from FEE

One reason is that many things the government does are things it has no business doing. But that's not all.

The general public is starting to warm to the idea that psychedelics, just like marijuana, should be legalized, or, at the very least, removed from the Schedule I list.

The percentage of US adults who say violence is a justifiable means to advance political change has surged in recent years, among both Democrats and Republicans. This should be troubling to all Americans.

Here’s a short list of what might be called “great moments in civil disobedience.”

Our government exists to govern flawed people, but it is also run by those same flawed people. It is for this reason that a government must be strictly limited.

We could all use more enterprise, creativity, and love in the new year, and a lot less pandering.

Despite having the strictest lockdown in the US, California accounts for 17 percent of all active COVID-19 cases in the US.

Small business owners are already seriously hurting, so the timing could not be worse.

Parents can help children choose freedom over force, and ensure that these lockdowns never, ever happen again.

A new bombshell interview with one of countless international scammers getting rich off our relief efforts makes it painfully clear just how carelessly the government is throwing around our money in the name of COVID-19 relief.

If the federal government can stimulate the economy by making direct payments to citizens, then there would be no reason to limit those payments to $600, or $2,000.

COVID-19 was going to be bad, no matter what. But the failures of big government made it much, much worse.

Handing out boosted $2,000 COVID 'stimulus' checks like candy on Halloween isn’t effective or justified.

Two cases which demonstrate that urban infrastructure can be provided without government

Low regulation keeps trailer park costs low and population density high.

Central planning, science, and the pretense of omniscience

Congress' latest behemoth bill dumps billions of dollars worth of "stimulus" money into programs already rife with fraud and abuse.

The right to protest is fundamental to our nation’s founding, but riots are not protests.

Cumbersome regulations make housing in California too expensive to build.

Growth management policies raise home prices, hinder urbanization, and may even worsen the “sprawl” they aim to prevent

Their willingness to put children last and fight to keep schools closed has proven once and for all that teachers’ unions do not, in fact, have kids’ best interests at heart.

Nobel prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek's work has important insight for urban planners.

Contrary to talking points, zoning laws rose to prominence despite their unpopularity.

How UBI proposals distract from the real problem: housing costs.

The argument for earmarks is as solid as a sieve.

Roughly $5 billion in taxpayer money allocated for PPE contracts went to companies connected to government officials.

While our politicians are out to lunch (quite literally, and in the very establishments they’re trying to ban for the general public), actual leaders like Dave Portnoy are stepping in to fill the void.

Examining the true cost of parking minimums.

How for-profit restrooms can solve the problem.

My education was helpful. But only to the extent that I’d been given the freedom to play with it.

A governor demanded religious persecution of the Quakers. The citizens of Flushing refused.

A single look at Biden’s ”Plan to End Gun Violence” demonstrates the Second Amendment is on life support.

Section 230 simply says that only internet users are responsible for what they write, not the private companies whose websites host the commenters.

For decades, Houston has been the nation’s leading example of an “opportunity city.”

At the bottom of our housing problems, we see government legislation preventing bottom-up solutions.

TikTok is offering many Gen Zers hurt by the government's heavy-handed policies a free market setting where they can thrive.

Sen. Rand Paul’s new report shows the feds wasted millions studying whether people will eat bugs, funding art classes in Kenya, fighting truancy in the Philippines, and more.

How government encouraging home ownership may make homes more expensive.

It's time to dispense with the myth that transportation is a public good.

Data show alarming trends in drug overdoses and suicide as people—especially young people who are least at risk from COVID-19—are forcibly cut off from friends, families, and communities.

All evidence points to government-subsidization as the real culprit behind rising tuition costs.

Jane Jacobs's Hayekian focus on decentralized decision-making highlights the importance of local planning.

During a year in which tens of millions of Americans were forced out of work and hundreds of thousands of businesses were destroyed, lawmakers could not even vote on clean relief legislation.

For the duration of the pandemic, while hundreds of thousands died and the world economy was decimated by lockdowns, Moderna's highly effective vaccine was available.

Here’s a brief overview of what’s in the behemoth package—and a breakdown of the many glaring problems with it.

When students who face bullying at their public school can go elsewhere, it literally saves lives.

A major New York City union sees advantages in a citywide surcharge for e-commerce.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's order prompted backlash from parents, medical professionals, and state legislators who insisted that outdoor play for children is not only safe but essential for children’s health.

With this latest move, New York may have just found a way to edge California out of the running for the 'State With the Worst Economic Policies' title.

Sadly, but perhaps predictably, government regulations do not appear to be slowing down the coronavirus.