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Bump Stocks Are Not Machineguns
The Supreme Court’s Cargill ruling has broad implications.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  June 18, 2024
Boosters Beware: Stadiums Aren’t Magic
Art Carden  ·  June 18, 2024
Common Sense as Health Policy
John C. Goodman  ·  June 14, 2024
So Why Won’t Gavin Newsom Put His Foot on the Brakes?
Lee E. Ohanian  ·  June 14, 2024
Government Failure in One Lesson
Michael C. Munger  ·  June 12, 2024
College Football Is About to Change Forever
Richard K. Vedder  ·  June 11, 2024
Homelessness Isn’t Helplessness, but ‘Housing First’ Assumes It Is
Christopher J. Calton  ·  June 11, 2024
Rich Students Disproportionally Play the Radical: Should We Fund Elite Universities?
Richard K. Vedder  ·  June 11, 2024
Does the FBI Deserve $11.3 Billion?
Christopher Wray must answer some hard questions about the FBI’s record upholding the Constitution.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 11, 2024
California’s New Fast-Food Minimum Wage Law Destroys Another 1,250 Jobs
Lee E. Ohanian  ·  June 7, 2024
Our Kids Have No Economic Immune Systems
Michael C. Munger  ·  June 6, 2024
Finding a Foreign Policy Beyond Biden and Trump
There has to be an option that would allow the US to engage and protect its interests without aggressive primacy.
Ivan Eland  ·  June 5, 2024
Can You Trust Your Health Insurer?
Under many health plans, costs can skyrocket when a patient is hospitalized.
John C. Goodman  ·  June 4, 2024
The Inflation Tax
A 10 percent inflation rate imposes a tax of nearly 7 percent on the real wealth of the average family.
John C. Goodman  ·  June 3, 2024
The Military Aid Dilemma
As U.S. partners and allies increasingly make their own decisions contrary to American interests, the Biden administration should make sure that further aid comes with more strings attached.
Ivan Eland  ·  June 3, 2024
Javier Milei Shows Newsom and Biden How It’s Done
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 3, 2024
Remember Bill Walton, Basketball Great and Homeless Policy Expert
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  May 31, 2024
What the Presidential Campaign Should Really Be About
America is on a suicidal fiscal and monetary trajectory.
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  May 30, 2024
Robinson-Patman Deserves Last Rites, Not Resurrection
Gary M. Galles  ·  May 30, 2024
As Homelessness Budgets Grow, Why Does Homelessness Keep Getting Worse?
Christopher J. Calton  ·  May 30, 2024
Sanctions Are for Losers
While sanctions fail to change Iran’s policies, they inflict severe hardships on civilians and rally support for the regime.
Steve H. Hanke  ·  May 28, 2024
More Housing Fixes (Almost) Everything
Art Carden  ·  May 28, 2024
Anthony Fauci Tells Columbia Medical Students to Lie Just Like Him
They would do better to follow the rule of “first do no harm.”
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  May 28, 2024
Colleges Are Waging War Against Men
Richard K. Vedder  ·  May 24, 2024
Lessons of the 1924 Immigration Act
America welcomes newcomers, but there are always limits.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  May 23, 2024


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