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What Jack Dorsey Should Realize about Twitter from Reading Rothbard
There are a few points in "Anatomy of the State" that Dorsey should take to heart, especially in light of Twitter’s troubling relationship with the State these days.
Walgreens is Closing 5 San Francisco Stores Thanks to This Failed California Policy
The city isn’t just experiencing a run of bad luck—its rampant shoplifting problem is directly rooted in its terrible policy choices.
3 Environmental Doomsday Myths, Debunked
Climate change is real, but it’s not the end of the world.
Joseph and Esther Reed: Two Reeds I Want to be Related To
Joseph and Esther Reed were notable for their contributions to the cause of liberty in the American Revolution.
The Hidden Message of the Scream Movies: Victimhood Is Toxic
Scream is back, and so is its message of personal empowerment.
4 Scary Charts Show How Fast the Federal Government is Heading Toward Fiscal Disaster
Everyday Americans will ultimately pay the price for the federal government's recklessness.
Dollar Tree Loses its 35 Year War with Inflation
Why is Dollar Tree Raising Prices after 35 Years?
Vaccination Rates Not Linked to Lower COVID Rates, Epidemiology Paper Finds
A new paper in the European Journal of Epidemiology that analyzed 168 countries and 2,947 US counties found that higher vaccination rates were not associated with fewer COVID-19 cases.
Lockdowns Coincided With Record-Breaking Drug Overdose Fatalities, New CDC Data Show
The sad yet inescapable conclusion is that in their efforts to halt one public health crisis, the authorities fueled another.
The Pandora Papers Are a Political Ploy to Undermine Economic Freedom
Tax havens are not only legal, they are morally ethical.
The Strange Justifications Behind the Unprecedented Food Stamp Expansion—Which Will Raise the Cap to $836 Per Month
This year’s "Thrifty Food Plan" was clearly designed to balloon Food Stamps.
How I'm Responding to Australia's Techno-Autocracy
The internet and the devices used to access it increasingly are being used to monitor and control rather than create. But there is a solution.
The DOJ Has No Business Investigating Parents Over Heated Rhetoric at School Board Meetings
Americans have a right to express their anger about government policies.
Cities Lead the Way in (Another) Massive Fall Exodus from US Public Schools
Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle are among the cities to see public school enrollment plummet for a second consecutive year.
No, Anti-Trust Laws Are Not the Answer to Blackrock Buying Up Residential Homes
The answer to grotesque economic outcomes is not more government intervention.
Fortnite Creator Tim Sweeney Wages Legal Battle against Apple and Google over His Egalitarian Vision for the Coming Virtual Metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Sweeney are trying to build the virtual reality of the future, but how that new world will be governed is being hotly debated.
I Moved 4 Months Ago and am Still Barely Settled in—Because of Supply Chain Issues
With throngs of people refusing to return to the workforce, the supply chain is crumbling at an alarming rate, and Big Government is to blame.
Rand Paul Slams National Debt Crisis, Inflation, and Socialism in Memorable Senate Speech
'If we’re not careful, we’re going to spend this country into oblivion,' the senator concluded.
Stanford Epidemiologist Says COVID Vaccination Is Primarily a Matter of Personal Health, Not Public Health
An abundance of scientific data undermine justifications for COVID vaccination mandates, which violate long-standing principles of bodily autonomy and individual rights.
Progressive Politicians Predicted Massive ‘Tsunami’ of Evictions After Supreme Court Ended CDC Moratorium. It Hasn’t Happened
Some of the rhetoric from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley was downright hysterical.
Former Fed President: Government Snooping on Bank Transactions Over $600 a “Massive Search Without a Search Warrant”
Janet Yellen is being refreshingly candid about what the Treasury Department is after, but a former Fed president says the department's proposal to make banks report all financial transactions over $600 is a violation of privacy.
Biden Plan Would Sabotage US Economic Competitiveness in One Huge Way, Analysis Finds
That’s not 'Building Back Better'—it’s shooting ourselves in the foot.
New Zealand Gives Up on Its “Zero COVID” Lockdown Strategy—Leaving China as the Last Holdout
New Zealand implemented a “level 4” lockdown in pursuit of its zero COVID strategy. It didn’t go as planned.
Why the FDA’s Monopoly Over Drug and Food Approval Needs to End
The Food and Drug Administration is a monopoly agency. That is a problem.
Hey Nancy Pelosi, Here Are 4 Easy Things to Cut From the $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan
If Speaker Pelosi can’t find anything in a $3.5 trillion bill to cut, she’s just not looking very hard.
The Biden Administration Has Introduced the Largest Permanent Increase of Food Stamps Ever. Is That Good or Bad?
For decades, food stamps have been systematically promoted by reiterating multiple false and misleading claims about their effects.
#MintTheCoin: Economist Explains Problem With Just Minting $1 Trillion Coin to Pay the Government’s Bills
Here's why the fantastical notion of a trillion-dollar coin appearing out of thin air to pay the bills is so appealing—and perilous.
Actually, There Is No Legal Precedent for Biden’s Federal Vaccine Order
Lawrence Gostin, chair of global health law at George University, recently explained to NPR that vaccine mandates in the United States have always been imposed by cities and states, not the federal government.
How Seinfeld (Hilariously) Exposed the Creepy Authoritarianism of Aggressive Do-Gooders
The writers of Seinfeld saw how the human instinct to do good can breed a fanaticism that is anything but funny.
Elizabeth Warren and Cori Bush Team Up to Give the Presidency New Superpowers
With each legislative dereliction of responsibility, we move one step closer to the complete concentration of power.
Inflation Hits 30-Year High According to This Key Metric
It's the biggest annual surge recorded since January 1991—roughly three decades ago.
Education Secretary Touts Mask Study—Gets Rebuked by Senior Author of the Study
US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona this week cited research out of Wisconsin to claim masks had led to lower COVID transmission in schools, prompting a response from one of the study's authors.
YouTube Removes Ron Paul Page From Website, Cites ‘Repeated violations of Community Guidelines’
Big Tech started with bans on Alex Jones and Milo Yiannopoulos. Is Ron Paul now in their sights?
‘Fiscal Insanity’: Key Democratic Senator Comes Out Swinging and Dooms Budget-Busting Spending Proposal
Joe Manchin deserves credit for grappling with the reality that the government cannot create resources out of thin air.
Why California’s Move to Ban Gas-Powered Generators (and Lawn Equipment) Could Leave Californians in the Dark
California legislators have not only cut ties with reality—failing to see that they’re heading for ever more blackouts—they also want to cut their citizens’ last lifeline to reliable power when blackouts inevitably occur.
Medicare Premiums Likely to Increase Under Biden’s $3.5 Trillion Budget Reconciliation Bill
President Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill is likely to come up for a vote any day. Seniors have reason to be concerned.
Does Biden’s $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Include a Mileage Tax?
The prospect of sizable new driving taxes levied on working-class Americans isn’t an attractive one.
Taiwan’s Wealth Shows Cuba’s Poverty Is the Result of Socialism, Not a Blockade
Cuba and Taiwan began the ’70s with similar economies, but today the GDP of the Caribbean island is five times less than that of Taiwan.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Refuses to Acknowledge Economic Reality Because She Thinks It’s Mean
Whether Psaki and Biden think that corporate tax hikes should lead to lower wages or high prices is utterly immaterial. They do.
Why Is the US Increasing the Pentagon’s Budget by $37,000,000,000 Despite Leaving Afghanistan?
Economist Milton Friedman famously said, “Nobody spends somebody else’s money as carefully as he spends his own.”
The Myth That ‘the Rich’ Dominate Politics and Rule America
The alleged evils of ‘money in politics’ are vastly overstated, history shows. If money alone could buy political power, Joe Biden would not be president today.
Biden Bizarrely (and Falsely) Claims His $3.5 Trillion Spending Agenda Has a Price Tag of ‘Zero’
The president shouldn’t offer voters the empty promise of a free lunch—when they’re still going to be stuck with the bill.
What Happened in 1971? Edward Snowden and Jack Dorsey Want to Know
Something huge happened in 1971. And both Edward Snowden and Jack Dorsey are asking the same question.
Extreme Hospital COVID Policies Are Leading More Pregnant Women To Choose A Home Birth
With hospital births becoming increasingly unattractive as a result of COVID-19 protocols, many women are beginning to consider home births as an alternative.
Et Tu, Texas? Lawsuit Filed over New Social Media Regulation Law in the State
It appears some state lawmakers on the right have grown to hate the left more than they love the Constitution, and in the process they’re becoming what they fought in the first place.
WSJ: Biden Plan’s $3.5 Trillion Price Tag is Actually a Huge Underestimate
If lawmakers want to bankrupt the country, raise our taxes, and waste our money, they ought to at least be upfront about it.
UFC Champ Israel Adesanya Rips New Zealand’s Quarantine System, Vows to Never Fight There Again
Israel Adesanya said it’s difficult to watch his government ruin something that was built up through so much hard work.
Elizabeth Warren Introduces Bill to Bring Back One of the Federal Government’s Worst Pandemic Policies
This could have serious consequences.
Why GoFundMe Deleted This Grieving Father’s Fundraiser After His Son’s Death
Ernest Ramirez says his 16-year-old son died five days after receiving the Pfizer vaccine. He wants to share his son’s story so parents are aware of something he was not.
Cases Are Down 60% in Denmark Since the Government Lifted All COVID Restrictions
So far, the results of Denmark’s decision to lift all restrictions are promising—and then some.
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