Crisis
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The “Unlivable” World of Global Warming Is Much Wealthier Than Today
“If one truly believes the very existence of humanity is at stake, no regulation goes too far, and no social control is too strict, in order to save our species. And that is a price none of us should have to pay.” ~ James E. Hanley
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Fact vs. Faith: Science in an Age of Unreason
“Critical research has itself become taboo which, in turn, means that policy makers are making decisions based more on ideologically-driven political pressure than scientific fact.” ~ John Staddon
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Setting the Record Straight on “Setting the Record Straight on the Libertarian South African Economist W.H. Hutt and James M. Buchanan”
“MacLean et al. have in fact set nothing straight, and their argument, far from being ‘irrefutable,’ wrecks itself upon the rocks of at least one major citation error, selective use of documents, and willful misreadings of Hutt’s words devoid of their original context.” ~ Phillip W. Magness & Art Carden
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Public Schools Are Using Inflation To Extort Taxpayers
“While there isn’t much that can be done in the short term to mitigate public school excess, taxpayers should at least be aware that public schools are using inflation as an excuse to extort them.” ~ Garion Frankel
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With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
“Unfortunately, the patriotic protectionism story confuses American consumers’ friends and enemies. Our supposed enemies, foreign producers, are actually our friends, and our supposed friends, domestic producers and the US government, are actually our enemies.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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What Are Philosophers of Education Even Talking About?
“Let’s make something clear: A third grade teacher who is struggling to teach more than twenty children, many of whom likely have behavioral problems, how to do math couldn’t care less about posthuman eating.” ~ Garion Frankel
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The Ripples of Government Intervention
“When someone says ‘what could go wrong’ after proposing a policy intervention, the reply should be ‘a lot that we will only comprehend many years from now.’ The damaging ripples of government intervention may be very far in the future – it does not mean they do not exist.” ~ Vincent Geloso
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The Oikophobic Will to Power
“What the oikophobe wants is power within his own country, and oikophobia is an instrument to achieve it by delegitimizing those he thinks already have it. He wants to replace one ruling class, as he sees it, with another – his own.” ~ Theodore Dalrymple
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Looking Back on the Publication and Reception of Democracy in Chains
“I suspect that MacLean really believes that her fables capture and convey important truths. But whether in this assessment I am correct or incorrect, one conclusion is airtight: As a scholar, Nancy MacLean is an utter disgrace.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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Self-Identified “Compelling Interests” Are Not a License to Discriminate
“Given the principle of equality and the prevailing demands from the American people, the Supreme Court should end its experimental departure from equal protection under the law.” ~ Wenyuan Wu
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The “Unlivable” World of Global Warming Is Much Wealthier Than Today
“If one truly believes the very existence of humanity is at stake, no regulation goes too far, and no social control is too strict, in order to save our species. And that is a price none of us should have to pay.” ~ James E. Hanley
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Fact vs. Faith: Science in an Age of Unreason
“Critical research has itself become taboo which, in turn, means that policy makers are making decisions based more on ideologically-driven political pressure than scientific fact.” ~ John Staddon
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Setting the Record Straight on “Setting the Record Straight on the Libertarian South African Economist W.H. Hutt and James M. Buchanan”
“MacLean et al. have in fact set nothing straight, and their argument, far from being ‘irrefutable,’ wrecks itself upon the rocks of at least one major citation error, selective use of documents, and willful misreadings of Hutt’s words devoid of their original context.” ~ Phillip W. Magness & Art Carden
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Public Schools Are Using Inflation To Extort Taxpayers
“While there isn’t much that can be done in the short term to mitigate public school excess, taxpayers should at least be aware that public schools are using inflation as an excuse to extort them.” ~ Garion Frankel
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With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
“Unfortunately, the patriotic protectionism story confuses American consumers’ friends and enemies. Our supposed enemies, foreign producers, are actually our friends, and our supposed friends, domestic producers and the US government, are actually our enemies.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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What Are Philosophers of Education Even Talking About?
“Let’s make something clear: A third grade teacher who is struggling to teach more than twenty children, many of whom likely have behavioral problems, how to do math couldn’t care less about posthuman eating.” ~ Garion Frankel
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The Ripples of Government Intervention
“When someone says ‘what could go wrong’ after proposing a policy intervention, the reply should be ‘a lot that we will only comprehend many years from now.’ The damaging ripples of government intervention may be very far in the future – it does not mean they do not exist.” ~ Vincent Geloso
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The Oikophobic Will to Power
“What the oikophobe wants is power within his own country, and oikophobia is an instrument to achieve it by delegitimizing those he thinks already have it. He wants to replace one ruling class, as he sees it, with another – his own.” ~ Theodore Dalrymple
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Looking Back on the Publication and Reception of Democracy in Chains
“I suspect that MacLean really believes that her fables capture and convey important truths. But whether in this assessment I am correct or incorrect, one conclusion is airtight: As a scholar, Nancy MacLean is an utter disgrace.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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Self-Identified “Compelling Interests” Are Not a License to Discriminate
“Given the principle of equality and the prevailing demands from the American people, the Supreme Court should end its experimental departure from equal protection under the law.” ~ Wenyuan Wu