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Walter Olson
Walter Olson is the author of The Litigation Explosion: What Happened When America Unleashed the Lawsuit (Dutton, 1991) and The Excuse Factory: How Employment Law Is Paralyzing the American Workplace (Free Press, 1997). A columnist with the magazine Reason and a fellow with the Manhattan Institute, his writings appear in leading newspapers and magazines. In 1999 he launched Overlawyered.com, offering commentary and links on the U.S. legal system. He is a frequent broadcast guest and speaker before business and professional groups, has testified before both houses of Congress, and has been profiled in publications ranging from Forbes to People. He lives in the New York City area.
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Contributions
- Invitation to A Stoning: Getting Cozy with Theocrats, by Walter Olson, November 1, 1998
- William Bennett, Gays, and the Truth: Mr. Virtue Dabbles in Phony Statistics, by Walter Olson, December 18, 1997
- Return to Normalcy, by Walter Olson, January 1, 1996
- Winged Defeat, by Walter Olson, January 24, 1994