The Coronavirus and Anti-Gouging Laws
Instead of finding (temporarily expensive) masks available for sale, we are confronted by “No masks available” signs everywhere we look.
Liberals Should Reject Welfare Statism
The decades-old “social liberalism” of the progressives has finally “come out of the closet” to, now, boastfully declare what it has always been – a form of socialism but made milder in sound with the modifier “democratic” in front of it.
What 1619 Project’s Critics Get Wrong about Lincoln
While Lincoln’s colonization remarks grate the modern ear, and evince a patronizing paternalism toward the program’s intended participants, they also reflect the sincerity of his anti-slavery beliefs and an accompanying recognition that white-supremacist violence would not end with the formal abolition of the institution.
Capitalism and Free Markets Can Save Nature For Humankind
Instead of succumbing to the eternal alarmism that should undermine ecologists’ credibility, we should accept that maybe – just maybe – the world is getting better. And much-reviled capitalist markets are, in no small feat, to thank for that.
Another African Tragedy
Africa’s locust plague is man-made.
Forbidden Parenting
Some parents are so neglectful that government should intervene, but not by “telling us every little detail how to raise our children.”
Licensing vs. Freedom of Compeition
Licensing requirements generally restrict the supply of services in the licensed industry by prohibiting some perfectly competent workers from working as providers.
Cuban Education Under Castro: Literate for Indoctrination
What explains the rising literacy rates and rising levels of educational achievements is also what explains the regime’s ability to continually repress Cuban people.
Mike Bloomberg’s Nanny State
Bloomberg may not be a communist, but he is no principled, limited-government capitalist, either. Bloomberg, unfortunately, is yet another unprincipled power-hungry political egomaniac.
