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La Brea Bureaucracy
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 22, 2023
America Should Be More Like Saudi Arabia (In Its Foreign Policy)
Washington ought to emulate Saudi Arabia’s pragmatism and diplomatic flexibility, including reconsidering existing relationships and alliances.
Ivan Eland  ·  June 21, 2023
President Biden’s Inflation Malarkey
Alexander William Salter  ·  June 21, 2023
Higher Education Needs Some Creative Destruction
Richard K. Vedder  ·  June 20, 2023
Call Rent Control What It Really Is: Theft
Gary M. Galles  ·  June 20, 2023
We Need More Babies
Robert M. Whaples  ·  June 19, 2023
Happy 300th, Adam Smith!
Daniel B. Klein  ·  June 17, 2023
Liberate the Doctors: Four Principles
John C. Goodman  ·  June 14, 2023
The Fed’s Monetary Policy Tool Kit Needs an Overhaul
The central bank botched inflation, and Congress has allowed it to become too powerful, too prominent and too political.
Judy L. Shelton  ·  June 14, 2023
Stop Ignoring Facts and Fix Health Care for Minorities and the Poor
Scott W. Atlas  ·  June 13, 2023
To Avarice No Sanction
Gary M. Galles  ·  June 12, 2023
You Can’t Depend on the State to Maintain Public Order
Tate Fegley  ·  June 12, 2023
FBI Spy Robert Hanssen Dies in Prison
But a failed, repressive FBI is very much alive.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 12, 2023
On A Quest to Impose Moral Authority, Gavin Newsom Loses His Way
California governor Gavin Newsom was described as “angry” in an interview with The New York Times
Lee E. Ohanian  ·  June 12, 2023
California Keeps Shooting Itself in the Foot on Affordable Rental Housing
Adam B. Summers  ·  June 12, 2023
It’s Time to Retire the Labor Law
John C. Goodman  ·  June 9, 2023
Looking for Historical Analogues in All the Wrong Places
California is appealing the injunction against its ‘Not Unsafe’ Handgun Act.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  June 7, 2023
How Not to Become a Sociopath: The ‘Rest of America’ and the Role of Joy
Were Liberal Elites So Cruel Because They Have No Fun?
Naomi R. Wolf  ·  June 5, 2023
Biden’s Foreign Policy Unnecessarily Drives China and Russia Together in Opposition
Ivan Eland  ·  June 5, 2023
What Should We Do About Medicare?
John C. Goodman  ·  June 5, 2023
The Irony of Lebanon’s Survival: Success Could Be Holding It Back
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  June 5, 2023
‘Science’ Tells Us Energy and Cement Companies Cause Wildfires
These scientists should take some advice from Smokey Bear.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 2, 2023
Bill and Ted Take Joan of Arc to Walmart
Art Carden  ·  May 31, 2023
Charity Without the Welfare State
John C. Goodman  ·  May 31, 2023
U.S. Seeking Cert on Prohibited Persons
The Administration is hoping that bad facts will make bad law.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  May 31, 2023


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