Commentary Articles

Californians May Wonder if the Constitution Applies to Them in 2020
K. Lloyd Billingsley | January 1, 2020

Second Amendment Sanctuaries Started in 1774
Simon Hakim, Jahn K. Hakes, John Hagel III, Ryan Hagemann, Stephen P. Halbrook | December 30, 2019

Schools Shouldn’t Need School-Supply Santas
Vicki E. Alger | December 30, 2019

Tax Law Changes: Good, Bad and Ugly
John C. Goodman | December 29, 2019

Is Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness a Public Service?
C. Ronald Kimberling | December 25, 2019

House Bill Seeking Price Controls on Drugs Would Cause Millions to Die
Ronald L. Trowbridge | December 21, 2019

Saying ‘No’ to College
Richard K. Vedder | December 20, 2019

Tax Reform for the Middle Class
John C. Goodman | December 20, 2019

Christmas Tariffs for Santa
Benjamin Powell | December 19, 2019

2019: A Year of More Useless Deployments to the Middle East
Ivan Eland | December 19, 2019

To Combat Poverty, Remove Barriers to Economic Liberty
Adam B. Summers | December 17, 2019

Don’t Bet Only on the Sun and the Wind
William F. Shughart II | December 16, 2019

Should We Really Be Shocked that the Government Lied to Us about the Afghan War?
Ivan Eland | December 16, 2019

Students Love Their Professors but Not Academic Bureaucrats
Richard K. Vedder | December 12, 2019

The Federal Judge Got It Wrong about Parents Trying to Buy Their Kids’ Way into College
Ronald L. Trowbridge | December 11, 2019

Supreme Court Has Thrown a Wrench into the Machinery of Free Speech
Ronald L. Trowbridge | December 9, 2019

Understanding Elizabeth Warren’s Radical Wealth Tax
Robert P. Murphy | December 9, 2019

There’s Something Bernie Sanders Isn’t Telling Us about Canadian Health Care
K. Lloyd Billingsley | December 9, 2019

Opioids Are Killing Us: Here’s What We Can Do about It
John C. Goodman, Lawrence J. Wedekind | December 4, 2019

DeVos’s Useful Reform in Federal Student Financial Aid
Richard K. Vedder | December 4, 2019

The New College Scorecard Gets a C- on Its Report Card
Richard K. Vedder | December 3, 2019

Does Collegiate Athletic Excellence Promote Academic Excellence?
Richard K. Vedder | November 26, 2019

Has Great Higher Education Reached Middle America?
Richard K. Vedder | November 21, 2019

Decrying Income Inequality Is a Harmful Tactic That Will Make Us All Worse Off
Edward P. Stringham | November 20, 2019

Mexico’s Good-for-Nothing President AMLO—Go After Murderous Cartels or Get Out of the Way
K. Lloyd Billingsley | November 19, 2019