The Lighthouse®
The time has come to be more hard-nosed in evaluating Zelensky’s weapons requests. The US has few, if any, strategic interests in that region, except peace. But arms transfers to Ukraine will give Putin real motivation to escalate the war, possibly to the nuclear level. How does that help anybody?
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Richard K. Vedder (The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal)
It is interesting, but depressing, that the more eminent a university the more strenuously its administrators stifle free speech. The case of Amy Wax, the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law in Penn’s law school, is just the latest example.
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Burton A. Abrams (American Thinker)
Enough of the nonsense. Progressives are threatening reason, liberty, toleration, and constitutional government. Is this anything other than a new religion—featuring intolerant zealotry, fascistic-socialism, and power-hungry anti-intellectualism?
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Lawrence J. McQuillan (The Beacon)
Political roadblocks have created the housing crisis in San Francisco and across California. That’s actually good news, because the solution is simple—remove government from housing development. And a residential “Right to Build” amendment to the state’s constitution would do the trick.
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Volume 25, Issue 40: October 6, 2022
Ivan Eland (Real Clear Policy)
The time has come to be more hard-nosed in evaluating Zelensky’s weapons requests. The US has few, if any, strategic interests in that region, except peace. But arms transfers to Ukraine will give Putin real motivation to escalate the war, possibly to the nuclear level. How does that help anybody?
READ MORE »
In Search of Monsters to Destroy
The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace
The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace
By Christopher J. Coyne
Richard K. Vedder (The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal)
It is interesting, but depressing, that the more eminent a university the more strenuously its administrators stifle free speech. The case of Amy Wax, the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law in Penn’s law school, is just the latest example.
READ MORE »
Burton A. Abrams (American Thinker)
Enough of the nonsense. Progressives are threatening reason, liberty, toleration, and constitutional government. Is this anything other than a new religion—featuring intolerant zealotry, fascistic-socialism, and power-hungry anti-intellectualism?
READ MORE »
The New Holy Wars
Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion in Contemporary America
Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion in Contemporary America
By Robert H. Nelson
Lawrence J. McQuillan (The Beacon)
Political roadblocks have created the housing crisis in San Francisco and across California. That’s actually good news, because the solution is simple—remove government from housing development. And a residential “Right to Build” amendment to the state’s constitution would do the trick.
READ MORE »
How to Restore the California Dream
Removing Obstacles to Fast and Affordable Housing Development
Removing Obstacles to Fast and Affordable Housing Development
By Lawrence J. McQuillan
The Beacon: New Blog Posts
- Highway Heist, by Randall G. Holcombe
- State Department of Nepotism, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- Your Household’s Share of the National Debt, by Craig Eyermann
- Dr. Fauci Profiteered from the Pandemic, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- Fed Boss Powell Railroads Workers, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- Inflation is Unlikely to Improve Before Things Get Worse, by Alvaro Vargas Llosa
Catalyst: New Articles
- Why Adam Smith Said ‘Virtue Is More to Be Feared Than Vice’, by Richard Fulmer
- What the World’s Fastest-Growing Startup Cities Have in Common, by Thibault Serlet
