The New York Times has a weird history of armchair radicalism, writes Bruce Bartlett.

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It sounds like Brooks is ready to join the Bruce Bartlett Disgusted Former Republican club.

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Former Forbes columnist Bruce Bartlett outlined the poll data on his blog Capital Gains and Games on Monday.

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One, The Benefit and the Burden Tax Reform: Why We Need It and What It Will Take by Bruce Bartlett, focuses on individual reform.

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My takeaway is basically that Bruce Bartlett is right.

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Apparently prodded by the once-great Bruce Bartlett, little-known Bentley College economics professor Scott Sumner is the latest self-proclaimed intellectual in the world of tenure to take on the notion of a gold-defined dollar.

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Case in point: former Forbes.com columnist, Bruce Bartlett.

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Supply-sider Bruce Bartlett thinks so.

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Bruce Bartlett thinks so.

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