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Lessons of the 1924 Immigration Act
America welcomes newcomers, but there are always limits.
Commentary
May 23, 2024
The Anti-Woke Counterrevolution Is Spreading
A gradual move back to normalcy has become apparent.
Commentary
May 21, 2024
The Age of the Lazy American
High taxes, a focus on identity, and an aging population amount to a War on Work.
Commentary
Apr. 22, 2024
Russian Self-Destruction Helps America
Putin has gone from a flirtation with free-market capitalism to increasingly authoritarian kleptomania.
Commentary
Apr. 12, 2024
Malthus Reversed: The Birth Dearth and Our Future
The new threat to human well-being is a shrinking population, not a growing one.
Commentary
Apr. 8, 2024
Slavery Revisited: Time on the Cross at 50
Commentary
Apr. 4, 2024
The Real March Madness
Commentary
Mar. 22, 2024
Why Labor Unions Won’t Save Higher Education
It operates in a different labor environment.
Commentary
Mar. 20, 2024
The Potted Plants of Higher Education
Commentary
Mar. 12, 2024
Sports Madness Reveals Itself Again Very Soon
Commentary
Feb. 9, 2024
The Decline in American Universities, 2011-2024
Commentary
Jan. 25, 2024
It’s Time to Tax the Universities
Elite schools aren’t benefiting society. They shouldn’t get tax breaks.
Commentary
Jan. 23, 2024
James Gwartney Made Economics Accessible
He helped popularize free-market ideas and even brought them to post-Soviet Russia.
Commentary
Jan. 9, 2024
The Department of Education Needs to Die
Commentary
Jan. 4, 2024
Harvard Should Pay Its Fair Share
How to deal with higher ed’s corruption? Milton Friedman had the right idea: Tax the universities.
Commentary
Dec. 24, 2023
The Anti-Woke Collegiate Counterrevolution Is Just Beginning
The real world might just be changing its approach to woke higher-ed.
Commentary
Dec. 14, 2023
Collegiate Fiscal Insanity in Texas
Commentary
Nov. 30, 2023
Time to Amend the Constitution
The tale of the uncivil war between the Progressive Kings and the Good Guys.
Commentary
Nov. 27, 2023
The Bell Tolls for Woke Humanities Professors
Enrollment has declined, and soon the number of faculty will follow.
Commentary
Nov. 12, 2023
Reversing America’s Decline
Like second century Rome, we have seen a deteriorating quality of national leadership and a sense of national community.
Commentary
Nov. 7, 2023


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