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In the Seventh Circuit, Procedural Red Herrings Threaten the Second Amendment
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  November 21, 2024
Who Should Pay for Really Expensive Drugs?
John C. Goodman  ·  November 20, 2024
Colleges and the Dumbing Down of America
Richard K. Vedder  ·  November 20, 2024
Did Modern Monetary Theory Elect Donald Trump?
Alexander William Salter, Phillip W. Magness  ·  November 20, 2024
How Medicare Is Causing Patients to Overpay for Prescription Drugs
Lawrence J. Wedekind, John C. Goodman  ·  November 19, 2024
Election Aftermath in California
Episodes the establishment media missed.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  November 18, 2024
Medicare Advantage Is Saving Taxpayers Money
John C. Goodman  ·  November 15, 2024
Trumping Inflation?
What will a second Trump administration do for the cost of living?
Alexander William Salter  ·  November 13, 2024
How Gov. Gavin Newsom and Jerry Brown Disenfranchised California Voters
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  November 12, 2024
The Lahaina Wildfire Holds Lessons for California and Other Western States
Lawrence J. McQuillan  ·  November 8, 2024
Why Lower-Income Workers Are Trending Republican
John C. Goodman  ·  November 6, 2024
Conceived in Liberty or Conceived in Sin? Exploitation and Modern Prosperity
Art Carden  ·  November 5, 2024
Government Efficiency Is a Tall Order for Musk
Going by the efficiency of the Secret Service at the assassination attempt in Butler, PA, Musk will have his hands full.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  November 4, 2024
U.S. Nuclear Defense Should Not Be So Costly
Instead of investing billions in outdated missile defense systems, why not move to a minimum deterrent doctrine?
Ivan Eland  ·  November 4, 2024
Daylight Saving Time Remains a Nightmare
We need to stop springing forward and backward.
William F. Shughart II  ·  October 31, 2024
California’s Identity Problem
Institutionalizing double standards and violating the rule of law.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  October 30, 2024
California’s Prop 2: Unions Win, Students and Taxpayers Lose
Gary M. Galles  ·  October 25, 2024
Supreme Court Grants Cert in Mexico v. Smith & Wesson
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  October 24, 2024
Rent Control Is Not a Solution—It’s a Recipe for Exacerbating the Problem
William F. Shughart II  ·  October 24, 2024
What Should Be Done with Obamacare?
John C. Goodman  ·  October 21, 2024
California’s Coastal Commission Ramps Up Partisan Zealotry
From the Ocean to the Space Force
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  October 17, 2024
Just Say No to Discrimination
Richard K. Vedder  ·  October 16, 2024
California vs. the Space Force
And Elon Musk, SpaceX, property rights, and much more.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  October 16, 2024
The VanDerStok SCOTUS Argument
Whether ATF may criminalize conduct remains the central issue.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  October 11, 2024
The Wrong Road to Freedom
A Book Review of The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, by Joseph E. Stiglitz
David R. Henderson  ·  October 9, 2024


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