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Teaching the Teachers: Subject Expertise Comes First
Richard K. Vedder  ·  July 24, 2024
8th Circuit Court Rules for 18 to 20-Year-Olds: Relies on Rahimi in Support of Liberalized Gun Carry Permits.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  July 24, 2024
Chevron’s End Changes Washington’s Status Quo for the Better
William F. Shughart II  ·  July 23, 2024
Matt Yglesias Discovers Public Choice
John C. Goodman  ·  July 22, 2024
California Capital Targets Target
Sacramento transforms retailers into criminals.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  July 20, 2024
Despite California Spending $24 Billion on It Since 2019, Homelessness Increased. What Happened?
Lee E. Ohanian  ·  July 19, 2024
Newsom Continues Dreadful COVID-19 Crackdown
Reality dysphoria mounts across the Golden State.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  July 19, 2024
The Imperial Presidency, with the Supreme Court’s Blessing, Has Gone Rogue
The Supreme Court neglects the fact that Congress, not the executive, is the most authoritative branch of government.
Ivan Eland  ·  July 18, 2024
The Mass Democratization of Knowledge: Now Everyone Has Research Assistants
Art Carden  ·  July 18, 2024
College Kids Without Civics and History
The current generation of adults in the US is squandering our human capital, endangering national unity, and diminishing the prosperity of future generations.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  July 17, 2024
Don’t Believe Gavin Newsom. California Is Not a Low-Tax State.
Kristian Fors  ·  July 16, 2024
Tempering Hysteria over Taiwan
Worries about a Chinese invasion of Taiwan should not trick the United States into further overextension.
Ivan Eland  ·  July 16, 2024
Reason for Our Health Care Crisis: Government
John C. Goodman  ·  July 15, 2024
Poor U.S. Relations with China and Russia Is a Bad Idea
Ivan Eland  ·  July 12, 2024
Green Cards for International College Grads Are a Great Deal for Americans
Benjamin Powell  ·  July 12, 2024
Consumers (Sovereignly) Control Google
Art Carden  ·  July 10, 2024
Why We Hate Each Other, Part II
John C. Goodman  ·  July 9, 2024
Supreme Court’s Chevron Ruling Is a Major Victory for American Higher Education
Richard K. Vedder  ·  July 9, 2024
A Different Perspective from Governor Newsom on California’s ‘State of the State’
Lee E. Ohanian  ·  July 9, 2024
Robert L. Formaini (1945-2024)
A Defender of Letting the Individual Choose
Richard M. Ebeling  ·  July 8, 2024
Dr. Fauci: Unaccountable Power-Laden Bureaucrat
No single person should control public health policy and medical research spending.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  July 8, 2024
Real Free Speech Requires Real Freedom
Universities must grapple with challenging ideas, resist speech restrictions
William J. Watkins, Jr.  ·  July 8, 2024
Invoking the Rule of Completeness on Independence Day
William J. Watkins, Jr.  ·  July 5, 2024
We Need Rational Patriotism
Christopher J. Coyne, Abigail R. Hall  ·  July 5, 2024
Who Loves Minimum Wage Laws? Kiosk Makers.
Art Carden  ·  July 3, 2024


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