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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
A Federal Shield Law Is Needed to Protect the Press
Ivan Eland  ·  November 22, 2024
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


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