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You’ll Never Woke Alone
Under wokeness and incivility, college enrollments continue to decline.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  May 1, 2023
The Crime of “Talking to Tucker Carlson”
A note of support, from a surprising detente.
Naomi R. Wolf  ·  May 1, 2023
Do We Even Know We Are All Socialists Now?
In the end, perhaps the best definition of socialism is simply “The endless war against merit.”
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  May 1, 2023
Progressives Are Declaring War on Basic Economics
Government commands destroy the benefits from markets.
Burton A. Abrams  ·  April 30, 2023
The Surprising Thing the Champions of San Francisco’s Drug Centers Forget
Mary L. G. Theroux  ·  April 29, 2023
Small Change: Let’s Put Pennies and Nickels to Rest
Art Carden  ·  April 20, 2023
We Need a Better China Policy. Banning TikTok Isn’t It.
Ivan Eland  ·  April 20, 2023
‘Make America California’ Is a Bad Idea
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  April 20, 2023
Israel’s Turmoil Over Its Judiciary Should Be a Warning to the U.S
Ivan Eland  ·  April 19, 2023
Why Are There Drug Shortages?
John C. Goodman  ·  April 19, 2023
One Way to Solve the Stock Market’s Valuation Puzzle
Any way you cut it, none of these macro views are particularly supportive for stocks right now.
Steve H. Hanke, Matt Sekerke  ·  April 17, 2023
Is Anti-Sweatshop Activism Making Bangladeshis Poorer?
Benjamin Powell  ·  April 17, 2023
California Defaults on $18.5 Billion Debt, Leaving State Businesses Holding the Bag
Lee E. Ohanian  ·  April 14, 2023
It’s Destructive and Unfair to Tax ‘Unrealized Capital Gains’
They reflect expected profits, which often fail to materialize, and the levy wouldn’t hit only the rich.
Richard B. McKenzie  ·  April 14, 2023
Professors Feel the Impact of Higher Education’s Collapse
College is too expensive, too high-risk, and too woke, and, as a result, professors are facing lower inflation-adjusted salaries.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  April 13, 2023
Problems and Solutions: What To Do about Social Security and Medicare for Older Americans
John C. Goodman  ·  April 12, 2023
To Preserve Liberty, Not Slavery
Carl Bogus invented the fiction that the purpose of the Second Amendment was slave control.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  April 12, 2023
Persons Aged 18-20 Are Entitled to Carry Firearms
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  April 11, 2023
Musk Calls Out NPR as Government Mouthpiece
PBS deserves the same designation.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  April 10, 2023
Peru Remains Stable and Free, Against All Odds
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  April 6, 2023
Higher Education and the Law of Diminishing Returns
Shortening the average time-to-degree makes economic sense.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  April 5, 2023
DeSantis’ View on Ukraine Should Not Be Dismissed
Ivan Eland  ·  April 3, 2023
Biden’s Nominees Are a Display of Liberal Incompetence
Julie Su seems just as fit for the role as Biden’s other nominees; that is, not at all.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  April 3, 2023
The Phantom National Homelessness Crisis
Officials must recognize that behavioral issues are the primary cause of homelessness.
Lawrence J. McQuillan  ·  April 1, 2023
W.H.O. Do You Trust?
Scott W. Atlas  ·  March 30, 2023


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