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Can State Semi-Automatic Rifle Bans Last?
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  December 20, 2024
Progressives’ Aversion to Private Industry Does Not Extend to Private Universities
The representation of public versus private universities in government is contrary to the historical image—Democrats have higher numbers of Ivy League graduates than their Republican counterparts.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 19, 2024
The Year the World Went Woke
2014, when obscure academic jargon made the leap from the faculty lounge to mainstream conversation
Phillip W. Magness  ·  December 17, 2024
Political Instability in South Korea Should Lead to Questions About U.S. Troop Deployment
Ivan Eland  ·  December 17, 2024
With Donald Trump in Office, Congress Must Safeguard Its Constitutional Powers
As the president-elect threatens impoundment and recess appointments, Congress must step up to protect its central constitutional role.
Ivan Eland  ·  December 16, 2024
Why Do So Many People Hate Health Insurers?
John C. Goodman  ·  December 16, 2024
Time to Get Real about Renewables: Fossil Fuels Are Here to Stay
Ryan M. Yonk  ·  December 16, 2024
Approaching National Bankruptcy and the Wisdom of the Anti-Federalists
William J. Watkins, Jr.  ·  December 14, 2024
Californians Could Seriously Benefit from DOGE in ‘Trump-Proofed’ California
Gov. Newsom’s quest to reform-proof the state that needs reform the most.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 14, 2024
Does Academic Research Advance Human Welfare? Not Always.
Comparing economic data from the early 20th century to that of the early 21st century, there is a lot of academic research that has been shown to have caused more harm than good.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 13, 2024
A Great Trump Appointment: Jay Bhattacharya (Part 2)
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 11, 2024
Firepower and the Fourth Circuit
The en banc court makes bizarre claims about the 5.56 mm cartridge.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  December 11, 2024
A Great Trump Appointment: Jay Bhattacharya (Part 1)
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 10, 2024
The Golden State Unleashes the Anonymous Snoop Dogs
All part of protecting “California values” from Donald Trump.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 9, 2024
Trump Should Embrace the National Space Council (Again)
Some of President Trump’s greatest successes came from effectively wielding bureaucracy, not dismantling it.
Alexander William Salter  ·  December 5, 2024
LA County’s Homelessness Spending Policies Expect Success While Subsidizing Failure
Christopher J. Calton  ·  December 3, 2024
The Bell Tolls for Higher Ed
The incoming Trump administration should make serious postsecondary reform a priority.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 2, 2024
University of California at Planned Parenthood
UC San Diego teams with Planned Parenthood to collect “tissues” from pre-born infants aged 4 to 23 weeks.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 2, 2024
Trump Should Challenge the Fed’s Policies
An independent agency of government shouldn’t have such enormous power to skew financial outcomes.
Judy L. Shelton  ·  November 29, 2024
Mass Deportations—Unfeasible, Expensive and Would Undermine Other Goals
Benjamin Powell  ·  November 27, 2024
Trump Needs to Make Up His Policy Mind
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  November 27, 2024
The Second Amendment Dialogue at Federalist Society’s National Convention
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  November 27, 2024
Blaming Bill Buckley for Racism, January 6, and More
Historian David Austin Walsh tries and fails to rebut Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism thesis.
Phillip W. Magness  ·  November 26, 2024
What the FDA Gets Wrong About Drug Ads
John C. Goodman  ·  November 25, 2024
Oh Say Can UC?
How the University of California built a $500 million budget deficit.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  November 25, 2024


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