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Free College? Who Needs the Feds? Markets Will Provide
Richard K. Vedder  ·  September 14, 2021
The Politics of Health
John C. Goodman  ·  September 14, 2021
Is COVID-Induced Hygiene Theater the New Security Theater?
Benjamin Powell  ·  September 13, 2021
America’s Foreign Policy Self-Deception
Time and again Americans have failed to consider whether there was anything the U.S. has done to motivate the attacks of her enemies.
Ivan Eland  ·  September 13, 2021
Make War, Get War: What Is the Government Mandating?
The Democratic Party’s practical error is the hubris by which it has forgotten that when you make war on anyone, they may well make war on you.
Angelo M. Codevilla  ·  September 13, 2021
Wokeness: An Evil of Our Age
Even the Chinese apparat could not invent a more evil, more macabre way to destroy the United States.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  September 13, 2021
The Constitution’s ‘Harmful Content’
Ronald L. Trowbridge  ·  September 12, 2021
Bukele’s Bitcoin Blunder, Totalitarian Troubles in El Salvador
How the president of El Salvador is using cryptocurrency to usurp power.
Steve H. Hanke  ·  September 11, 2021
Far-Right Extremism: An Overlooked Cost of the War on Terror
Abigail R. Hall  ·  September 10, 2021
Recall the California Ideology
A careening Golden State is heading for a colossal train wreck. Voters will have to pick between the incompetent engineer or the private passenger rushing into the cab to get the engine back on track.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  September 9, 2021
A Short History of the Forbes Top Colleges List
Thirteen years ago we set out to create a different type of ranking of America’s best schools—one based on student outcomes, not reputation and test scores.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  September 9, 2021
College Presidential Pay Makes No Sense: Little Relation to Excellence
Richard K. Vedder  ·  September 9, 2021
Rebutting Paul Krugman on the “Austrian” Pandemic
Robert P. Murphy  ·  September 8, 2021
Why We Are Divided: The Case of Larry Elder
John C. Goodman  ·  September 7, 2021
Federal Higher Education Policy and the Law of Demand
Richard K. Vedder  ·  September 4, 2021
The Domestic Legacy of Our Global “War on Terror”
Christopher J. Coyne  ·  September 4, 2021
Sorry Facebook, Forced Universal Vaccinations Are Not the Answer
All the Science Should Be Considered, Not Censored
Robert W. Malone, M.D., M.S., Peter K. Navarro  ·  September 3, 2021
Is Our Military Woke, Broke or Both?
Somehow our new woke Pentagon is hell-bent on losing the trust of the American people—along with the wars it fights abroad.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  September 2, 2021
Afghanistan: A Poster Child for Foreign-Aid Failure
Steve H. Hanke  ·  September 2, 2021
Congress Needs to Rein in a Too-Powerful Federal Reserve
Judy L. Shelton  ·  September 2, 2021
The Proposed California Mathematics Framework Lacks Research Evidence
Ze’ev Wurman  ·  September 2, 2021
Latest US Intel Report Helps China Hinder Probe into COVID-19 Origin
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  September 2, 2021
Lebanon’s Politicians, the Masters of Disaster—Exhibit No. 1: Artificial Fuel Shortages
Steve H. Hanke, Patrick Mardini  ·  September 1, 2021
More “Death” is Needed in Higher Ed: Bring on More Creative Destruction
Richard K. Vedder  ·  August 31, 2021
The Roots of American Failure in Afghanistan
Ivan Eland  ·  August 30, 2021


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