Commentary Articles

Lumber, Labor, and Gas Markets Tell SAD Stories
Art Carden | May 18, 2021

A Collegiate GED: The Time Is Now
Richard K. Vedder | May 18, 2021

Biden Defense Boss Boots Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier from Space Force Command
K. Lloyd Billingsley | May 17, 2021

The Threat from China Is Exaggerated
Ivan Eland | May 17, 2021

Dr. Fauci Spills Another ‘Verifiable Falsehood’
K. Lloyd Billingsley | May 16, 2021

War of Words Over Inflation Stirs Questions for the Fed
Judy L. Shelton | May 15, 2021

California Overkill
K. Lloyd Billingsley | May 14, 2021

Let’s Make A Deal: The Bourgeois Deal Among Many Others
Art Carden | May 11, 2021

Biden Census Pick Robert Santos Recalls Government Slush Fund for National Council of La Raza
K. Lloyd Billingsley | May 11, 2021

Publish or Perish Can Become Publish AND Perish
Richard K. Vedder | May 11, 2021

Does the American Families Plan Address Families’ Real Economic Challenges?
John C. Goodman | May 10, 2021

Tuning Out Wokeism
Victor Davis Hanson | May 10, 2021

Oligarchy, and Remedies
Angelo M. Codevilla | May 10, 2021

Falling College Academic Standards: New Evidence
Richard K. Vedder | May 7, 2021

Restricting the Unvaccinated Sets a Dangerous Precedent
Abigail Devereaux | May 7, 2021

“After the Revolution, You Will Like Going Camping!” G.A. Cohen’s Camping Trip Reconsidered
Art Carden | May 6, 2021

The Fed Board Agrees Never to Disagree
During Yellen’s tenure and Powell’s, no governor has cast a dissenting vote on monetary policy.
Judy L. Shelton | May 5, 2021

Higher Ed and the Biden Agenda: Be Prepared to Become Disappointed
Richard K. Vedder | May 4, 2021

Biden’s Spending Binge Is Costlier Than Advertised
The new taxes he proposes would cost money to collect and put a drag on the productive economy.
Steve H. Hanke | May 3, 2021

Biden Finally Acknowledges the Armenian Genocide and Ignores Communist Mass Murder in China and Cambodia
K. Lloyd Billingsley | May 3, 2021

The ‘Plantados,’ Cuba’s Immovable Heroes
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | May 3, 2021

The Bleak Biden Way
What is the Biden way? To surveille, monitor, root out, raid, jail, confine, and smear all impediments to fundamental transformation.
Victor Davis Hanson | May 3, 2021

The Ideal Capital Gains Tax Rate: Zero
John C. Goodman | May 1, 2021

Massive School Data Breach Shows We Need Better Privacy Policies
Williamson M. Evers, Jonathan Hofer | April 30, 2021

Markets Help People Care for You without Caring about You
Art Carden | April 30, 2021