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End the DC Hold ‘em Game
What happens when the government gets the people’s money before the people do.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 5, 2025
Can a New National Nanny Make America Healthy Again?
William F. Shughart II  ·  March 5, 2025
Locking Down American Liberty
Phillip W. Magness  ·  March 5, 2025
Time to Topple the Fourteenth Amendment
William J. Watkins, Jr.  ·  March 4, 2025
Protectionists and Trustbusters
America’s Economic Growth & the Power of Independent Thinking
William F. Shughart II  ·  March 4, 2025
Trump Is Well-Positioned to Shake Up the World Balance of Power
Ivan Eland  ·  March 4, 2025
America Still Needs a Covid Reckoning
Why does nobody want to talk about the most tragic breakdown of leadership and ethics in our lifetimes?
Scott W. Atlas  ·  March 4, 2025
Why Do Colleges Make People Unhappy?
Economic reality may soon force institutions to reckon with their bad choices.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  March 1, 2025
Free Trade Is an IQ Test
Daniel Hannan  ·  February 28, 2025
‘Mr. Mellon Is Turning in His Grave’: The Mellon Foundation Is Reinterpreting American History and Monuments
Richard K. Vedder  ·  February 27, 2025
Supreme Court Should Hold Its Decision in VanDerStok
The new Administration should notify the Court of its change in position on ATF regulations.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  February 27, 2025
DOGE’s Dollars to the People
California once led the way.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  February 26, 2025
President Trump’s High-Risk Tariff Gamble
The Trump tariff regime is just creating new and bigger problems
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  February 25, 2025
A Very Short History of American Universities, 1636-2025
Richard K. Vedder  ·  February 25, 2025
Why California’s Plan to Harden Homes against Wildfires Is Broken
Kristian Fors  ·  February 24, 2025
Adam Smith Is a Better Economist than Donald Trump
Tariffs are taxes (and necessary), but they are not the most efficient way to raise revenue.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  February 21, 2025
Congress Is (Unfortunately) Key to DOGE’s Success
The Supreme Court has never addressed the constitutionality of the Impoundment Control Act
William J. Watkins, Jr.  ·  February 21, 2025
California’s Elaine Howle—DOGE Before DOGE Was Cool
California once deployed an intrepid foe of government waste and fraud.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  February 20, 2025
5th Circuit Holds Suppressors Not to Be Protected ‘Arms’
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  February 19, 2025
Anthony Fauci Museum Exhibit Cancelled
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  February 17, 2025
Donald Trump’s Tariffs: Bad Economics and Maybe Illegal, Too
Trump’s wild tariff threats would be less of a problem if Congress guarded its powers competently.
Ivan Eland  ·  February 17, 2025
Universities Are Profiting Off Federal Research Grants at Taxpayers’ Expense—Trump Reforms Could Curb the Abuse
Richard K. Vedder  ·  February 16, 2025
Europe Has Moved Away from the Freedom It Partly Invented
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  February 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  ·  February 13, 2025
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leads to Harassment on Campus. SB1 Must Pass.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  February 13, 2025


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