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In contrast to the Greatest Generation, today’s Americans are better labeled the Most Selfish Generation, as they prioritize their own immediate satisfaction over the needs of others and have abandoned the values and principles that motivated their predecessors. Why are Americans falling short of the achievements of the Greatest Generation? What has changed?
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Stephen P. Halbrook (Reason’s The Volokh Conspiracy)
Yes, owning a semiautomatic rifle like the AR-15 is protected by the Second Amendment—if we take seriously the history of the constitutional right to bear arms, the development of firearms, and the evolution of the “assault weapons” ban in the United States. Learn what previous court decisions said on the matter and what is the likely impact of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Bruen on gun laws around the country. First in a series.
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Victor Davis Hanson (American Greatness)
Something has gone terribly wrong—and very abruptly—with the United States. But our wounds do not result from natural disaster, exhaustion of natural resources, plagues, or war. They are mostly self-inflicted. That means we can fix them. Here are 10 straightforward remedies to crushing debt, soaring costs, entitlements, a nonexistent border, racial tensions, crime, and international embarrassment. Will Americans have the guts to enact them?
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Steve H. Hanke, Dick Lepre (National Review)
The Federal Reserve’s (mis)management of the money supply has caused a 40% increase in average home prices and a 78% increase in average mortgage payments on an average-priced home in just two years. Americans are feeling the heat. Housing starts and existing-home sales have dropped. Behind it all: the Fed’s whipsawing of the money supply.
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Volume 25, Issue 51: December 21, 2022
The Most Selfish Generation: Americans today can’t match the achievements of the Greatest Generation
Richard K. Vedder (The American Spectator)
In contrast to the Greatest Generation, today’s Americans are better labeled the Most Selfish Generation, as they prioritize their own immediate satisfaction over the needs of others and have abandoned the values and principles that motivated their predecessors. Why are Americans falling short of the achievements of the Greatest Generation? What has changed?
READ MORE »
Stephen P. Halbrook (Reason’s The Volokh Conspiracy)
Yes, owning a semiautomatic rifle like the AR-15 is protected by the Second Amendment—if we take seriously the history of the constitutional right to bear arms, the development of firearms, and the evolution of the “assault weapons” ban in the United States. Learn what previous court decisions said on the matter and what is the likely impact of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Bruen on gun laws around the country. First in a series.
READ MORE »
More articles in this series from Stephen P. Halbrook:
The Second Amendment’s Plain Text
The Second Amendment in the Fourteenth
Historians and the Second Amendment
Analogy and Second Amendment Reasoning
The Second Amendment’s Plain Text
The Second Amendment in the Fourteenth
Historians and the Second Amendment
Analogy and Second Amendment Reasoning
Victor Davis Hanson (American Greatness)
Something has gone terribly wrong—and very abruptly—with the United States. But our wounds do not result from natural disaster, exhaustion of natural resources, plagues, or war. They are mostly self-inflicted. That means we can fix them. Here are 10 straightforward remedies to crushing debt, soaring costs, entitlements, a nonexistent border, racial tensions, crime, and international embarrassment. Will Americans have the guts to enact them?
READ MORE »
Steve H. Hanke, Dick Lepre (National Review)
The Federal Reserve’s (mis)management of the money supply has caused a 40% increase in average home prices and a 78% increase in average mortgage payments on an average-priced home in just two years. Americans are feeling the heat. Housing starts and existing-home sales have dropped. Behind it all: the Fed’s whipsawing of the money supply.
READ MORE »The Beacon: New Blog Posts
- Interest Rate Hike Sets Uncle Sam on Collision Course With Fiscal Reckoning, by Craig Eyermann
- The Governmentalization of Social Affairs, by Daniel B. Klein
- Donald Trump, Election Fraud, and Cato’s Letters, by Lawrence J. McQuillan
- Wakanda Forever Charts Risky Course in Marvel Universe, by Samuel R. Staley
- In the Wake of Twitter Revelations, Don’t Forget Facebook, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- Fed Slows Interest Rate Bump, Raises Rates by 0.5 Points, by Jonathan Hofer
- Pete Buttigieg, a Frequent Flier on Taxpayer-funded Private Jets, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
Catalyst: New Articles
- Will the New Impaired Driver Monitoring Requirement Jeopardize Privacy?, by Jonathan Hofer
- Remember When the CIA Set Back Polio Eradication?, by Abigail R. Hall
- Blonde Deprives Marilyn Monroe of the Dignity She Earned, by Samuel R. Staley
