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FBI Raids Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao
Bay Area and state government have been a target-rich environment for decades.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 28, 2024
California Supreme Court Steals Power from the People
Taxpayer protection taken off the ballot.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 28, 2024
Supreme Court: Rahimi Preserves Bruen
The real dissents are the concurrences by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  June 28, 2024
Thank Walmart, not Biden or Trump, for Lower Insulin Prices
Raymond J. March  ·  June 26, 2024
From Solzhenitsyn to US Governors: No Lessons Learned
The government’s pandemic regime reflected an authoritarian mindset more than good policy.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 26, 2024
Entrepreneurial Failure: Fault or Feature?
John B. Estill  ·  June 25, 2024
Proposed Wealth Taxation Threatens Jobs, Savings, and Privacy
Lawrence J. McQuillan  ·  June 25, 2024
The National Debt Is over $34 Trillion. It’s Time to Tell the Truth about the U.S. Government’s Finances
The national debt is expected to reach a new record by year end—but neither party has a credible plan to address it.
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  June 24, 2024
The War on Terror Is Still Hamstringing U.S. Foreign Policy
Ivan Eland  ·  June 24, 2024
Don’t Expect Trump’s All-Tariff Revenue Plan to ‘Starve the Beast’
William F. Shughart II  ·  June 20, 2024
Stiglitz: When Good Minds Seek Fools’ Favor
Michael C. Munger  ·  June 20, 2024
Grade Inflation and Campus Protests
Lack of academic rigor encourages mindless, mirthless, and militant mediocrity.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  June 19, 2024
The Bad Theology of Our Israel First Foreign Policy
William J. Watkins, Jr.  ·  June 19, 2024
Educational Fakery and Anti-Semitism in the Golden State
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 18, 2024
Bump Stocks Are Not Machineguns
The Supreme Court’s Cargill ruling has broad implications.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  June 18, 2024
Boosters Beware: Stadiums Aren’t Magic
Art Carden  ·  June 18, 2024
Common Sense as Health Policy
John C. Goodman  ·  June 14, 2024
So Why Won’t Gavin Newsom Put His Foot on the Brakes?
Lee E. Ohanian  ·  June 14, 2024
Government Failure in One Lesson
Michael C. Munger  ·  June 12, 2024
College Football Is About to Change Forever
Richard K. Vedder  ·  June 11, 2024
Homelessness Isn’t Helplessness, but ‘Housing First’ Assumes It Is
Christopher J. Calton  ·  June 11, 2024
Rich Students Disproportionally Play the Radical: Should We Fund Elite Universities?
Richard K. Vedder  ·  June 11, 2024
Does the FBI Deserve $11.3 Billion?
Christopher Wray must answer some hard questions about the FBI’s record upholding the Constitution.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 11, 2024
California’s New Fast-Food Minimum Wage Law Destroys Another 1,250 Jobs
Lee E. Ohanian  ·  June 7, 2024
Our Kids Have No Economic Immune Systems
Michael C. Munger  ·  June 6, 2024


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