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California’s Elaine Howle—DOGE Before DOGE Was Cool
California once deployed an intrepid foe of government waste and fraud.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Commentary | Feb. 20, 2025
Europe Has Moved Away from the Freedom It Partly Invented
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | Commentary | Feb. 15, 2025
DEI in the Ashes: Special Envoy Ric Grennel and EPA Head Lee Zeldin Visit LA
California can’t seem to learn from its own past.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Commentary | Feb. 13, 2025
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leads to Harassment on Campus. SB1 Must Pass.
Richard K. Vedder | Commentary | Feb. 13, 2025
5th Circuit Nixes Ban on Gun Sales to 18 to 20 Age Group
The original understanding in 1791, not that in 1868, governs.
Stephen P. Halbrook | Commentary | Feb. 10, 2025
A Tale of Two Universities in Flyover Country and the Potential Downfall of Coastal Elite Schools
As the leading city in “flyover country,” Chicago universities are both climbing and toppling in the various college ranking lists.
Richard K. Vedder | Commentary | Feb. 10, 2025
The Ugly Comeback of Tariffs Demands a Muscular Rebuttal
Williamson M. Evers | Commentary | Feb. 7, 2025
A Buckeye Collegiate Revolution: Higher Education Reform Bill Likely to Pass Senate
Richard K. Vedder | Commentary | Jan. 28, 2025
The Strange Convergence of Donald Trump and Martin Luther King Jr.
Jonathan J. Bean | Commentary | Jan. 21, 2025
Action Could Have Prevented the Deadly Blaze in Los Angeles
But the lessons of the past seem lost on California politicians and bureaucrats.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Commentary | Jan. 17, 2025






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