Defending Freedom, Fighting Collectivism
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How the Supreme Court Changed the Calculus for Hyperregulation
“The administrative state’s cynical calculus has been upended. It can no longer count on courts to bless their claims of discovering hitherto unnoticed devastating powers tucked away in ‘gap filler’ statutory language.” ~ Jon Sanders
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Higher Education is Complicit in the Politicization of Science
“We are entering our own period of Lysenkoism, Staddon fears. Those who espouse politically correct narratives get ahead, while those who challenge them are ignored or censored.” ~ George Leef
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Back to School? A Higher Ed Crisis
“What few families can see, at least before they arrive at a college, are the internal forces degrading both the internal and external values of university education.” ~ Laura Williams
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Don’t Be a Politician. Focus on Process, not Goals
“The higher our time preference, the more likely we are to believe a politician’s false promises. The more we believe their goal-oriented lies and fail to question their processes, the more freedom, and prosperity we lose.” ~ Barry Brownstein
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The Marquis de Lafayette: Remembering France’s Greatest Champion of Liberty
“In a sense, Americans are still celebrating him today. No fewer than 36 American cities and towns are named for him, such as Fayetteville, North Carolina and Lafayette, Louisiana.” ~ Lawrence W. Reed
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The Suicide of the American Historical Association
“In this branch of academia, it does not matter whether the 1619 Project was truthful or factually accurate. The only concerns are whether its narrative can be weaponized for a political cause or used to deflect scrutiny of the same.” ~ Phillip W. Magness
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Open Letter to a Young Marxist
“If any social experiment depends on scorching the earth before building a Utopia, it is probably not the way. But if an ideal system starts small and grows, pulling more human souls into its influence, it’s probably got legs.” ~ Max Borders
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On Some Differences Separating Choices in Private Settings from Choices in Political Settings
“The institutional implications of individuals choosing within markets and other private spheres differ categorically from the institutional implications of individuals voting to make major changes to the economy or society.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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The Stealth Threat of a New Constitutional Convention
“A new constitution enacted through these dishonest and deeply undemocratic means will have many problematic provisions. Even more crucially, it will lack the legitimacy our existing Constitution still has.” ~ David A. Super
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An Infrared Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
“When dealing with those who want to ignore the proven bias in the data and only focus on the conclusions the corrupted data supposedly supports, an infrared picture is worth a thousand words.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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How the Supreme Court Changed the Calculus for Hyperregulation
“The administrative state’s cynical calculus has been upended. It can no longer count on courts to bless their claims of discovering hitherto unnoticed devastating powers tucked away in ‘gap filler’ statutory language.” ~ Jon Sanders
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Higher Education is Complicit in the Politicization of Science
“We are entering our own period of Lysenkoism, Staddon fears. Those who espouse politically correct narratives get ahead, while those who challenge them are ignored or censored.” ~ George Leef
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Back to School? A Higher Ed Crisis
“What few families can see, at least before they arrive at a college, are the internal forces degrading both the internal and external values of university education.” ~ Laura Williams
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Don’t Be a Politician. Focus on Process, not Goals
“The higher our time preference, the more likely we are to believe a politician’s false promises. The more we believe their goal-oriented lies and fail to question their processes, the more freedom, and prosperity we lose.” ~ Barry Brownstein
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The Marquis de Lafayette: Remembering France’s Greatest Champion of Liberty
“In a sense, Americans are still celebrating him today. No fewer than 36 American cities and towns are named for him, such as Fayetteville, North Carolina and Lafayette, Louisiana.” ~ Lawrence W. Reed
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The Suicide of the American Historical Association
“In this branch of academia, it does not matter whether the 1619 Project was truthful or factually accurate. The only concerns are whether its narrative can be weaponized for a political cause or used to deflect scrutiny of the same.” ~ Phillip W. Magness
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Open Letter to a Young Marxist
“If any social experiment depends on scorching the earth before building a Utopia, it is probably not the way. But if an ideal system starts small and grows, pulling more human souls into its influence, it’s probably got legs.” ~ Max Borders
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On Some Differences Separating Choices in Private Settings from Choices in Political Settings
“The institutional implications of individuals choosing within markets and other private spheres differ categorically from the institutional implications of individuals voting to make major changes to the economy or society.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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•
The Stealth Threat of a New Constitutional Convention
“A new constitution enacted through these dishonest and deeply undemocratic means will have many problematic provisions. Even more crucially, it will lack the legitimacy our existing Constitution still has.” ~ David A. Super
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An Infrared Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
“When dealing with those who want to ignore the proven bias in the data and only focus on the conclusions the corrupted data supposedly supports, an infrared picture is worth a thousand words.” ~ Gary M. Galles