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Politics
Frances Tiafoe and the Incoherence of Universal Representation
If it were true that young people need someone to “look like them” to believe they can do something, we’d never have any “firsts.” Young players would simply give up trying.
The Way Out of the Social Security Mess
A plan to shut down Social Security without cutting benefits to existing retirees or raising payroll taxes on existing workers, leaving everyone better off.
Hatred of Western Civilization: Why Terrorists Attacked America
The late Dr. John Lewis read this statement to his class on September 12, 2001 — the day after America was attacked by Islamic Jihadists. His words are all the more relevant today.
The Deadly Climate Obsession of Governments
Governments everywhere have been undermining productive work, driven by a destructive climate change ideology that has developed into an obsession: stopping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, despite human suffering.
Biden and Trump are Two Faces of Fascism
The only difference between the Biden version of fascism and the conservative version is whose property they seek to control.
Business Tax Exemptions and the U.S. Oil Industry
The uniformity-of-profit principle sheds light on the effect of business tax exemptions and their elimination.
WORLD
Nationalism Is Rising in Poland, and It’s Undermining the Market Reforms That Followed the Fall of Communism
Poland owes its economic success to capitalist reforms—but the current government has stopped privatizations and is pursuing a policy of redistribution.
Hatred of Western Civilization: Why Terrorists Attacked America
The late Dr. John Lewis read this statement to his class on September 12, 2001 — the day after America was attacked by Islamic Jihadists. His words are all the more relevant today.
Global Prices in a Free Market
In a free market, there is a tendency toward the establishment of a uniform price for the same good throughout the world.
Spain – Like Most European Union Countries – Is Choked by Labor Market Regulations
Freeing up the labor market by making it easier for employers to hire and fire workers would reduce the gap between temporary and permanent work.
Germany’s Energy Dependence on Russia Is Greater than Just Natural Gas
Bad energy decisions in Germany are yielding bad results for Germans. Americans should be aware that recent government actions here on energy are pointing results in the same direction.
Time for US To Get Tough With Europe: No More Military Welfare for Indolent Defense Dependents
European leaders continue to talk tough about supporting Ukraine against Russia, but European peoples are less enthused.
SCI-TECH
California Does Not Have Enough Power to Deal with Its Heat Wave, How Will It Meet Its New Rules for Electric Vehicles?
California is having trouble keeping the lights on during the upcoming heat wave. So, it is unclear how the state intends to find reliable electricity to fuel the massive numbers of electric vehicles being forced on California’s new vehicle sales.
How to Alleviate the Looming Global Hunger Crisis
Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, mostly made with natural gas, are a modern miracle, crucial for feeding the world.
When Will Biden Administration Realize That Net Zero Does Not Work?
The fact that Western Europe decided to rely on solar and wind power and Russia to supply natural gas, rather than producing their own is causing severe economic pain that is expected to last several winters.
The Fuzzy Math Behind U.N. Report on Global Disasters
Climate-related disasters killed 99 percent fewer people than 100 years earlier.
Energy and Labor Day
For much of human history, the ability to do work was limited by human and animal muscle.
The Ominous Parallels Between Climate and COVID ‘Science’
The ominous parallels between the mainstream narrative on the climate and the mainstream narrative on covid.
MARKETS
Racism and Housing
Widespread racism can only occur when government mandates it.
Arab Oil Embargo Would Not Be a Threat to a Free Market Economy
If the United States had had a free market in oil when the Arabs imposed their embargo, its oil supplies could not have been seriously jeopardized.
Foreign Investment: Expropriation of Foreign Capital (3 of 5)
Foreign investment is made in the expectation that it will not be expropriated. Nobody would invest anything if he knew in advance that somebody would expropriate his investments. At the time when these foreign investments were made in the nineteenth century, and at...
The Landlord Shrugged
Government officials love to loudly proclaim the great benefits that tenants will enjoy by restricting and controlling landlords. The folly of their schemes will become clear when they discover that the landlord shrugged.
The “Right to Return”
Like all forms of subsidies, the “right to return” takes from some—taxpayers—to provide benefits to others—low-income households.
Abusing Statistics and Evicting “People of Color”
The report on eviction filings looks at groups, not individuals. Consequently, it fails to identify the context for the individuals who were evicted.
LAW
Inconvenient Truths and Convenient Lies
Facebook’s vice president has admitted fact-checkers are not necessarily objective, and the company even acknowledged recently in a lawsuit that fact-check tags are “opinion,” not factual assertions.
Judge Orders Fauci to Cough It Up
At issue is whether and to what extent the government itself has had a hand in encouraging tech companies to squelch speech. If so, this is unconstitutional.
The Real Villain Regarding Vaccines
If Cruz really wants parents, and all Americans, to have freedom of choice, he should call for the abolition of the FDA.
The Two Sides of the Censorship Coin
Forcing companies to allow content is the flip side of prohibiting them from expressing certain ideas. These are the two side of the censorship coin.
The Government Shouldn’t Decide Who May Practice Law
Occupational licensure is a species of political favoritism, invariably enacted to protect incumbent practitioners by restricting competition.
It’s All About Property Rights
Ayn Rand correctly wrote that without property rights, no other rights are possible.
CULTURE
Superabundance: One of the Greatest Books on Economic Development and Growth of the Past Decade
Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy’s book, “Superabundance,” use “time prices” – the length of time that people must work to purchase something – to measure how the state of the world is improving as we live longer, healthier, and more comfortable lives.
Six Myths About Student Loan “Forgiveness”
The reality is that a college degree is either valuable or it isn’t. If it’s valuable, it will pay for itself. If it’s not valuable, no one should pay for it. Either way, there’s no reason for the government to be involved.
We Need a New Philosophy of Progress
We need a new philosophy of progress for the 21st century.
This Labor Day Celebrate The Human Mind
On Labor Day, let us honor the true root of production and wealth: the human mind.
The Beautiful Tree by James Tooley
Parents want the best for their children. They realize that one of the keys to escaping poverty is a good education. The best education, they understand, comes from entrepreneurs who offer higher quality to stay in business and prosper. – Max Borders
Parent Power Can Improve US Education
Parents must seize control of their children’s education from the “interlocking directorate” that is waging a war against children’s minds.