Commentary Articles

Blame for Parkland Rests with Local School Officials and FBI Ineptitude
Stephen P. Halbrook | March 2, 2018

Repeal the Second Amendment?
Stephen P. Halbrook | March 2, 2018

‘The Post’ Makes the Case for a Free and Independent Press
Samuel R. Staley | March 2, 2018

NRA’s Support for the National Instant Criminal Background System
Fact Checking the Fact Checker
Stephen P. Halbrook | March 1, 2018

Talking with North Korea Can’t Hurt
Ivan Eland | February 26, 2018

Tolls Can Fund Infrastructure and Reduce Congestion
Gabriel Roth | February 26, 2018

The Trillion Dollar Surprise in the Budget Deal
John C. Goodman, Thomas R. Saving | February 26, 2018

Wait—Is it Possible to Have Too Much Schooling?
Art Carden | February 21, 2018

Right-to-Try Laws the Right Way to Save More Lives
Raymond J. March | February 16, 2018

Trade Restrictions Only Serve to Counteract Tax Cuts and Deregulation
Gary M. Galles | February 16, 2018

Jeremy Bentham and the Judges
William J. Watkins, Jr. | February 16, 2018

Cars Remain Popular Because They Are Vastly Superior to Transit Alternatives
Gary M. Galles | February 16, 2018

Fake News on the Nunes Memo
John C. Goodman | February 14, 2018

Cinematic Injustice: Oscar-Nominated ‘Darkest Hour’ Leaves Out a Key Element
K. Lloyd Billingsley | February 14, 2018

Tax Cut Doomsayers Need a History (and Economics) Lesson
Mary L. G. Theroux | February 7, 2018

Property Rights Are Key to Answering Pope’s Call to Save the Amazon
Adam B. Summers, Robert M. Whaples | February 6, 2018

If You Want to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground, You Support a Form of Economic Self-Destruction
William F. Shughart II, Josh T. Smith | February 6, 2018

The Problem with U.S. Immigration Policy
America is better than its absurdly contradictory immigration policy
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | February 5, 2018

Politicians Could Learn a Thing or Two from the Super Bowl
K. Lloyd Billingsley | February 5, 2018

No More Patch and Pray—Privatize Oroville Dam
Lawrence J. McQuillan, Hayeon Carol Park | February 1, 2018

What Republicans Don’t Understand About Health Insurance, Taxes and Children
John C. Goodman | January 29, 2018

Responding to Pope Francis’s Call to Alleviate Poverty
Robert M. Whaples | January 26, 2018

There Is No ‘Chain Migration’ Problem
Abigail R. Hall, Michael Coon | January 26, 2018

California Should Celebrate National School Choice Week with Bold Thinking
Vicki E. Alger | January 25, 2018

Let’s Rethink U.S. Policy Toward the Af-Pak Region
Ivan Eland | January 24, 2018

Skills for the 21st Century — Building Human Capital for Economic Mobility
Ben Wilterdink | January 24, 2018

Interstate Compacts Aren’t the Right Way to Fix Occupational Licensing Laws
Ben Wilterdink | January 20, 2018

Wages of Awful Policy: Minimum Wage Hikes Cause Hundreds of Bus Boys to Lose Jobs at Red Robin
Abigail R. Hall | January 17, 2018

Was Martin Luther King, Jr. an Economic Illiterate? Is Pope Francis?
Hayeon Carol Park, Lawrence J. McQuillan | January 17, 2018

On Martin Luther King’s Birthday, Remember Also T.R.M. Howard
David T. Beito | January 16, 2018

Zimbabwe’s Coconut Coup Installs a Crocodile Liberator
George B. N. Ayittey | January 15, 2018

For Better Healthcare in 2018, End Nonprofit Certificates of Need and Tax Schemes
K. Lloyd Billingsley | January 11, 2018

Yes, Of Course, CEQA Hampers Development
Adam B. Summers | January 11, 2018

Is Latin America Turning Toward Free Markets?
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | January 8, 2018

Contradictions in Trump’s National Security Strategy
Ivan Eland | January 8, 2018

Paying More at the Pump Will Not Fix California’s Roads if Politicians Keep Raiding the Gas-Tax Fund
Kristian Fors, William F. Shughart II | January 5, 2018

Will Tax Reform Kill People?
Linda Gorman, John C. Goodman | January 2, 2018

What Trump Needs to Know About the Western Hemisphere
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | January 2, 2018

Don’t Kid Yourself. The New Tax Bill Is Not a Gift for the Holidays
K. Lloyd Billingsley | December 27, 2017

School Choice: Should the Feds Help?
Vicki E. Alger | December 21, 2017

Telemedicine: Answering the Call of Those Who Need It Most
Raymond J. March | December 18, 2017

Bill of Rights Day and National Mourning
William J. Watkins, Jr. | December 18, 2017