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San Francisco Must Stop Enabling Substance Abuse
Christopher J. Calton  ·  January 4, 2024
The Department of Education Needs to Die
Richard K. Vedder  ·  January 4, 2024
Let People Reimagine Housing to Make It More Affordable
Art Carden  ·  January 3, 2024
Can We Reduce Health Care Costs with Better Primary Care?
John C. Goodman  ·  January 2, 2024
ChatGPT Is a Calculator; Deal with It
Michael C. Munger  ·  January 2, 2024
How FDR Emasculated the Black Press in World War II
Instead of indulging in politically risky sedition prosecutions of the black press, the government relied on indirect methods of behind-the-scenes manipulation and intimidation.
David T. Beito  ·  December 28, 2023
Washington Doesn’t Understand Obamacare
John C. Goodman  ·  December 27, 2023
California Will See Plenty of New Laws in 2024, but Few Which Will Fix Actual Problems
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 26, 2023
Harvard Should Pay Its Fair Share
How to deal with higher ed’s corruption? Milton Friedman had the right idea: Tax the universities.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 24, 2023
Christmas Comes Early for Government Snoops
The new FBI motto should be “here’s looking at you, kid.”
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 24, 2023
Leave the Fence Alone: On ‘Toward a Political Economy of the Commons: Simple Rules for Sustainability’
Art Carden  ·  December 21, 2023
Political Promises Won’t End Drug Shortages
Raymond J. March  ·  December 21, 2023
Time Is on Government’s Side
Gary M. Galles  ·  December 21, 2023
As Wind and Solar Power Falter, U.N. Climate Agreement Becomes Wishful Thinking
Green energy’s low-cost boom appears to be over
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  December 20, 2023
Through the GAO, the Deep State Chooses Government Leaders
In effect, the GAO functions as a supreme court for the federal bureaucracy.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 18, 2023
Second Circuit Opines on New York’s Gun Restrictions
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  December 18, 2023
Nearly a Century Later, the FCC Will Still Not Leave Well Enough Alone
David T. Beito  ·  December 15, 2023
The Anti-Woke Collegiate Counterrevolution Is Just Beginning
The real world might just be changing its approach to woke higher-ed.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 14, 2023
Why Ordinary People Enable Totalitarians (Part II)
Barry Brownstein  ·  December 14, 2023
The Insurrection Act Needs A Rewrite
Using the Insurrection Act to suppress even violent protests would likely violate the Constitution unless state approval is obtained.
Ivan Eland  ·  December 12, 2023
Sun Shines on Fed ‘Doomsday Book’
Through a simple Freedom of Information Act request, I obtained the mysterious document.
Emre Kuvvet  ·  December 11, 2023
In Debate with DeSantis, Newsom Can’t Admit California’s Policy Failures
Lee E. Ohanian  ·  December 11, 2023
Lessons from the EPA’s Agent 007
John Beale is not the only poster child for what’s wrong with government.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 10, 2023
Solving Homelessness Requires More than Just Housing
Christopher J. Calton  ·  December 10, 2023
Biden’s State Department Paid NewsGuard to Tar Organizations Like Ours
Phillip W. Magness  ·  December 10, 2023


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