Doug Thorburn

Doug Thorburn


  • November 13, 2016

    Think Twice about Going West, Young Man

    I’m an Enrolled Agent tax pro based in California with clients all over the country. Recently, the son of a client who had moved to a more free state than ours asked whether I thought he should move back here to start a business. I suggested...

  • October 30, 2014

    Why it's time for Libertarians to Vote for Republicans

    A nearly lifelong libertarian, I was among those who split with the libertarian wing from Young Americans for Freedom in the late 1960s. My disdain for so-called conservatives and the Republican Party was cemented on August 15, 1971, when President N...

  • July 27, 2014

    'Agreeing to Disagree' Requires Free Markets

    Free markets allow us the freedom to “agree to disagree.” You buy what you want; I buy what I want. For example, you buy an iPhone and I buy a Google phone, and both of us leave happy; the interaction is civil. We can even both decide not...