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Cal Thomas: The New American Antisemitism
Hatred of Jews continues to poison our politics and culture
Cal Thomas  ·  February 23, 2024
The Right to Secession: Nikki Haley Gets It
William J. Watkins, Jr.  ·  February 22, 2024
The Biden Administration versus Medicare Advantage
John C. Goodman  ·  February 21, 2024
The Bitter Truth Behind Sugary Soda Taxes
William F. Shughart II, Josh T. Smith  ·  February 21, 2024
Coats, Pencils, and Division of Knowledge
Art Carden  ·  February 20, 2024
Buttigieg Boosts California’s ‘Bullet’ Train Bureaucracy
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  February 19, 2024
Congress Aims to Extend Warrantless Surveillance for the Foreseeable Future
These measures have no place in a free and democratic society.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  February 19, 2024
Why America Should Be Celebrating Entrepreneurs, Not Presidents
Blaine McCormick, Jonathan J. Bean  ·  February 19, 2024
Newsom Wants to Add $6.4 Billion to California’s $1.6 Trillion Debt with Proposition 1
Lee E. Ohanian  ·  February 16, 2024
Overturning the Chevron Doctrine
Reversing this forty-year-old Supreme Court case would allow for a sorely needed diminution of the administrative state’s power while incentivizing Congress to restore its constitutional authority.
Ivan Eland  ·  February 15, 2024
Wichita Poised to Be National Model in Addressing Homelessness
Mary L. G. Theroux  ·  February 14, 2024
Seize the Means of Production in a Few Easy Steps
Art Carden  ·  February 13, 2024
Charles Dickens Teaches Washington Elites How to Budget
The U.S. national debt now is north of $34 trillion.
William F. Shughart II  ·  February 13, 2024
The Hawai’i Supreme Court Overrules Bruen
Not really, it was only wishful thinking.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  February 13, 2024
Is the U.S. Distracted from East Asia?
Ivan Eland  ·  February 12, 2024
Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom Team Up Against Voters
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  February 12, 2024
More Affordable-Housing Bonds for San Francisco?
Maybe it’s time to acknowledge that ‘spending’ isn’t a solution to the housing shortage
Christopher J. Calton  ·  February 9, 2024
Sports Madness Reveals Itself Again Very Soon
Richard K. Vedder  ·  February 9, 2024
Ukraine Should Negotiate an End to the War with Russia and Justifiably Claim Victory
Ivan Eland  ·  February 8, 2024
Setting the Record Straight on Income Inequality
Book Review of The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate by Phil Gramm, Robert Ekelund, and John Early.
Art Carden  ·  February 8, 2024
Who Should Govern Our Cowardly, Antisemitic Colleges?
Benjamin Ginsberg  ·  February 7, 2024
Biden, Buttigieg, and Bullet Trains
Both pols are on board a boondoggle for the ages.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  February 6, 2024
GigEconomy.Gov?
A lesson in basic economics for the very confused.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  February 6, 2024
Chicago, San Francisco Should Cut Real Estate Transfer Taxes
Lawrence J. McQuillan  ·  February 5, 2024
Not a Very Virtuous Virtue Signal
Gary M. Galles  ·  February 2, 2024


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