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Benjamin Ayanian

Contributor

Young Voices

Benjamin Ayanian is a student at the University of Minnesota Law School and a widely published commentator, having written pieces in the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Newsweek, and more. Additionally, he is the author of Beyond Intention: How Progressive Economic Policy Initiatives Would Harm Society's Most Vulnerable.

Policy focus
Tech & Innovation
Gun Rights
Region
Mid-Atlantic
Location
Virginia
Twitter
@benjaminayanian
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Articles
Interviews
Jan 25, 2025
RealClearMarkets
The Constitution Provides Answers to Our Federal Debt Problem
Jan 24, 2025
Manhattan Institute
The Constitution Provides Answers to Our Federal Debt Problem
Jan 24, 2025
Real Clear Politics
The Constitution Provides Answers to Our Federal Debt Problem
Jan 19, 2025
Star Tribune
At the Minnesota Legislature, who’s undermining democracy?
Jan 8, 2025
Citrus County Chronicle
The National Debt Is Both Imprudent and Immoral
Jan 8, 2025
Daily Breeze
California’s Immoral Strategy to Reduce Their Budget Deficit
Jan 8, 2025
Los Angeles Daily News
California’s Immoral Strategy to Reduce Their Budget Deficit
Nov 28, 2024
International Policy Digest
This Little-Known Practice Presents Significant Dangers to the U.S. Legal System
Jul 11, 2024
American Thinker
The Presidential Debate's Forgotten Declaration
Jul 2, 2024
Inside Sources
The National Debt Is Both Imprudent and Immoral
Jun 4, 2024
The Hill
U.S. Foreign Policy Needs a Course Correction
May 14, 2024
The Star News Network
Capital Gains Tax
May 13, 2024
RealClearMarkets
Capital Gains Tax
May 13, 2024
Real Clear Politics
Capital Gains Tax
Apr 11, 2024
Association of Mature American Citizens
The Bad, the Ugly, and the Worse of the $1.2T Spending Package
Apr 11, 2024
Prescott eNews
The Bad, the Ugly, and the Worse of the $1.2T Spending Package
Apr 11, 2024
Inside Sources
The Bad, the Ugly, and the Worse of the $1.2T Spending Package
Mar 28, 2024
Washington Examiner
U.S. Foreign Aid Bill Shuns Individual Rights
Mar 28, 2024
The Tulsa World
Status of Oklahoma Licensing Reform
Mar 25, 2024
Washington Examiner
Two Important Lessons From Recent AI Controversy
Mar 8, 2024
Washington Examiner
U.S. Foreign Aid Bill Shuns Individual Rights
Feb 29, 2024
RealClearEnergy
Another Overstated AI Concern
Jan 31, 2024
FREE THE PEOPLE
Conservatives Travel a Slippery Slope By Tying Airlines Into Immigration Policy
Jan 26, 2024
Orange County Register
California’s Immoral Strategy to Reduce Their Budget Deficit
Jan 7, 2024
Bozeman Chronicle
Decision on Legality of Montana CON Law Coming Soon
Nov 9, 2023
Washington Examiner
A Bipartisan Move to Weaponize Federal Bureaucracies
Sep 14, 2023
American Thinker
Politicians Should not Extend Their Failed Debit Card Policy to Credit Cards
Sep 14, 2023
RealClearMarkets
Donald Trump Signals to Voters That He Might Be Worse for the Economy
Sep 11, 2023
TOWNHALL
The Government Should Stop Trying to Micromanage Search Engines
Jul 28, 2023
FOX News Opinion
End the Movement to Raise Airport’s PFC
Jun 30, 2023
DAILY CALLER
The Intelligence Community Is Not Your Ally
Jun 30, 2023
AMERICAN SPECTATOR
FTC'S Lawsuit Against Amazon
Jun 2, 2023
Orange County Register
California’s Government Should Stay Out of the News
May 20, 2023
DAILY CALLER
Washington’s Ineffective and Unconstitutional Gun Regulation
May 20, 2023
DAILY CALLER
Alternative Solutions to School Shootings Are Dismissed at Students’ Peril
May 20, 2023
TOWNHALL
Congress Should Not Accommodate OpenAI’s Requests For Regulation
May 5, 2023
American Thinker
The Beauty in SpaceX's Explosion
Apr 24, 2023
COUNTERPUNCH
States Should Abolish Capital Punishment
Mar 30, 2023
FREE THE PEOPLE
Reject the Precautionary Principle for Artificial Intelligence
Mar 25, 2023
Frederick News Post
Tinkering With Section 230 Would Cause an Internet Regress
Mar 24, 2023
The Virginian-Pilot
Tinkering With Section 230 Would Cause an Internet Regress
Mar 23, 2023
Inside Sources
Tinkering With Section 230 Would Cause an Internet Regress
Mar 23, 2023
The Daily Press (Virginia)
Tinkering With Section 230 Would Cause an Internet Regress
Mar 23, 2023
The Brunswick News
Tinkering With Section 230 Would Cause an Internet Regress
Mar 23, 2023
Midland Daily News
Tinkering With Section 230 Would Cause an Internet Regress
Mar 14, 2023
Mises Institute
Arrogance Has Lead To the Precarious Situation in Ukraine
Feb 2, 2023
AMERICAN SPECTATOR
Space Tourism Is No Waste
Dec 9, 2022
Courier Journal
Midterms Show a Failing Duopoly And Need For Reform
Dec 9, 2022
White Mountain Independent
Midterms Show a Failing Duopoly And Need For Reform
Dec 5, 2022
Prescott eNews
Midterms Show a Failing Duopoly And Need For Reform
Dec 1, 2022
Inside Sources
Midterms Show a Failing Duopoly And Need For Reform
Oct 15, 2022
AMERICAN SPECTATOR
Discrimination is In, Poses Great Risk
Sep 11, 2022
Inside Sources
Take 3rd Parties Seriously
Sep 7, 2022
Newsweek
Biden Has Failed to Keep His Most Important Promise
Aug 12, 2022
American Thinker
Gaslighting Is Poor Economic Policy
Jul 23, 2022
AMERICAN SPECTATOR
Good Samaritans with Guns Make the World Safer
Jul 14, 2022
Newsweek
New York’s Disregard of the Constitution
Jun 16, 2022
The American Conservative
Alternative Solutions to School Shootings Are Dismissed at Students’ Peril
May 25, 2022
TOWNHALL
Asset Sell-Off Illustrates Another Absurdity With Wealth Tax Ambitions
Apr 27, 2022
Duluth News Tribune
Musk Gives Free Speech Needed Life Support
Apr 2, 2022
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
What Both Sides Get Wrong on Lia Thomas
Mar 31, 2022
Nashua Telegraph
What Both Sides Get Wrong on Lia Thomas
Mar 30, 2022
AMERICAN SPECTATOR
Corporate Pandering Distorts Discourse
Mar 25, 2022
Inside Sources
What Both Sides Get Wrong on Lia Thomas
Feb 24, 2022
TOWNHALL
Trudeau Gives Us An Invaluable Reminder Of The Fragility Of Freedom
Feb 25, 2025
Moving Forward with Young Voices
The Constitution Provides Answers to Our Federal Debt Problem
Feb 21, 2025
WRFH-LP Hillsdale, MI (101.7-FM)
The Constitution Provides Answers to Our Federal Debt Problem
Feb 21, 2025
KAFF News Radio
The Constitution Provides Answers to Our Federal Debt Problem
Feb 19, 2025
Fox 5 DC
The Constitution Provides Answers to Our Federal Debt Problem
Feb 14, 2025
WRFH-LP Hillsdale, MI (101.7-FM)
The Constitution Provides Answers to Our Federal Debt Problem
Jul 26, 2024
KURV McAllen, TX (710-AM)
Trump 'Absolutely' Willing To Debate Kamala Harris: 'It's Important'
Jul 26, 2024
WFLA Orlando, FL (AM540)
Trump 'Absolutely' Willing To Debate Kamala Harris: 'It's Important'
Jul 26, 2024
WTIB 96.3 Greenville, NC
Trump 'Absolutely' Willing To Debate Kamala Harris: 'It's Important'
Jul 26, 2024
WSJK-FM (ESPN 93.5 Radio) - Champaign
Trump 'Absolutely' Willing To Debate Kamala Harris: 'It's Important'
Jul 21, 2024
Good Morning Liberty
National Debt Reaches Just Shy of $35 Trillion
Jul 12, 2024
Fox 5 DC
Beyond Intention: How Progressive Economic Policy Initiatives Would Harm Society’s Most Vulnerable
Jun 5, 2024
Good Morning Liberty
Beyond Intention: The Real-World Effects of Policies Like Minimum Wage, Wealth Taxes, Free College & More
May 20, 2024
Salem News Channel
Biden’s Punitive, Anti-Growth Tax Proposals
May 6, 2024
Good Morning Liberty
Government Spending Continues to be Out of Control
Apr 16, 2024
Moving Forward with Young Voices
The Bad, the Ugly, and the Worst of the Spending Package
Mar 27, 2024
KURV McAllen, TX (710-AM)
Could The Republicans' Slim House Majority Slip Away Before November?
Mar 6, 2024
Good Morning Liberty
Misplaced Fears About A.I., and the Moral Argument Against California's Wealth Tax Proposals
Feb 15, 2024
The ConsEUmer Podcast
Conservatives Should Think Twice Before Roping Airlines Into Immigration Policy
Feb 7, 2024
99.5FM WBAP Dallas, TX
Trump Is Not Immune From Prosecution In His 2020 Election Interference Case, US Appeals Court Says
Feb 7, 2024
WILS Lansing, MI (1320-AM)
Trump Is Not Immune From Prosecution In His 2020 Election Interference Case, US Appeals Court Says
Feb 7, 2024
WSJK-FM (ESPN 93.5 Radio) - Champaign
Trump Is Not Immune From Prosecution In His 2020 Election Interference Case, US Appeals Court Says
Feb 7, 2024
KURV McAllen, TX (710-AM)
Trump Is Not Immune From Prosecution In His 2020 Election Interference Case, US Appeals Court Says
Feb 5, 2024
WTIC NewsTalk 1080 Audacy Hartford
A moral argument for California progressives to drop wealth tax proposals for good
Feb 2, 2024
Fox 5 DC
Are wealth taxes 'immoral?'
Dec 5, 2023
Moving Forward with Young Voices
A bipartisan move to weaponize federal bureaucracies
Jul 28, 2023
99.5FM WBAP Dallas, TX
Joe Biden's 2020 Hunter narrative is 'harder to make now,' New York Times reporter admits
Jul 28, 2023
105.5FM WERC Birmingham, AL
Joe Biden's 2020 Hunter narrative is 'harder to make now,' New York Times reporter admits
Jul 28, 2023
WSJK-FM (ESPN 93.5 Radio) - Champaign
Joe Biden's 2020 Hunter narrative is 'harder to make now,' New York Times reporter admits
Jul 28, 2023
1040AM WHO Des Moines, IA
Joe Biden's 2020 Hunter narrative is 'harder to make now,' New York Times reporter admits
Jun 6, 2023
Moving Forward with Young Voices
Congress Should Not Accommodate OpenAI’s Regulatory Requests
Jun 5, 2023
105.5FM WERC Birmingham, AL
Congress Should Not Accommodate OpenAI’s Regulatory Requests
May 25, 2023
Real America's Voice
The Left Keeps Firing Shots At Guns
May 9, 2023
Good Morning Liberty
The Death Penalty Should Be Abolished, Not Expanded
Apr 22, 2023
Young Turks
Solutions to Mass Shootings/Gun Violence
Apr 15, 2023
Good Morning Liberty
America's Gun Control Debate Has No Basis in Reality
Apr 11, 2023
Moving Forward with Young Voices
Weakening Section 230 Would Compromise Innovation
Apr 6, 2023
105.5FM WERC Birmingham, AL
Democrats Blaming Republicans for School Shootings
Apr 4, 2023
LEARN LIBERTY
34 Felony Counts - Can They Stick?
Apr 3, 2023
LEARN LIBERTY
Trump Indictment: Truth Revealed or Political Move?
Feb 20, 2023
Good Morning Liberty
Space Tourism Is No Waste
Feb 17, 2023
ZNWS (News Channel 8 - WJLA)
Are the Ukrainian People a Priority for Most Americans?
Jan 26, 2023
Heard Tell
Paying attention to state legislatures
Jan 17, 2023
Moving Forward with Young Voices
The Urge to Legislate
Dec 19, 2022
Heard Tell
Third Party
Dec 6, 2022
Moving Forward with Young Voices
Midterms Highlighted a Failing Duopoly And Need For Reform
Oct 4, 2022
Moving Forward with Young Voices
It’s Time to Take Third Parties Seriously
Sep 19, 2022
Eden Hill Media
Biden Has Failed to Keep His Most Important Promise
Sep 19, 2022
ZNWS (News Channel 8 - WJLA)
President Biden's recent comments on the COVID pandemic and whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan militarily should China invade
Aug 19, 2022
Heard Tell
A Better Way To Discuss 2nd Amendment, Gun Control, Gun Rights, & Mass Shootings
Jul 25, 2022
Young Turks
SCOTUS Decision on NY Gun Control Laws
Jul 25, 2022
Fox 5 DC
Armed civilians taking an active role in preventing mass shootings
Jun 28, 2022
Moving Forward with Young Voices
The Democrats’ Misguided Gun-Control Bill
May 3, 2022
Moving Forward with Young Voices
Musk Gives Free Speech Needed Life Support
Apr 25, 2022
Political Perspectives
What is the “Don’t Say Gay Bill” in Florida?
Apr 23, 2022
Heard Tell
What Florida Parental Rights Bill Does/Doesn't Do and the Disney Backlash
Mar 29, 2022
Moving Forward with Young Voices
Trudeau Gives Us An Invaluable Reminder Of The Fragility Of Freedom