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POLITICS
Portraying CEOs as Cartoon Villains
It is not the corporate CEOs who deserve to be blamed: statist governments are the real villains.
Make Health Savings Accounts Work for Everyone
Increase HSA contribution limits so nearly all workers could deposit 100 percent of what their employer pays toward health benefits tax‐free into an HSA.
The United Healthcare CEO Murder and the Right to Health Care
People are shocked at the murder of the United Healthcare CEO and those who support the actions of the murderer. They rightfully denounce the murderer and those who support him. However, no one has identified the fundamental reason why many people think the murder is justified.
An Open Letter to President Trump
Congratulations to you. In no particular order, here are some public policy recommendations.
MARKETS
Do Reciprocal Tariffs Double-Down on Protectionism, or Promote Free Trade?
Economically, unilateral free trade remains beneficial even in the face of foreign tariffs.
Tariffs Don’t Save Industries — Free Markets Do
America’s industrial capacity is today at an all-time high — and not because of tariffs.
Protectionism and the Fallacy of Composition
Protectionism can’t enrich the country as a whole, only boost certain individuals and industries while impoverishing the rest.
Progress In a Free Economy
The Industrial Revolution has allowed mankind to improve his environment.
CULTURE
The Demonization of “White” English Harms Black Students
Is Learning Standard “White” English Oppressive for Black Students?
Inconvenient Historical Truths From ‘Black History Month’
A few historical and inconvenient notes left on the cutting room floor during Black History Month.
The Meaning of President’s Day
America’s Early Presidents Were Admirable Men of Principle– Let us Hope we can Find More Like Them
Making Resolutions Outlast January
As Ayn Rand put it, a value is something you act to gain or keep. A desire without action then is just a wish.
LAW
The First Amendment and The Case of Anti-Israel Green Card Holder Mahmoud Khalil
If the government is able to prove that his actions went beyond First Amendment protected speech, the courts may well resolve the issue in favor of the government.
Defund NPR
Defunding NPR and PBS and all government-sponsored media isn’t just about saving taxpayers money, and it’s certainly not about placating Elon Musk.
California’s Suspension of Environmental Regulations Should Be Permanent
If these regulations are an unnecessary hindrance for those recovering from the wildfires, why are they necessary at all?
Hunter Biden Pardon and The Evils of ‘Lawfare’
Lawfare involves the targeting of defendants based primarily on who they are rather than what they have done.
SCI-TECH
The Energy Freedom Plan: 25 Policy Changes to Unleash American Energy
It may seem impossible, but 4 years from now America can have Record oil and gas production Cheap, plentiful, reliable electricity High environmental quality" Low climate danger A nuclear renaissance For well over a year I’ve been working on an Energy Freedom Plan...
Unleashing American Energy: America’s Silver Bullet
It’s said that in politics there’s no silver bullet that’ll make everything better. But we do have 1 silver bullet in the chamber: the opportunity to unleash American energy, which Donald Trump has rightly vowed to do.
Why I Strongly Support Chris Wright for Secretary of Energy
President-elect Donald Trump tapped Chris Wright to lead the Department of Energy and to sit on a new “National Energy Council.”
Bad Forest Management, and Not Climate Change, is the Root Cause of California Fires
The solution to dangerous, out-of-control wildfires in California is addressing the root cause: “excess fuel load” from bad forest management. Focusing on climate change, a minor variable that we have no near-term control over, is a craven political ploy.
WORLD
Putin’s Deception and Ours
Blaming others, such as the U.S. (e.g., CIA, etc) is a standard rationalization for the failure of dictatorships such as Cuba and Venezuela and for the unlimited power it gives the rulers.
Black History Month: Why Don’t They Teach About the Arab-Muslim Slave Trade in Africa?
Black history is American history. It ought not be “relegated” to a month, and slavery ought not be relegated to only the European slave trade.
On The Release of Israeli Hostages by Hamas: It Wasn’t a Deal – It Was a Crime
The decision by the Israeli government to make significant concessions to the Hamas kidnappers should never be called a “deal.” It was an extortion.
Why Does The US Grow While the EU Slows?
What explains the curious lack of economic progress in the EU over the past 16 years? Adam Smith has the recipe.