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Ohio Senate Bill 1 Takes the Lead Against Woke Schools
Richard K. Vedder  ·  April 1, 2025
No, Immigrants Aren’t Responsible for the Housing Shortage. Here’s the Real Cause.
Christopher J. Calton  ·  March 31, 2025
HHS Terminates California’s ‘Wasteful’ DEI Grants
RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya need to investigate why so many federal grants were designed primarily to bolster DEI and transgenderism.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 30, 2025
Trump Needs Real Budget Slashing, Not Musk’s DOGE Smoke and Mirrors
Ivan Eland  ·  March 29, 2025
California’s Memory Loss
Over DEI, taxes, and the ongoing exodus to states with more economic freedom.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 27, 2025
Attorney General to Resume Removal of Legal Disabilities
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  March 25, 2025
Can Golf Forestall Albright College’s Creative Destruction?
Richard K. Vedder  ·  March 25, 2025
Trump Should Listen to Milei on Protectionism and Growth
Benjamin Powell  ·  March 25, 2025
DOGE-ing the FTC?
William F. Shughart II  ·  March 24, 2025
Four Women Who Hated Identity Politics
Four remarkable women rejected victimhood and championed fairness, personal merit, and equal treatment under the law.
Jonathan J. Bean  ·  March 24, 2025
18 to 20 Age Ban Cases Coming to a Head
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  March 23, 2025
Trump Didn’t Kill the Penny—Inflation Did
Robert M. Whaples  ·  March 20, 2025
Standing Up for Bureaucracy Is Not Standing Up for Science
Francis Collins and the crusade against Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 19, 2025
Regime Uncertainty: Another Substantial Cost of Tariffs
Abigail R. Hall  ·  March 18, 2025
Rehearing En Banc Sought in 5th Circuit Suppressor Case
The panel’s ruling that suppressed firearms aren’t protected should be reconsidered.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  March 14, 2025
The Department of Education—To Be, or Not to Be, That Is the Question
Richard K. Vedder  ·  March 14, 2025
California Endangers Self-Defense
Under new bill, crime victims must run away first.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 14, 2025
A Politicized Fed Is the Law of the Land
Alexander William Salter  ·  March 13, 2025
China Has Only One Real Way to Hit Its 2025 Growth Target
Steve H. Hanke, Caleb Hofmann  ·  March 12, 2025
California EDscapades
The Golden State has institutionalized corruption and anti-choice ideology.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 12, 2025
Court Seems Disposed to Rule for S&W and Against Mexico
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  March 10, 2025
What Should Republicans Do about Medicaid?
John C. Goodman  ·  March 10, 2025
Warren Buffett Acts Like the U.S. Stock Market Is in Bubble Territory. He Might Be onto Something.
Caleb Hofmann, Steve H. Hanke  ·  March 7, 2025
Jay Bhattacharya Was Right, and Francis Collins Wrong
David R. Henderson, Charles L. Hooper  ·  March 6, 2025
Stop Moving Clocks Back and Forth and Go with Standard Time
William F. Shughart II  ·  March 6, 2025


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