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POLITICS
Free Valjean
Journalism does Valjean a further injustice when it focuses only on the bone and not the boot.
Freedom in a Post-Covid World
As we approach the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence, we need to rethink the very foundations of freedom, its threats, and what we are going to do in response.
How To Get Medical Insurance Companies Out of the Operating Room
The American frustration with government regulated private insurance does not prove the need for a Canadian- or European-style system.
America, Yesterday and Today — a Nation of Patriotic Immigrants
The United States is a country of immigrants.
MARKETS
FED is Wrong: Inflation is Not Just About Rising Prices
All eyes on Jackson Hole this week as the Fed tackles inflation.
Profit Over Principle?
Are principles and profits really in conflict?
Books: Henry Hazlitt’s “Economics In One Lesson” Reviewed by The Capitalist Professor, George Reisman
There is no subject that more urgently needs to be understood in the world today than economics. Our well-being, indeed, our very lives, depend on the production of wealth.
The Legacy of The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, was based on a mistaken belief that the 2008 crisis stemmed from unregulated financial markets. It spawned hundreds of separate rulemakings and was the most extensive financial regulatory bill since the 1930s.
WORLD
When Soviet Power Crumbled: The Failed Hard-Line Coup Attempt of August 1991
The demise of the Communist Party and the Soviet system was one of the momentous events in modern history.
Recognition of a Palestinian State Rewards Terrorism
The threat by France, England, Canada, Australia, and other American allies to “recognize” a nonexistent Palestinian “state” has incentivized Hamas to reject US peace deals and has thus endangered the lives of the 20 living hostages.
The Economic Case Against Foreign Aid
Proponents of foreign aid say it can help lift countries out of poverty, but the evidence tells a different story.
No Genocide in Gaza
Why the claim equals Holocaust denial.
SCI-TECH
The Inventive Period of Capitalism in America
The so-called “Gilded Age” of “Robber Barrons” is better named as the Inventive Period of Capitalism.
Green New Scam
The House BBB’s “termination” of solar/wind subsidies is overly generous, contrary to lobbyist lies.
The Case for EV Freedom
Government should remove all preferences for electric vehicles and allow them to compete and grow on a free market. This will enable EVs to reach their full potential to provide affordable, no-tailpipe-emissions transport without harming consumers or the grid.
Blaming SARS-CoV-2 on Bats in Wet Markets: A Look Back at Fauci’s Great Spillover Hoax
Why precisely were Anthony Fauci and his cohorts so anxious to blame SARS-CoV-2 on bats and later pangolins in wet markets?
LAW
Do Legal Checks on a President’s Power “Diminish the Votes of the Citizens Who Elected Him”?
Requiring that a president conduct himself within the bounds of the law does not somehow “diminish the votes of the citizens who elected him.”
Why Free Speech Matters
The pursuit of truth depends on open debate.
The Systematic Unraveling of the Administrative State
This year, and mostly because the Trump administration decided to challenge the entire model, the machinery has begun to malfunction and melt away. There is a very long way to go, but we finally have the answer to the question of this fourth branch’s legitimacy.
The First Amendment Protects Ideologically Based Ad Boycotts
The Supreme Court will uphold as well-established the First Amendment right to engage in ideological ad boycotts. The question is whether the Trump administration will succeed in bulldozing this as a practical matter before it reaches the high court.
CULTURE
Movies: “Eddington” Plunges Viewers Right Back to 2020
The truth is that the Covid years are the prism through which most everything else playing out in public affairs today can be read. Truth is stranger than fiction, but this fiction works beautifully precisely because it comes so very close to telling the truth in every grim detail.
End Capitalism?
Capitalism can save us (and the planet) – if we let it.
The Inventive Period of Capitalism in America
The so-called “Gilded Age” of “Robber Barrons” is better named as the Inventive Period of Capitalism.
Put the Independence Back in Independence Day
The American Revolution remains unique in human history: a revolution–and a nation–founded on a moral principle, the principle of individual rights.