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Aid to Wealthy Israel Has Reached Its Expiration Date
Recent events in the country, along with its ranking in per capita income charts, provide a fresh opportunity for Washington to reassess its financial support.
Ivan Eland  ·  August 3, 2023
Why Corruption So Easily Festers in San Francisco City Hall
Christopher J. Calton  ·  August 3, 2023
Biden’s Victory Lap Is Good Politics. Cheering Is Bad Economics
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  August 1, 2023
Does College Accreditation Work?
Richard K. Vedder  ·  August 1, 2023
California’s Reactionary Racism
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  July 29, 2023
The New (Old) Threat of ‘Runaway Bureaucracy’
Michael C. Munger  ·  July 28, 2023
Cut Pork from the Farm Bill
Benjamin Powell  ·  July 27, 2023
Despite $128 Billion Budget, California’s K–12 Education System Continues to Fail on a Grand Scale
Lee E. Ohanian  ·  July 22, 2023
California Math Framework: Proven Methods vs. Political Ideology
Williamson M. Evers  ·  July 22, 2023
University Innovation in the Buckeye State?
State Sen. Cirino has been the driving force behind initiatives that might transform the university system in Ohio.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  July 18, 2023
Ten Reasons Why Affirmative Action Died
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  July 17, 2023
The Fallacy of Climate Change and Macroeconomic Modeling
William F. Shughart II  ·  July 17, 2023
How Federal Reserve Misguidance Contributes to Bank Failures
James L. Butkiewicz, Burton A. Abrams  ·  July 17, 2023
Delaware’s Gun Ban Heats Up
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  July 16, 2023
Who Are the Real Authoritarians?
John C. Goodman  ·  July 15, 2023
The GOP’s Wilsonian Mexico Policy
Authorizing military force in Mexico will not end the way they think.
Ivan Eland  ·  July 13, 2023
Universities: The Public and the Rule of Law Be Damned
College admissions won’t become “color blind” anytime soon.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  July 12, 2023
Ukraine Should Never Be Admitted to NATO
Kyiv is demanding that the alliance give it something to walk away with at Vilnius. Will it succumb?
Ivan Eland  ·  July 12, 2023
Sanders’ Medicare-for-All Would Destroy America’s Health Care
Scott W. Atlas  ·  July 12, 2023
3 Economic Truths Americans Can Learn from France’s Pension Flap
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  July 11, 2023
Biden Administration Is ‘Irreparably Harmed’ by Free Speech Injunction
According to the White House, it needs to squash the First Amendment rights of its opposition.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  July 10, 2023
How AIER Helped to Hobble Fauci’s ‘Ministry of Truth’
Phillip W. Magness, Robert E. Wright  ·  July 7, 2023
America Faces Chronic Electricity Shortages in Push for Renewable Energy
William F. Shughart II  ·  July 6, 2023
A Republican Alternative to Medicare for All
John C. Goodman  ·  July 6, 2023
Gerald Ford, a Fill-In or Filled with Consequence?
Ivan Eland  ·  July 6, 2023


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