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Taken Hostage

Last year’s two-part PBS American Experience series, Taken Hostage, written, produced and directed by Robert Stone, merits renewed attention.

Taylor Swift, Turn Your Wrath to Government!

Taylor Swift, Turn Your Wrath to Government!

If musicians and concertgoers are upset by the so-called “deceptive” practices of a “monopoly” like Ticketmaster and want the government to do something, they actually may want to redirect their attention towards another entity with monopoly power that also atte…

If Only Someone Made the Moral Case for Capitalism

If Only Someone Made the Moral Case for Capitalism

If only we had a thinker who could portray (again, in a best-selling book, later made available for free) what benevolence, respect, and happiness could be achieved when people come to live as free, moral equals, swearing by their life and love of it to “never live fo…

Photo Gage Skidmore

The Goal of Socialism

Socialism is a doctrine based at root not on love for the poor but on hatred for the creators, meaning anyone who makes money.

In Defense of “Junk” Fees

In Defense of “Junk” Fees

A government action against “junk fees” will result in the additional fees being bundled into a single, overall price, whether it’s a concert ticket, a new car, or some other item. Ironically or not, the opaqueness of blending all of those fees together makes it m…

Keep Governments Out of Data Debates

Keep Governments Out of Data Debates

There is a role for the law in consumer data privacy, but for the most part, rather than looking for ways to regulate and punish, states should stay focused on actual violations of individual rights, such as when personally identifiable data is used to commit identity a…

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