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Reckless Reparations Reckoning
The lesson from the $22 trillion record of Great Society compensatory payouts is that massive infusions of federal money are more apt to ensure social disruption and dislocation than alleviate them.
Victor Davis Hanson | Commentary | Jan. 23, 2023
San Francisco Falls Into The Abyss
Lee E. Ohanian | Commentary | Jan. 23, 2023
When Putin Turned His Back on Reaganomics
For a fleeting period he implemented serious tax reform before he did an about-face.
Richard K. Vedder | Commentary | Jan. 5, 2023
Why Are Gas Prices So High In California?
Lee E. Ohanian | Commentary | Dec. 27, 2022
Why Proposition 13 and Attacking It Are Both Popular
Gary M. Galles | Commentary | Oct. 27, 2022
California Tries to Delay Release Of K–12 School Test Scores Until After Election
Lee E. Ohanian | Commentary | Oct. 15, 2022
Gov. Newsom Is Right to Oppose Proposition 30, A Destructive Tax Increase
Luka Ladan | Commentary | Oct. 3, 2022
Prohibition Is A Bad Way to Deal with Flavored Tobacco
Josh T. Smith, William F. Shughart II | Commentary | Sep. 13, 2022
Time to Eliminate the Federal Gas Tax—and Federal Road Building
Today, about 20% of Highway Trust Fund monies are diverted to other purposes
James T. Bennett | Commentary | July 26, 2022
Biden and the Destruction of Wisdom
The Biden regime is decoupled from both the past and reality, and quite capable of destroying Americans’ lives as they have known them.
Victor Davis Hanson | Commentary | July 18, 2022






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