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‘Belief in Freedom’ Is Bad for You
So is “distrust of government,” according to a study in the American Journal of Medicine.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Commentary | Jan. 12, 2023
Sins Against Children
On America’s moral compass in the face of Covid.
Scott W. Atlas | Commentary | Jan. 6, 2023
New California Law Will Cripple Its $20 Billion Fast-Food Industry
California’s new fast-food law establishes a politically appointed council with unprecedented power to regulate the industry by setting worker wages, hours, and other working conditions.
Lee E. Ohanian | Commentary | Dec. 9, 2022
Why Doesn’t This Economist Want His Daughter to Be a Feminist?
Art Carden | Commentary | Nov. 17, 2022
Vote Like a Woman
When You Vote, Remember Who Has Recently Most Hurt Women
Naomi R. Wolf | Commentary | Nov. 7, 2022
No on Prop. 31: Big Police Can Be Worse than Big Tobacco
Jonathan Hofer | Commentary | Oct. 28, 2022
The Tentacles of the Social Media Octopus
Victor Davis Hanson | Commentary | Oct. 17, 2022
Medicare Prescription Drugs: A Case Study in Government Failure
John C. Goodman | Commentary | Sep. 14, 2022
Prohibition Is A Bad Way to Deal with Flavored Tobacco
William F. Shughart II, Josh T. Smith | Commentary | Sep. 13, 2022
What the U.S. Supreme Court Bruen Decision Will Mean for America
The U.S. Supreme Court declared New York’s “good-cause” requirement for the right to bear arms outside the home unconstitutional, but the struggle for freedom is hardly over.
Stephen P. Halbrook | Commentary | Aug. 25, 2022






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