’s Mocking Fascist Fear-Mongering Now

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  January 23, 2013

• The Myth of Free Medicaid Money

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  January 21, 2013

• Jail Comments Raise Lots of Questions

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  January 16, 2013

• Spending Cuts Are Mostly Fiction

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  January 14, 2013

• The EPA Pushes the Envelope, Again

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  January 9, 2013

• Obama Begins His Second Term—and Bush’s Fourth

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  January 7, 2013

• January: The Perfect Time to Debate the Filibuster

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  January 2, 2013

• Who’s Attacking the Constitution Now?

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  December 31, 2012

• Sometimes a School Needs an Intervention

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  December 26, 2012

• Gay Participation Hurts Neither Military Nor Marriage

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  December 17, 2012

• Gun Control, Ad Infinitum

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  December 12, 2012

• Fracking Can Help Fix the CO2 Problem

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  December 10, 2012

• Let’s Open the Doors to Lots More Immigration

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  December 5, 2012

• Who’s Watching the Kids? Just About Everyone, Apparently

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  December 3, 2012

• George W. Bush, Middle Class Champion

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  November 28, 2012

• Pro-Life Virginia Lawmaker Offers Pro-Choice Bill

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  November 26, 2012

• It's Time to Cut a Deal on the Federal Budget

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  November 21, 2012

• The Case for a Carbon Tax

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  November 19, 2012