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The Collectivist Killings at Christchurch, New Zealand
When collectivism is followed to its ultimate conclusion, it leads to savage acts, like mass shootings.
Where Is the Language of Liberty?
It is difficult to think critically with words that carry hidden assumptions into our reasoning.
China's One-Child Policy Is Over, But State Efforts to Regulate Procreation May Just Be Getting Started
In the years to come, people may get to seeThe Handmaid’s Talein real life.
Smollett Case Reveals the Danger of DOJ’s “Start by Believing” Push
“Believe the victim” is a moral mantra with a ferocious backlash against anyone who expresses disbelief.
Understanding Trade Deficits (101)
Politicians should ignore the trade deficit and focus instead on preserving the dollar’s special status as a reserve currency.
“Meatless Mondays” and the Rise of Social-Emotional Learning in Schools
Should government officials really have the power to decide what you put into your own body?
The Myth That Australia's Gun Laws Reduced Gun Homicides
The situation is more complicated than reporters suggest.
My Campaign to Raise the Voting Age Got Me Shadowbanned on Twitter
Are social justice warriors at Twitter afraid of my movement to raise the voting age?
Why Politicians Ignore Economists’ Opposition to Tariffs
The US Constitution is silent when it comes to the economic preference for the “low” tariff.
Why National Popular Vote Would Be a Disaster for America (and NPV Supporters)
The constitutionality of the plan can and will be challenged.
Bastiat on How the Modern State Commits the Very Evils It Was Created to Prevent
The confusion about socialism derives in part from its traditional definition of government ownership of the means of production.
Marveling at Captain Marvel's Grit
The significance of grit is increasingly being recognized in social science research, and it makes sense.
Virginia Raises Smoking Age to 21—as Congressional Members Seek to Lower Voting Age to 16
It’s a laughable notion that an 18- to 21-year-old can be locked up with career criminals but can’t legally buy a cigarette at a corner store.
Forget Guaranteed Income—Governments Need to Stop Prohibiting Income
If all regulations were abolished, individuals’ creative juices could flow freely because innovation would no longer be suppressed.
America Finally Admits Recycling Doesn’t Work
It’s time to admit the recycling mania is a giant placebo.
What Parents Can Really Do to Help Prepare Their Teens for Success
Unfortunately, entrepreneurship is woefully neglected in schools and standard extracurriculars.
Socialism’s Three-Legged Stool: Envy, Ignorance, and Faith
Their proposals are not merely unrealistic, but they are deliberately so.
What if Health Insurance Worked Like Car Insurance?
Let insurance be what it was meant to be: peace of mind against catastrophe.
How the Politics of Fear Manipulates Us to Tribalism
Fear is a very strong tool that can blur humans’ logic and change their behavior.
I Talked with New Jersey’s “Wanted” Ivan the Troll to Find Out if 3D Printed Guns Are a True Threat
As nefarious as people want 3D-printed guns to look, there is another side of the story entirely.
The Real Problem with Greta Thunberg Is Not Her Age
Greta Thunberg first came into the public light in 2018 when she started a school strike on climate in front of the Swedish parliament.
Why Long Lines at Motor Vehicle Departments Never Disappear
When millennials stand in MVA lines, do they wonder what their experience will be when the government takes a more significant role in their lives?
Why Packing the Supreme Court Is a Bad Idea
Brutus, in particular, asserted that the Supreme Court would become a source of massive abuse because courts would be beyond the control of “both the people and the legislature.”
Why the Cayman Islands Are so Prosperous (and Harmonious)
The key thing to understand is that not all taxes are created equal.
The Benefits of Energy Efficiency Initiatives Are Being Oversold
If these efforts are such a good deal, then why must government mandate them and utilities push for them?
Only Capitalism Will Save the Millennials
The answer to the challenges of the new millennium is not more state interventionism but to eliminate politics and the state.
The True Threat to Free Speech Is Not Twitter or Facebook, It's Politicians
The real threat to free speech does not come from a varied set of tech firms but from government actors who assume they know best.
Minimum Wage Hikes Increase Crime, National Bureau of Economic Research Study Finds
Minimum wage hikes increase property crime arrests among 16-24-year olds—the group for whom the minimum wage is most likely to bite.
The Mainstreaming of Political Fanaticism
The fanaticism of years of demanding more socialist policies has created an environment in which it is not taboo anymore.
No, Robots Won't Make Us All Unemployed
Predictions of technology harming the workforce have constantly failed since the dawn of technology itself.
On the Gender Pay Gap, Narrative Is Trumping Facts
Even if on paper two employees do the “same” job, very few jobs are truly identical.
What Is a Master's Degree Worth?
Master’s degrees may not be a practical choice for prospective students in every field.
Why Not Universal Rent Control? Here’s Why
Far from helping eliminate slums, rent control laws, in fact, create them.
The Pentagon's Budget Is Crazy—by Trump's Own Admission
Cutting spending needs to happen even at the Pentagon where there is lots of waste, redundancy, and purchases of weapons systems that are not strictly essential for America’s national security.
Modern Monetary Theory Is a Recipe for Hyperinflation
Even if politicians could perfectly plan the economy, humans would still respond to natural incentives, making MMT an impossible economic scheme.
7 Tips for Finding Truth in a World of Clickbait and Propaganda
Once you learn their gimmicks, you become a wiser and more discriminating consumer of information.
The Rosetta Stone Shows the Powerful Leveraged Tax Codes in the Ancient World, Too
Multiply the Rosetta Stone a few hundred times, and you’ll get something that looks like the US tax code.
Fascism: Socialism with a Capitalist Veneer
Where socialism abolished all market relations outright, fascism left the appearance of market relations while planning all economic activities.
How Commodore Perry Liberated Japan With Trade
Japan’s isolation was not “self-imposed” at all; rather, isolation was imposed upon it by an authoritarian government.
Why We Don’t Have Generic Insulin
In a free market, competition is the best way for improvements in the levels of quality and service that a consumer receives in their products.
Maryland Legislature Passes $15 Minimum Wage
Voters in Maryland overwhelmingly back the increase in the state’s minimum wage. Thousands of voters who back this increase will lose their jobs because of it.
US-China Trade Dispute Is Already Hurting US Farmers and Ranchers
It is not Chinese businesses but American businesses that pay for the tariffs.
Why Millennials Have Already Racked Up a Trillion Dollars in Debt
Millennials are stuck with loans they can't afford and degrees they often have no use for.
It’s Time to Throw the Jones Act Overboard
Just because its hidden political payoff is now 99 years old does not mean it should make it to 100.
Why We Should Teach Girls to Be Individualists Instead of Feminists
The victory of feminism is only possible if it dissolves into individualism.
Why Some Progressives Fear Hate Crime Hoaxes
Why are progressives so quick to believe even sketchy reports of hate crimes and lament cases where they turn out to be untrue?
Modern Monetary Theory Isn't Economics
MMT is a bait-and-switch wrapped in a sleight-of-hand.
The Most Intolerant County in America (and the Most Tolerant City)
Suffolk County Massachusetts, which represents the heart of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton part of New England, appears to be the most politically intolerant county in the US.
Feeling the Bern Is the Wrong Path for Conservatives—or Anyone
Embracing freedom and a government that finally gets out of the lives of the people is a better idea.
America Is Nearing the Age of Mandatory Spending
The real solution is the hardest one: reforming Social Security and Medicare.
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