Defending Freedom, Fighting Collectivism
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The Business of Academic Cheating
“There are companies that encourage students to upload their tests and answers to massive document banks. Those companies then sell those tests and assignments back to other students.” ~ Ashley Norris
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When Classical Liberals Went to the Mountaintop
“Overshadowing the proceedings was the specter of totalitarianism—not just the recently vanquished National Socialist variety but also the Communist version then enveloping Eastern Europe.” ~ Samuel Gregg
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The Politicization of Vaping Studies
“Vaping is shrouded in misinformation and more and more governments and regulatory agencies around the world are bringing the hammer down on vaping. It is doing immeasurable damage to public health and our most basic liberties.” ~ Jason Reed
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How Threat-Free Are Americans from COVID-19? Late March 2022 Update
“So even as mandates fall and COVID recedes, we cannot slumber while government has broken out of its pen. Maybe now it’s tamely wandering about the yard, but that doesn’t mean the beast is harmless.” ~ Jon Sanders
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Oakeshott’s Countercultural Education
“For Oakeshott, liberal education was always an adventure, never a duty or a burden. His insights are essential reading for anyone who desires to preserve and rejuvenate this most important adventure.” ~ Elizabeth Corey
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A Reader’s Guide to Newspeak 2022
“To master the Newspeak of 2022, you must subsume yourself within the collective. You must reject ‘oldthink’ and the ‘kind of trash’ that advocates individual rights.” ~ Caroline Breashears
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Al Gore and the Dangers of Censoring ‘Misinformation’
“A spirit of tolerance is missing today that must be restored. Scientists and public officials will make mistakes—just ask Al Gore—but purging ideas from the public square is a sign of a dogmatic society, not a scientific one.” ~ Jon Miltimore
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Do They Not Know?
“Do today’s skeptics of free markets – whether these skeptics be full-on socialists or advocates of ‘mere’ industrial policy – have any accurate knowledge of economic history, of economics, or of human nature?” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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Did Tipping Come from Slavery? The 1619 Project Lies Again
“At best, the critics of tipping are guilty of inexcusable sloppiness. At worst, they’re selectively weaponizing the horrors of slavery to advance an ideological cause.” ~ Phillip W. Magness
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Whoopi, Maus, and 80 Years of American Jewry
“It is now they, not Jews, who must take to heart the phrase ‘Never Again.’ My Gentile friends should ask themselves: If it comes to it, when the mobs come, will I take in and protect my Jewish friends?” ~ Daniel Asia
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The Business of Academic Cheating
“There are companies that encourage students to upload their tests and answers to massive document banks. Those companies then sell those tests and assignments back to other students.” ~ Ashley Norris
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•
When Classical Liberals Went to the Mountaintop
“Overshadowing the proceedings was the specter of totalitarianism—not just the recently vanquished National Socialist variety but also the Communist version then enveloping Eastern Europe.” ~ Samuel Gregg
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The Politicization of Vaping Studies
“Vaping is shrouded in misinformation and more and more governments and regulatory agencies around the world are bringing the hammer down on vaping. It is doing immeasurable damage to public health and our most basic liberties.” ~ Jason Reed
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How Threat-Free Are Americans from COVID-19? Late March 2022 Update
“So even as mandates fall and COVID recedes, we cannot slumber while government has broken out of its pen. Maybe now it’s tamely wandering about the yard, but that doesn’t mean the beast is harmless.” ~ Jon Sanders
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•
Oakeshott’s Countercultural Education
“For Oakeshott, liberal education was always an adventure, never a duty or a burden. His insights are essential reading for anyone who desires to preserve and rejuvenate this most important adventure.” ~ Elizabeth Corey
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•
A Reader’s Guide to Newspeak 2022
“To master the Newspeak of 2022, you must subsume yourself within the collective. You must reject ‘oldthink’ and the ‘kind of trash’ that advocates individual rights.” ~ Caroline Breashears
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•
Al Gore and the Dangers of Censoring ‘Misinformation’
“A spirit of tolerance is missing today that must be restored. Scientists and public officials will make mistakes—just ask Al Gore—but purging ideas from the public square is a sign of a dogmatic society, not a scientific one.” ~ Jon Miltimore
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Do They Not Know?
“Do today’s skeptics of free markets – whether these skeptics be full-on socialists or advocates of ‘mere’ industrial policy – have any accurate knowledge of economic history, of economics, or of human nature?” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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Did Tipping Come from Slavery? The 1619 Project Lies Again
“At best, the critics of tipping are guilty of inexcusable sloppiness. At worst, they’re selectively weaponizing the horrors of slavery to advance an ideological cause.” ~ Phillip W. Magness
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Whoopi, Maus, and 80 Years of American Jewry
“It is now they, not Jews, who must take to heart the phrase ‘Never Again.’ My Gentile friends should ask themselves: If it comes to it, when the mobs come, will I take in and protect my Jewish friends?” ~ Daniel Asia