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The Omicron Variant Is Another Excuse for Government Meddling
Benjamin Powell  ·  December 7, 2021
Making Colleges Work Again
Lessons from Adam Smith
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 7, 2021
How the States Can Reform Health Care
John C. Goodman  ·  December 6, 2021
President Fauci Rules
Joe Biden confirms white coat supremacy in America.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 4, 2021
California’s Golden Opportunities for Criminals
The Golden State incentivizes destruction and death by giving criminals strong legal incentives to practice their trade.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 3, 2021
Naughty College Administrators Go to Jail in Pennsylvania
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 3, 2021
Having More Empathy for Potential Adversaries Is Not Weakness, It’s Smart
Ivan Eland  ·  December 2, 2021
Third Worldizing America
Our elites, like the Third World rich, have mastered ignoring—and navigating around—the misery of others in their midst.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  December 2, 2021
What Is Systemic Racism?
John C. Goodman  ·  December 1, 2021
Kamala’s Proportions
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 1, 2021
University of Florida: From Football School to Academic Powerhouse
Richard K. Vedder  ·  November 30, 2021
Learning from Communists and Their Victims
The lesson of Lenin scholar Saule Omarova.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  November 29, 2021
A Tale of Two Cities: Kenosha vs. Waukesha
The media’s blatant lies amount to racial arson.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  November 29, 2021
Losing Confidence in the Pillars of Our Civilization
Conservatives now have lost their former traditional confidence in many of the pillars of our civilization. And with good reason.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  November 25, 2021
When Kyle Met Joey
The verdict on White House supremacist Joe Biden.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  November 24, 2021
California Needs a New Approach on Homelessness
Adam B. Summers  ·  November 23, 2021
D.C. Conformity Vs. Institutional Diversity: College Of The Ozarks
Richard K. Vedder  ·  November 23, 2021
A Space Treaty to Stop the Sky From Falling
Debris in orbit poses dangers to human life and well-being.
Alexander William Salter  ·  November 22, 2021
Can the FBI Be Salvaged?
For its own moral and practical survival, the FBI should be moved far away from the political and media tentacles that have so deeply squeezed and corrupted it.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  November 22, 2021
The New Blue Confederacy
How did the New North become the Old South, and the New South the Old North?
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  November 22, 2021
The Roots of Inflation Go Far Beyond the Supply Chain
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  November 21, 2021
’Tis the Season to Be Fearful?
The white coat supremacists cast their holiday spell.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  November 19, 2021
The Federal Reserve Needs to Remove Its Blinkers
A monetary mistake based on an outdated paradigm could trigger a recession or even worse inflation.
Judy L. Shelton  ·  November 17, 2021
A Declining Industry? The Growing Financial Risks of Attending College
Richard K. Vedder  ·  November 16, 2021
Can the United States Ever Get Foreign Policy Right?
Biden—having long drunk the Kool-Aid that U.S. alliances “won the Cold War” and should continue as they are in perpetuity—is seemingly taking risky moves that could result in war with the nuclear powers of China and Russia.
Ivan Eland  ·  November 16, 2021


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