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Uncle Sam’s Stealthy Plan to Force Americans to Pay Higher Taxes

Craig Eyermann • Aug 16
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What Governments Can Learn From Companies

Scott Beyer • Aug 16
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Russia & Ukraine: Geopolitics, Liberty and State Power

Williamson M. Evers • Aug 15
Commentary

FBI, R.I.P.?

Victor Davis Hanson • Aug 15
The Beacon

Fauci and CDC Won’t Admit Mistakes

K. Lloyd Billingsley • Aug 15
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What John Oliver Gets Right (and Wrong) about Inflation

Jon Miltimore • Aug 13
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Why Did it Take So Long for the US to Get the Novavax Vaccine?

Raymond J. March • Aug 12
Commentary

Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip Heightens the US-China Perceptual Dilemma

Christopher J. Coyne • Aug 11
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Dr. Fauci Quarantines Truth, Common Sense, and Accountability

K. Lloyd Billingsley • Aug 11
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Government COVID Blunders Continue With Monkeypox

Raymond J. March • Aug 10

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The Pitfalls of Law Enforcement License Plate Readers in California and Safeguards to Protect the Public

Law enforcement agencies are essentially testing surveillance systems on Californians with their use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs). The costly technology has troubling error rates resulting in frequent baseless vehicle stops.
Full Report • News Release
Recommended Readings on the History of Russia and Ukraine

The Russia/Ukraine war is between countries that have different histories and political cultures from our own. The conflict brings up just-war theory, the difficult issue of nationalities, contrasting political cultures, and a myriad of other issues. Here is the much-needed guide through all the complexity.
The Independent Review: Summer 2022 Issue Now Available

David Theroux, founder of the Independent Institute, led a life centered on the idea that mankind is made for self-government. Also in this issue: health care price transparency; fascism in Mussolini’s Italy; poverty in America compared to all of human history; and more!
“Critical Math” Doesn’t Add Up

Politics Plus Mathematics Equals Undermining Foundations of Success

Most people think that mathematics is a non-ideological discipline. They think of it as an objective discipline that is socially and politically neutral and independent of the society in which it is studied. But the promoters of “critical math” in the United States do not think so—they see math as an ideological battlefield.
New Policy Report — Beyond Homeless: Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions.

The Bay Area’s housing and homelessness crises will not be resolved until policymakers and service providers stop relying on conventional approaches which do not work.
Read the Report • News Release • BeyondHomeless.org
CATALYST: Young Voices for Liberty

Catalyst is our website dedicated to issues that millennials care about the most: jobs, housing costs, education, student debt, healthcare, and more. Learn, engage, and connect.