Freedom in Chains<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\nMatt never flinched after 9\/11.\u00a0 He did not back away from the principles he had championed for many years.\u00a0 He never genuflected to the Republican crowd or to those libertarians who suddenly found warm & fuzzy feelings for Leviathan.<\/p>\n
He had a hearty laugh and a fine sense of humor.\u00a0 I had the pleasure of catching beer with him a few times – at a FFF conference in Chicago in the mid-1990s and later at a Internet activist party at Declan McCullagh’s apartment in DC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matt set a standard of courage and competence that is rare in the freedom movement, and he will be missed.<\/p>\n
I send my condolences to his family.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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