The Lighthouse®
Because America couldn’t be kept in lockdown forever, the ruling class has eased up on pandemic restrictions and started claiming that the trajectory of the coronavirus’s spread is unalterable. By adopting this logic, these political and media oligarchs can no longer blame the pandemic on the Trump administration.
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By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes, 1/18/21)
Amidst last year’s riots across the country and last month’s rebellion at the U.S. Capitol, university presidents have spoken up in fierce condemnation. Although the sentiments of such pronouncements are often unobjectionable, there’s no clear and compelling reason for school dons to make pronouncements on non-collegiate issues, especially because they can’t speak for all members of the campus community.
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By Art Carden (American Institute for Economic Research, 2/1/21)
In a host of esteemed books including Crisis and Leviathan and Depression, War, and Cold War, Robert Higgs has combined careful analytical thinking with a realistic understanding of government power. He has never shied away from calling the state exactly what it is: an organization that gets what it wants by threats and violence.
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By Ivan Eland (The American Conservative, 1/30/21)
Big Tech companies have loads of business contracts with the U.S. government and its foreign counterparts. While these contracts can bring in huge and reliable streams of revenue, they invite a slew of regulations and other conditions that can transform the commercial nature of any business, rendering it less creative and innovative.
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By Alvaro Vargas Llosa (Fortune, 1/27/21)
Europe is finding it harder than other parts of the world to deal with the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. This difficulty stems from the European Union’s rigid and outdated labyrinth of tax, fiscal, regulatory, and social welfare policies and will likely worsen as a result of Brexit.
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Volume 23, Issue 6: February 9, 2021
By Angelo M. Codevilla (American Greatness, 1/26/21)
Because America couldn’t be kept in lockdown forever, the ruling class has eased up on pandemic restrictions and started claiming that the trajectory of the coronavirus’s spread is unalterable. By adopting this logic, these political and media oligarchs can no longer blame the pandemic on the Trump administration.
READ MORE »
Infectious Diseases and Government Growth
By Nathan P. Goodman et al.
By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes, 1/18/21)
Amidst last year’s riots across the country and last month’s rebellion at the U.S. Capitol, university presidents have spoken up in fierce condemnation. Although the sentiments of such pronouncements are often unobjectionable, there’s no clear and compelling reason for school dons to make pronouncements on non-collegiate issues, especially because they can’t speak for all members of the campus community.
READ MORE »
By Art Carden (American Institute for Economic Research, 2/1/21)
In a host of esteemed books including Crisis and Leviathan and Depression, War, and Cold War, Robert Higgs has combined careful analytical thinking with a realistic understanding of government power. He has never shied away from calling the state exactly what it is: an organization that gets what it wants by threats and violence.
READ MORE »
By Ivan Eland (The American Conservative, 1/30/21)
Big Tech companies have loads of business contracts with the U.S. government and its foreign counterparts. While these contracts can bring in huge and reliable streams of revenue, they invite a slew of regulations and other conditions that can transform the commercial nature of any business, rendering it less creative and innovative.
READ MORE »
By Alvaro Vargas Llosa (Fortune, 1/27/21)
Europe is finding it harder than other parts of the world to deal with the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. This difficulty stems from the European Union’s rigid and outdated labyrinth of tax, fiscal, regulatory, and social welfare policies and will likely worsen as a result of Brexit.
READ MORE »
The Beacon: New Blog Posts
- Manufacturing Militarism: US Government Propaganda in the War on Terror, by Abigail R. Hall Blanco
- “Nothing We Can Do” About Trajectory of the Pandemic?, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- Remember When the CIA Set Back Polio Eradication?, by Abigail R. Hall Blanco
- “Leave Us Alone So We Can Be Together”, by Graham H. Walker
- Dr. Anthony Fauci’s $417,608 Tops All Federal Salaries, but Does Performance Match the Pay?, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- Revenge Thriller Promising Young Woman Challenges Thinking About Sexual Assault, by Samuel R. Staley
- Should It Be Illegal for Low Productivity People to Work?, by Randall G. Holcombe
- Federal Judge Blows the Cover off Secret FISA Court, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- California Agency Ponders Huge Clawback of Unemployment Payments, by Craig Eyermann
- The Senate Should Dismiss the Article of Impeachment, by William J. Watkins, Jr.
Catalyst: New Articles
- Biden’s Executive Orders Continue a Dangerous Precedent, by Luka Ladan
- California ‘Hero Pay’ Ordinance Forces Kroger Closures, by Brad Polumbo
- FDA Slow Walks COVID-19 Vaccine, by Conor Norris
- What the Japanese Energy Crisis Should Teach Us, by Paige Lambermont
