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HNN Hot Topics: Paul Ryan


Paul Ryan at a 2012 fundraiser in Utah. Credit: Flickr

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  • Paul Ryan: ’12 race like Carter vs. Reagan

    • Commentary: Historians

  • David Austin Walsh: Why Can Paul Ryan Run for Vice President and Congress at the Same Time? 9-17-12
  • Tammy Ingram: Paul Ryan Plays Politics with the Family Business (9-10-12)
  • Josh Brown's Life During Wartime: Ryan's Doctine . . . (8-27-12)
  • Lawrence Davidson: On the Road to Ryan and Ruin (8-27-12)
  • John Willingham: Paul Ryan's Hijacking of Natural Rights (8-27-12)
  • Juan Cole: Todd Akin and Paul Ryan are American Salafis (8-21-12)
  • Nicole Hemmer: Is Paul Ryan Jack Kemp, Model 2012? (8-20-12)
  • Timothy Walch: Ryan's Hope: A Vice Presidency in the Tradition of Dick Cheney and Joe Biden (8-20-12)
  • Robert Brent Toplin: The L-Word: Libertarianism (8-20-12)
  • Roderick T. Long: The Three Rs (8-18-12)
  • Lewis L. Gould: From the House to the White House (8-16-12)
  • Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica: The Mythic Paul Ryan Enters, Stage Right (8-14-12)
  • Jennifer Burns: Atlas Spurned (8-14-12)
  • Jennifer Burns: Ayn Rand's Long Journey to the Heart of American Politics (8-14-12)
  • David Beito: Ron Paul vs. Paul Ryan's Budget (Doesn't Cut Anything, Adds to Military Industrial Complex) (8-11-12)
  • Julian Zelizer: How Ryan Could Help Romney (8-11-12)
  • Jonathan Zimmerman: Why Romney's Choice for Vice President Could Determine America's Future (5-9-12)

    • Commentary: Media

  • Kathryn Jean Lopez: Paul Ryan, JFK? (8-21-12)
  • Giles Fraser: Paul Ryan's Faith in Ayn Rand is a Political Problem for Romney (8-13-12)
  • Joseph Rago: The Forgotten History of Ryan's Medicare Reform (8-13-12)
  • Anne C. Heller: What Paul Ryan Learned From Ayn Rand (8-6-12)
  • Brian Bolduc: Ryan Isn't a Randian (4-12-12)