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The Supreme Court rules against racial discrimination; entrenched interests howl in protest, issuing statements of “massive resistance.” Have we time-traveled to the 1954 South? No, it’s 2023 and the indignant defenders of race-based policies are elite universities in the Northeast.
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Victor Davis Hanson (American Greatness)
While its elite defenders may not have seen its end coming, “affirmative action” suffered from ten fatal flaws that doomed it. Victor Davis Hanson exposes the distortions and unintended consequences that persisted for far too long
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Graham H. Walker, William M. Evers, William J. Watkins, Jr.
The Supreme Court weighed in on colleges’ racial bias, President Biden’s fiat forgiveness of student loans, and the freedom of creative designers to disagree with the state’s view of marriage. Another federal judge put the kibosh on Biden administration efforts to turn social media companies into surrogate censors.
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Scott W. Atlas, M.D. (Real Clear Politics)
As Americans demand more healthcare autonomy in the wake of the botched COVID response, Senator Bernie Sanders’s proposed single-payer, socialized medicine regime would usher in all of the worst that government control over health has to offer.
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Ivan Eland (The National Interest)
Don’t let the fervor fool you: history warns that the push for military action in Mexico as a solution to immigration and drug crises won’t end well.
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Alvaro Vargas Llosa (The Daily Caller)
Americans can glean valuable economic lessons from France’s pension crisis, which offers invaluable insights into the precarious state of the U.S. entitlement system and the need for realistic reforms in the face of mounting challenges—both fiscal and cultural.
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Volume 26, Issue 30: July 18, 2023
Richard K. Vedder (The American Spectator)
The Supreme Court rules against racial discrimination; entrenched interests howl in protest, issuing statements of “massive resistance.” Have we time-traveled to the 1954 South? No, it’s 2023 and the indignant defenders of race-based policies are elite universities in the Northeast.
READ MORE »Victor Davis Hanson (American Greatness)
While its elite defenders may not have seen its end coming, “affirmative action” suffered from ten fatal flaws that doomed it. Victor Davis Hanson exposes the distortions and unintended consequences that persisted for far too long
READ MORE »Graham H. Walker, William M. Evers, William J. Watkins, Jr.
The Supreme Court weighed in on colleges’ racial bias, President Biden’s fiat forgiveness of student loans, and the freedom of creative designers to disagree with the state’s view of marriage. Another federal judge put the kibosh on Biden administration efforts to turn social media companies into surrogate censors.
WATCH NOW »Scott W. Atlas, M.D. (Real Clear Politics)
As Americans demand more healthcare autonomy in the wake of the botched COVID response, Senator Bernie Sanders’s proposed single-payer, socialized medicine regime would usher in all of the worst that government control over health has to offer.
READ MORE »
Ivan Eland (The National Interest)
Don’t let the fervor fool you: history warns that the push for military action in Mexico as a solution to immigration and drug crises won’t end well.
READ MORE »
In Search of Monsters to Destroy
The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace
The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace
By Christopher J. Coyne
Alvaro Vargas Llosa (The Daily Caller)
Americans can glean valuable economic lessons from France’s pension crisis, which offers invaluable insights into the precarious state of the U.S. entitlement system and the need for realistic reforms in the face of mounting challenges—both fiscal and cultural.
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California Dreaming
Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis
Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis
By Lawrence J. McQuillan
The Beacon: New Blog Posts
- Rediscovering Scotland’s Intellectual Triumphs: The Roots of Freedom and Progress, by Alvaro Vargas Llosa
- 303 Creative Preserves Entrepreneurial Spirit of Private Enterprise, by Samuel R. Staley
- Transportation Shakedown Administration, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- The Great Grift of Covid Pandemic Aid, by Craig Eyermann
- Minimum Wage Laws Increase Homelessness, New Study Finds, by Jon Miltimore
Catalyst: New Articles
- The Challenge Of Being An Island Nation, by Scott Beyer
- Empire: A Review of Christopher Coyne’s ‘In Search of Monsters to Destroy’, by Peter Jacobsen
- French Bill Accelerates Nuclear Construction and Removes Cap, by Paige Lambermont
- Finland’s New Reactor is Already Lowering Electricity Prices, by Paige Lambermont
