{"id":700,"date":"2015-09-18T20:11:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T20:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/?p=700"},"modified":"2015-09-19T16:50:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T16:50:02","slug":"charles-murray-says-the-american-project-is-dead-unless-we-fix-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/?p=700","title":{"rendered":"Charles Murray Says the American Project Is Dead Unless We Fix It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe American project, as originally defined, is dead,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charlesmurray\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Charles Murray.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The AEI scholar\u00a0and accomplished author joins Ben on today\u2019s episode to discuss his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/By-People-Rebuilding-Liberty-Permission\/dp\/0385346514\" target=\"_blank\">new book<\/a>,\u00a0<em>By the People: Rebuilding Liberty\u00a0Without Permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Murray believes that an emasculated limited government has allowed the modern regulatory state to run amok, steamrolling the liberties of everyday Americans.\u00a0But it\u2019s not all bad. He\u00a0says there\u2019s reason for hope.<\/p>\n<p>Murray\u00a0argues that by litigating rather than legislating, conservatives and libertarians can roll back the administrative state. Reasoning that \u201cthe regulatory apparatus cannot withstand a regulatory assault,\u201d the scholar proposes an innovative approach to reclaiming rights lost: legal defense funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to make government into an insurable hazard,\u201d he quips.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-federalist-radio-hour\/id983782306?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to subscribe or use the embedded link below to listen.<\/p>\n<p><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]--><br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" controls=\"controls\" id=\"audio-54241-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><source src=\"http:\/\/tracking.feedpress.it\/link\/10317\/1772053\/charles-murray-says-the-original-american-project-is-dead.mp3?_=1\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/tracking.feedpress.it\/link\/10317\/1772053\/charles-murray-says-the-original-american-project-is-dead.mp3\">http:\/\/tracking.feedpress.it\/link\/10317\/1772053\/charles-murray-says-the-original-american-project-is-dead.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe American project, as originally defined, is dead,\u201d says Dr. Charles Murray. The AEI scholar\u00a0and accomplished author joins Ben on today\u2019s episode to discuss his new book,\u00a0By the People: Rebuilding Liberty\u00a0Without Permission. Murray believes that&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/?p=700\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-us-politics","comments-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":701,"href":"https:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700\/revisions\/701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}