Orwellian “Bias Response...

Jan 20, 2022 by

Orwellian “Bias Response Teams” Stifle Free Expression

By Thomas A. Berry Virginia Tech has instituted a “bias‐​related incidents” policy, under which students may be referred to a “Bias...

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Bypass the Constitution to For...

Oct 8, 2021 by

Bypass the Constitution to Forgive the Debts of Our “Servants”?

Subverting the Constitution, for any reason, should be enough for the public to say “no way.” But to do it to reward the typically...

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Federal Vaccine Mandates Pose ...

Sep 13, 2021 by

Federal Vaccine Mandates Pose a Constitutional Triple Threat

There are issues of separation‐​of‐​powers and federalism, the Constitution’s structural protections for liberty. By Ilya Shapiro...

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Society Will Never Be Free of ...

Sep 1, 2021 by

Society Will Never Be Free of COVID-19—It’s Time to Embrace Harm Reduction

Policymakers should accept the fact that COVID-19 will become endemic and adopt the vision of the harm reduction movement that grew...

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Transparency and School Choice...

Aug 24, 2021 by

Transparency and School Choice: Like Chocolate and Peanut Butter

Taxpayers should not have to pay once for public schools and a second time to see what, exactly, those schools are teaching. By...

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Public Schooling, Not Just Opp...

Jun 21, 2021 by

Public Schooling, Not Just Opportunist Right-Wingers, Fuels the Critical Race Theory Fire

There are some reasonable justifications for opposing critical race theory. By Neal McCluskey On Tuesday, NBC News ran a long piece...

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What Happens If the Coronaviru...

Jun 7, 2021 by

What Happens If the Coronavirus Wuhan Lab Leak Thesis Is True?

If the lab leak hypothesis proves true, anti‐​China hawks in the United States will claim vindication—with good reason. By Ted Galen...

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If All Private Schools Permane...

Apr 19, 2021 by

If All Private Schools Permanently Closed by COVID Were a School District, It Would Be Among the Nation’s Biggest. Should We Worry?

The students affected by private school closures due to COVID outnumber most public school districts, despite generally taking better...

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Did US Policy Cause Half of “U...

Apr 16, 2021 by

Did US Policy Cause Half of “Unaccompanied” Children to Separate From Parents?

By David J. Bier President Biden has continued a policy started by President Trump of “expelling” back to Mexico many asylum‐​seeking...

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Evidence Suggests Private Scho...

Mar 11, 2021 by

Evidence Suggests Private Schooling No More Likely Than Public to Fuel Right-Wing Militancy

Capitol rioters were not more likely to have attended private schools. By Neal McCluskey For some people, a considerable worry about...

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Will Biden Turn Back the Clock...

Feb 16, 2021 by

Will Biden Turn Back the Clock on Housing?

Returning to ill‐​conceived policies in the name of social justice will end in tears, just as it did during the Great Recession....

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Personal Freedom on the Declin...

Dec 22, 2020 by

Personal Freedom on the Decline Worldwide: New Human Freedom Index

Personal freedom around the world has seen a notable decline since 2008, according to the Human Freedom Index 2020 published today by...

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U.S. Commercial Shipbuilding O...

Dec 2, 2020 by

U.S. Commercial Shipbuilding Output Is Abysmal. It’s About to Get Worse.

The production of costly Jones Act ships is set to further decline. By Colin Grabow Perhaps the Jones Act’s most damaging provision...

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Will Biden Turn the Education ...

Nov 25, 2020 by

Will Biden Turn the Education Department over to the Teachers Unions?

By David Boaz President‐​elect Biden is rumored to be considering a teachers union head to be his secretary of education. Since the...

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Both Libs and Cons Have Driven...

Sep 22, 2020 by

Both Libs and Cons Have Driven Us to Trump’s “Patriotic Education”

By ignoring the Constitution, we have torn down the bulwark intended to protect us from rule by a single government, or a single...

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Private Schools: COVID Enrollm...

Sep 3, 2020 by

Private Schools: COVID Enrollment Winners or Losers?

There is still a lot of uncertainty on if private school enrollment is up or down during the pandemic. By Neal McCluskey – As...

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Federal Aid Dwarfs the Fall in...

Sep 3, 2020 by

Federal Aid Dwarfs the Fall in State Tax Revenues

The narrative that state‐​local services such as schools will collapse without more bailouts is false. By Chris Edwards – The...

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FDA Determined Convalescent Pl...

Aug 25, 2020 by

FDA Determined Convalescent Plasma Is Safe, Leaves Decisions on Efficacy up to Clinicians/Patients.

That’s the Way It Should Always Be The Food and Drug Administration released a clinical memorandum giving Emergency Use...

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The Tragic Legacy of World War...

Aug 20, 2020 by

The Tragic Legacy of World War II Lives On

By Doug Bandow – World War II, the most brutal, destructive, and murderous conflict in human history, was finally, mercifully...

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Fund Students Instead of Syste...

Aug 13, 2020 by

Fund Students Instead of Systems

Sen. Rand Paul wants to help families find a route around the public school monopoly By Corey A. DeAngelis – Families need...

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