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Standing Up for Bureaucracy Is Not Standing Up for Science
Francis Collins and the crusade against Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 19, 2025
Regime Uncertainty: Another Substantial Cost of Tariffs
Abigail R. Hall  ·  March 18, 2025
Rehearing En Banc Sought in 5th Circuit Suppressor Case
The panel’s ruling that suppressed firearms aren’t protected should be reconsidered.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  March 14, 2025
The Department of Education—To Be, or Not to Be, That Is the Question
Richard K. Vedder  ·  March 14, 2025
California Endangers Self-Defense
Under new bill, crime victims must run away first.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 14, 2025
A Politicized Fed Is the Law of the Land
Alexander William Salter  ·  March 13, 2025
China Has Only One Real Way to Hit Its 2025 Growth Target
Steve H. Hanke, Caleb Hofmann  ·  March 12, 2025
California EDscapades
The Golden State has institutionalized corruption and anti-choice ideology.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 12, 2025
Court Seems Disposed to Rule for S&W and Against Mexico
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  March 10, 2025
What Should Republicans Do about Medicaid?
John C. Goodman  ·  March 10, 2025
Warren Buffett Acts Like the U.S. Stock Market Is in Bubble Territory. He Might Be onto Something.
Caleb Hofmann, Steve H. Hanke  ·  March 7, 2025
Jay Bhattacharya Was Right, and Francis Collins Wrong
David R. Henderson, Charles L. Hooper  ·  March 6, 2025
Stop Moving Clocks Back and Forth and Go with Standard Time
William F. Shughart II  ·  March 6, 2025
The Anti-Woke Counterrevolution Begins
Richard K. Vedder  ·  March 6, 2025
End the DC Hold ‘em Game
What happens when the government gets the people’s money before the people do.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 5, 2025
Can a New National Nanny Make America Healthy Again?
William F. Shughart II  ·  March 5, 2025
Locking Down American Liberty
Phillip W. Magness  ·  March 5, 2025
Time to Topple the Fourteenth Amendment
William J. Watkins, Jr.  ·  March 4, 2025
Protectionists and Trustbusters
America’s Economic Growth & the Power of Independent Thinking
William F. Shughart II  ·  March 4, 2025
Trump Is Well-Positioned to Shake Up the World Balance of Power
Ivan Eland  ·  March 4, 2025
America Still Needs a Covid Reckoning
Why does nobody want to talk about the most tragic breakdown of leadership and ethics in our lifetimes?
Scott W. Atlas  ·  March 4, 2025
Why Do Colleges Make People Unhappy?
Economic reality may soon force institutions to reckon with their bad choices.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  March 1, 2025
Hanke’s 2024 Misery Index
An economic ranking of countries
Steve H. Hanke  ·  February 28, 2025
Free Trade Is an IQ Test
Daniel Hannan  ·  February 28, 2025
‘Mr. Mellon Is Turning in His Grave’: The Mellon Foundation Is Reinterpreting American History and Monuments
Richard K. Vedder  ·  February 27, 2025


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