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Don’t Put Coal on Ice
William F. Shughart II  ·  January 18, 2025
Not Our Democracy, but Our Constitution
William J. Watkins, Jr.  ·  January 18, 2025
Action Could Have Prevented the Deadly Blaze in Los Angeles
But the lessons of the past seem lost on California politicians and bureaucrats.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  January 17, 2025
Perhaps Only Donald Trump Can Resolve the Immigration ‘Problem’
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  January 17, 2025
Supreme Court Relists Two Second Amendment Cases
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  January 16, 2025
Woke DEI + Green Nihilism = Dresden in California
California’s DEI “humanism” and Green New Deal environmentalism ensured the cruelest imaginable treatment of thousands of people and unrivaled destruction of the natural ecosystem.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  January 14, 2025
Circuit Conflict in Felon Gun Ban Cases
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  January 14, 2025
How to Cut Trillions in Wasteful Health Care Spending
John C. Goodman  ·  January 13, 2025
Carter’s Legacy Lives on in Ways People Might Not Expect
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  January 9, 2025
Supreme Court Considering Arms Ban Petitions on January 10th
Whatever happened to long guns good, handguns bad?
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  January 9, 2025
Newsom’s Energy Czar Returns
Ana Matosantos once again dips her unqualified toe in energy policy waters.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  January 8, 2025
Reevaluating Jimmy Carter’s Presidency
Did the thirty-ninth president’s domestic and foreign policy successes outweigh his more well-publicized failures?
Ivan Eland  ·  January 6, 2025
Can We Have Health Care without Health Insurance Companies?
John C. Goodman  ·  January 5, 2025
Dr. Fauci Doubles Down
Former NIAID director now claims that AIDS, like COVID, was “zoonotic.”
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  January 4, 2025
Jimmy Carter: A Decent Man, a Damaging Education Policy
Richard K. Vedder  ·  January 4, 2025
What Today’s Economics Students Aren’t Learning about Economics
Alexander William Salter  ·  January 2, 2025
China Unsheathes Its Doomsday Artillery
China dominates the production and processing of critical materials.
Jeffrey Weng, Steve H. Hanke  ·  January 1, 2025
Harmeet Dhillon, Trump’s Choice for DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, Battled Woke Policies in California
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  January 1, 2025
Can State Semi-Automatic Rifle Bans Last?
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  December 20, 2024
Progressives’ Aversion to Private Industry Does Not Extend to Private Universities
The representation of public versus private universities in government is contrary to the historical image—Democrats have higher numbers of Ivy League graduates than their Republican counterparts.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 19, 2024
The Year the World Went Woke
2014, when obscure academic jargon made the leap from the faculty lounge to mainstream conversation
Phillip W. Magness  ·  December 17, 2024
Political Instability in South Korea Should Lead to Questions About U.S. Troop Deployment
Ivan Eland  ·  December 17, 2024
With Donald Trump in Office, Congress Must Safeguard Its Constitutional Powers
As the president-elect threatens impoundment and recess appointments, Congress must step up to protect its central constitutional role.
Ivan Eland  ·  December 16, 2024
Why Do So Many People Hate Health Insurers?
John C. Goodman  ·  December 16, 2024
Time to Get Real about Renewables: Fossil Fuels Are Here to Stay
Ryan M. Yonk  ·  December 16, 2024


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