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National Service

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Coronavirus

A Pandemic Is Not a Chance To Flog Your Bad National Service Proposals

The federal government has done a terrible job managing the coronavirus. It doesn't deserve our labor.

Scott Shackford | 5.8.2020 2:15 PM

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Mayor Pete's 'National Service' Plan Was a Nationalist Fantasy

Buttigieg doesn't realize that using the blunt force of government to forge national unity will forever disappoint.

Matt Welch | 4.14.2020 6:00 AM

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Young Americans Oppose Mandatory National Service, Military or Otherwise

That could be bad news for 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.

J.D. Tuccille | 12.3.2019 7:00 AM

Seriously, if you told me this was Will Ferrell wearing a bald cap, I'd believe you.

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Presidential Candidate John Delaney Has a Plan for America's Young Adults. It's Called Forced Labor.

The only way mandatory national service would "unify" the teens of America would be to cause them to loathe the government together.

Scott Shackford | 7.29.2019 1:10 PM

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Army Tweets 'How Has Serving Impacted You?' Gets Thousands of Responses About the Horrors of War

"My cousin committed suicide while on duty at the armory after coming home from a tour abroad."

Zuri Davis | 5.25.2019 12:45 PM

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Broader Implications of 'My Body, My Choice'

I agree with this classic pro-choice slogan. But those who promote it would do well to recognize it has implications that go far beyond abortion. More people should embrace more of them.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.10.2019 11:09 PM

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Pete Buttigieg

Pete Buttigieg's National Service Plan Is a Really Bad Idea Whose Time Might Have Come

Mayor Pete pitches a vague policy as a cure to help fix "the lack of social cohesion" that he says defines contemporary America.

Nick Gillespie | 4.17.2019 3:35 PM

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Why Mandatory National Service is Both Unjust and Unconstitutional

A post based on my presentation at a panel on mandatory national service organized by the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.19.2018 3:38 PM

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Millennials

Another Reason Not to Draft Millennials: They Are Wisely Skeptical About War

New Cato Institute study shows the future is in good hands.

Robby Soave | 6.19.2015 6:35 PM

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To Destroy ISIS, Conscript Millennials, Says Baby Boomer Journalist

I am a millennial, get me out of here!

Robby Soave | 6.17.2015 10:40 AM

Technology policy

No Pilot, No Problem

The future of military aviation is unmanned. The sooner it comes, the better.

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.12.2012 1:30 PM

News & Criticism

Washington: Crackling With Brainy Sacrifice

Matt Welch | 4.7.2009 9:13 AM

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Generation Sclerosis

Matt Welch | 3.26.2009 2:45 PM

Barack Obama

GIVE a Little Bit of Your Service to Me

Matt Welch | 3.20.2009 2:54 PM

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Obama Youth Corps?

Jacob Sullum | 1.30.2009 3:58 PM

Barack Obama

Serve the Servants

Matt Welch | 11.19.2008 5:52 PM

Barack Obama

Girls Gone Wild Killed

Matt Welch | 10.13.2008 11:02 AM

National Service

A Second Look at National Service

Nick Gillespie | 9.16.2008 2:23 PM

John McCain

Serve a Cause Greater Than Yourself on the Taxpayer's Dime

Both McCain and Obama want to beef up "public service." Bad idea.

Nick Gillespie | 9.16.2008 12:00 PM

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Brian Doherty | 9.11.2008 4:07 PM

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Mandatory Volunteerism

Radley Balko | 7.23.2008 11:24 AM

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