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Trump Nearing the Crossroads
As 2024 approaches, what will Trump do?
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  November 4, 2021
Den of Thieves
John C. Goodman  ·  November 3, 2021
Gain of Function Controversy Demands Greater Scrutiny for Government-Funded Science
Raymond J. March  ·  November 3, 2021
Karl Marx’s Choice for Treasury Department Comptroller
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  November 3, 2021
The Battle Over Biden’s Currency Comptroller
Saule Omarova is not the first Leninist to vie for a high government position
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  November 2, 2021
Life after Capitalism
The information theory of economics
George F. Gilder  ·  November 2, 2021
Who Eventually Won the Cold War?
There is nothing like an old Bolshevik grinning that ossified American wokesters are stuck circa 1920s in the old Bolshevik Russia.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  November 1, 2021
Will the Decade-Long Decline in College Enrollments Continue?
Richard K. Vedder  ·  November 1, 2021
The Ignoble Lie
“Noble lies” are rarely spun for anyone’s interests other than those of the liars themselves.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  November 1, 2021
In New York State Rifle, the Court Should Look to Text, History, and Tradition
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  November 1, 2021
Fed Tapering Won’t Beat Inflation
Supply issues are mostly to blame for rising prices. Deregulation is a crucial part of the remedy.
Alexander William Salter  ·  October 29, 2021
Lady Killers
Government gunners prefer their targets soft, pale, and innocent.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  October 29, 2021
Why Is Congress about to Declare War on Seniors?
John C. Goodman  ·  October 27, 2021
Yale and The University of Texas: Who Owns the University?
Richard K. Vedder  ·  October 26, 2021
Supreme Court’s Latest Second Amendment Case Isn’t about Race, It’s about Rights
Does a person need to be assaulted, shot, or wounded in order to carry a firearm for self-defense?
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  October 26, 2021
Ground Zero of Woke
Universities are making themselves not just disliked and disreputable but ultimately irrelevant and replaceable.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  October 25, 2021
Our Purgatory Is Their Nirvana
One man’s anarchy is another’s road to justice.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  October 22, 2021
The Monetary Bathtub Is Overflowing
Many economists say inflation is transitory. It will be persistent.
Steve H. Hanke, John Greenwood, OBE  ·  October 22, 2021
Latin American Unity Remains a Pipe Dream
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  October 22, 2021
An End to Tax Withholding
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  October 20, 2021
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: New Criticisms and Challenges
Richard K. Vedder  ·  October 19, 2021
Is America Becoming Rome Versus Byzantium?
Our Byzantine interior and Roman coasts are quite differently interpreting their shared American heritage as they increasingly plot radically divergent courses to survive in scary times.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  October 15, 2021
Tenure Controversy in Georgia
Richard K. Vedder  ·  October 15, 2021
Don’t Commit to Defense of Taiwan
The island can take care of itself without the United States ending its public ambiguity in favor of an explicit alliance.
Ivan Eland  ·  October 15, 2021
Why Americans Are Not Anxious to Get Back to Work
John C. Goodman  ·  October 14, 2021


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