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Two Birds of a Fiscal Feather
Gary M. Galles  ·  March 15, 2024
Harvard Tramples the Truth
When it came to debating Covid lockdowns, Veritas wasn’t the university’s guiding principle.
Martin Kulldorff  ·  March 12, 2024
The Potted Plants of Higher Education
Richard K. Vedder  ·  March 12, 2024
How to Reform Social Security—Part 1
John C. Goodman  ·  March 12, 2024
Amid High Fives for Sweden’s Entry into NATO, Scary Talk Is Afoot
The Biden administration must temper growing European willingness to intervene in Ukraine directly.
Ivan Eland  ·  March 12, 2024
California Failed the Lab Test—And More Illegal Chinese Biolabs May Exist Across the Country
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 11, 2024
California’s New Fast-Food Law Shows How Bankrupt the State’s Regulatory Process Has Become
Lee E. Ohanian  ·  March 11, 2024
Our National Nightmare of Springing Forward and Falling Back Just Keeps Recurring
William F. Shughart II  ·  March 11, 2024
Lessons from Gov. Newsom’s PaneraGate Scandal
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 9, 2024
Division of Labor Makes Us Wealthy...And Fragile
Michael C. Munger  ·  March 9, 2024
What’s Wrong with the U.S. Welfare State?
John C. Goodman  ·  March 8, 2024
Don’t Make California Health Care Worse Than It Already Is
John C. Goodman, Linda Gorman  ·  March 8, 2024
Trump Deserves Only a Participation Trophy in the NATO and Ukraine Debates
Ivan Eland  ·  March 5, 2024
The Miracle of Milei: Argentina Could Spark a Passionate Embrace of Individual Liberty—and Prosperity
Argentina’s new president turns up just as America seems to be losing confidence in the virtues of its founding values and democratic capitalism
Judy L. Shelton  ·  March 4, 2024
How Rich People Create Poverty
Art Carden  ·  March 1, 2024
S.F. Proposition B’s ‘Cop Tax’ Would Increase Budget Uncertainty without Guaranteeing Better Policing
Jonathan Hofer  ·  March 1, 2024
What to Do about Our Biggest Health Care Problems
John C. Goodman  ·  March 1, 2024
To Fight Corruption, San Francisco Must Decriminalize Construction
Prop. D advocates hope to eliminate corruption by making it even more illegal to bribe public officials
Christopher J. Calton  ·  February 29, 2024
Proposition E Is a Step Backward for San Francisco’s Crime Woes
Jonathan Hofer  ·  February 29, 2024
Time for U.S. Jews to Rethink Their Democratic Loyalties
Benjamin Ginsberg  ·  February 29, 2024
California Versus Free Speech: Mobsters Who Attacked Riley Gaines Get Off Scot-Free
Reporters seem unaware that the attack on free speech in the state has been going on for some time.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  February 29, 2024
California’s Proposition 1 Could Be an Improvement if More Reforms Follow
Carolyn D. Gorman  ·  February 28, 2024
Comedy of Errors Has European Farmers Fuming
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  February 27, 2024
Biden Labor Secretary Left California a Mess
But even with Julie Su in Washington, California’s problems get worse.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  February 26, 2024
Don’t Expect New Sanctions on Russia to Do Anything
A new round of economic punishments, this time for the death of Alexei Navalny, is unlikely to be more successful than previous efforts.
Ivan Eland  ·  February 26, 2024


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