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To Have and Withhold: The IRS Gets Your Money Before You Do
The IRS should end withholding as a good first step toward trimming the power of the federal government.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  April 8, 2024
Malthus Reversed: The Birth Dearth and Our Future
The new threat to human well-being is a shrinking population, not a growing one.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  April 8, 2024
20th Century Ideology, Modern Mixed Economies
John C. Goodman  ·  April 5, 2024
Slavery Revisited: Time on the Cross at 50
Richard K. Vedder  ·  April 4, 2024
‘Misinformation’ Is the Censors’ Excuse
They kneecap free-speech advocates by portraying them as defenders of lies.
Daniel B. Klein  ·  April 4, 2024
Uncivic Education
Many of those who know little or nothing about the seemingly relevant facts, nevertheless have opinions, sometimes even strong opinions, about public matters.
Benjamin Ginsberg  ·  April 4, 2024
Criticizing the Israeli Government’s Incompetence Is Not Antisemitic
The current Israeli strategy will result in an Iraq-style counterinsurgency quagmire.
Ivan Eland  ·  April 2, 2024
A Red Flag for Kamala Harris
Vice President Harris has trouble distinguishing mass shooters from their victims.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  April 1, 2024
DeSantis Homeless Policy Is the Opposite of California’s ... and That’s Good
Christopher J. Calton  ·  March 30, 2024
Trump’s Tariff Talk Proves Bad Economics Can Be Good Politics
Benjamin Powell  ·  March 29, 2024
Saudi Arabia Goes for Transformative Hat Trick
Major update in every sense except political one
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  March 27, 2024
Strikes Against the Houthis Need Congressional Approval
If Congress cannot reassert its constitutional duty to approve U.S. military actions now, will it ever?
Ivan Eland  ·  March 25, 2024
California’s ‘Paneragate’ Shows How Lobbyists Are Now Crafting Laws
Lee E. Ohanian  ·  March 25, 2024
Fauci and His Minions Are Still in Control
The time has come to hold Dr. Fauci and his cronies accountable for damages from the Covid pandemic.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 25, 2024
Too Much: Three First World Problems
Art Carden  ·  March 22, 2024
The Real March Madness
Richard K. Vedder  ·  March 22, 2024
The First Amendment is Under Attack in America’s Oceania
William J. Watkins, Jr.  ·  March 22, 2024
How to Reform Social Security—Part II
John C. Goodman  ·  March 22, 2024
Obamacare Insurance—Ten Years On
John C. Goodman  ·  March 20, 2024
Why Labor Unions Won’t Save Higher Education
It operates in a different labor environment.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  March 20, 2024
Crime and Punishment, California Style
Gavin Newsom is soft on crime, but so were Govs. Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 18, 2024
Covid Lessons Learned, Four Years Later
Mandatory lockdowns had almost no benefit—but did significant economic and health-related damage.
Scott W. Atlas, Steve H. Hanke  ·  March 18, 2024
Don’t Credit the Fed for Inflation’s Decline
The central bank failed to constrain economic growth. As supply increased, price increases eased.
Judy L. Shelton  ·  March 18, 2024
Delaware’s ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban Argued in 3rd Circuit
Likelihood of prevailing on a constitutional claim may suffice for a preliminary injunction.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  March 15, 2024
Who’s to Blame for High Gas Prices? California’s Democratic Politicians Should Look in the Mirror.
 ·  March 15, 2024


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