What Should Government Do To Address Climate Change?
“Addressing climate change” is the wrong target; we want to reduce climate danger—and that requires liberating, not eliminating, fossil fuel use.
Bryan Caplan’s “Build Baby Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation”
We don’t have as much housing as would be necessary to keep housing costs low because it’s illegal. Governments manufacture scarcity by wrapping building permissions in red tape.
Governments Shouldn’t Be In the Lending Business
Had one of the individuals at the Constitutional Convention said, “Should we write in a power for the government to lend money?” the reply from everyone else would have been “No.”
Biden’s Protectionism Isn’t “All About National Defense”
Biden’s protectionism is overwhelmingly and above all about expanding and cementing his political support by creating rents for special-interest groups.
The Lockdown Caste System
Like Black Lives Matter, the Democratic Party enjoyed an exemption from the lockdown measures.
The Supreme Court Just Gave Us Hope
The case offers direct parallels to the censorship of Covid-related information. The Biden White House repeatedly worked through third parties – including Meta, Twitter, and Google – to censor disfavored information.
Why You Shouldn’t Be Alarmed About Unusually Warm Temperatures
Even with recent temperatures, which are a temporary anomaly, not the new normal, cold is a bigger problem than heat and fossil fuels keep us safer from both.
Why Does No Arab or Muslim Nation Accept Palestinian Refugees from Gaza?
The only reason that Ireland, Norway and Spain can safely recognize a Palestinian state is that they do not have to live with the consequences.
The Hong Konger: The Martyrdom of Jimmy Lai
In his quest to save Hong Kong’s rapidly fading freedom, however, Lai has sacrificed his own. The entrepreneur and media mogul currently sits in a Chinese prison, charged with “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces” and “conspiracy to publish seditious publications.”
