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The Scandal of Minority Contracting
Race-based contracting regimes threaten core American values, writes Judge Glock
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Ep 112: Peter Thiel on DOGE, Tariffs, Building Generational Companies & the Future of Civilization
Listen now | From co-founding PayPal and Palantir to writing the first check into Facebook and investing early in SpaceX, AirBnB, and numerous other…
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Make the FDA Great Again!
We're long overdue for bold reforms to keep us ahead of China, and save more lives
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A Note on Antisemitism
My piece in City Journal
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"A Healthcare Excellence Agenda for the New Administration"
New plans from my partner at 8VC
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America Needs Better Defense Acquisition
And the Trump Team has a generational opportunity and mandate to get it done.
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How to DOGE US Foreign Aid
A plan of accountability and innovation for US anti-poverty efforts abroad
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Lessons from Palantir in the AI Age
Notes from 8VC on the new wave of "AI Services"
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The Stakes
Why 2024 matters, and why you might sound like a crazy person if you complain about what the left is actually doing.
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"How to Spend a Trillion Dollars"
My new essay - in a new magazine
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Ep 97: Jimmy John Built a Restaurant Empire; Government Almost Destroyed It
Listen now | At 19 years old, Jimmy John Liautaud dropped out of college to start his own sandwich shop. He spent 10 years perfecting his first 10…
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Merit and Accountability Make Bureaucracy Less Dumb.
In the USA, they once did; we can restore them today.
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Ep 91: "I whooped his ass!" Legendary Investor & Home Depot Founder Ken Langone on Leadership, Courage & Defeating the Bad Guys
Listen now | Ken Langone's father was a plumber and his mother a cafeteria worker — neither made it past 8th grade — yet Ken became a multi-billionaire…
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A Note on “Equity” and Captured Institutions
Blink twice if your organization has been taken over by Marxists!
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