Whenever criminals harm someone with firearms, many gun control advocates use the violence as an argument to disarm ordinary, peaceable Americans. Indeed, this is precisely what happened May 23 after two groups opened fire on each other outside a crowded strip club in Austin, Texas, fatally wounding one bystander and injuring 13 others, most of them also … Continue reading 13 Examples of How Miami’s Police Chief Is Wrong on Defensive Gun Use
Over the last year, consumer prices have increased roughly 5 percent, the biggest increase in 13 years. Driven in large part by the federal government’s reckless money-printing, such steep price increases will cut Americans’ paychecks and erode their savings. Now, in a concerning twist, we just got reason to believe that elevated levels of price … Continue reading Here’s Why Price Inflation Could Remain Elevated for Several Years
In both his Cato paper and then an article for the Journal of Economic Perspectives, UC San Diego economist Jeff Clemens delineated the full range of ways any business might adjust to a minimum wage hike. Most empirical research has focused on whether firms cut jobs or hours. Other work has examined whether businesses passthrough any cost uplift to … Continue reading Retailers Adjust Work Schedules to Offset Minimum Wage Hikes
With one of the lowest COVID-19 case rates in the country, a 70+ percent adult vaccination rate, and widespread reopening set for June 15, the pandemic is finally on the wane in California. But Governor Gavin Newsom is still refusing to give up his “emergency powers.” “California is set to end most coronavirus restrictions on … Continue reading California Governor Gavin Newsom is Trying to Pull Off a Shocking Pandemic Power Grab
Deborah Woodcock, Clark University and Herb Meyer, National Park Service In the hills outside the small village of Sexi, Peru, a fossil forest holds secrets about South America’s past millions of years ago. When we first visited these petrified trees more than 20 years ago, not much was known about their age or how they … Continue reading A volcanic eruption 39 million years ago buried a forest in Peru – now the petrified trees are revealing South America’s primeval history
Thomas Sowell is a one-of-a-kind thinker, scholar, and commentator. Through his more than 50 books on subjects including economics, race, and intellectual history, Sowell has established himself as a premier American mind over the past half-century. In an age where sloppy thinking with a side of muddled messaging is the standard fare in our national … Continue reading New Biography Reveals Thomas Sowell’s One-of-a-Kind Career
A Colorado baker and self-described cake artist who won a 2018 victory at the Supreme Court faced a related setback this week when a state court ruled in another case that the law requires him to make a cake to celebrate a gender transition. Denver District Court Judge A. Bruce Jones ruled against Jack Phillips, the Christian … Continue reading Judge Rules Christian Baker Jack Phillips Must Make ‘Gender Transition’ Cake
At a Senate subcommittee hearing in the summer of 1957, South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond sought to protect Americans from something he regarded as a serious social threat. "Flying saloons are a social problem," Thurmond thundered before the aviation subcommittee. By “flying saloons,” Thurmond was referring to passengers being allowed to imbibe alcohol on flights. … Continue reading Banning Alcoholic Beverages on Flights Is (Still) a Really Bad Idea
Nebraska’s attorney general has filed an amicus brief on behalf of 14 states in support of religious freedom in the workplace in a case out of New York state. New York’s public accommodations laws are so restrictive, the lawsuit asserts, that they prohibit a Christian photographer from even explaining on her own website that her religious beliefs … Continue reading 14 States Side With Christian Wedding Photographer Against NY’s Public Accommodations Law
From mental health to drug overdoses, some of the most apparent unintended consequences from COVID-19 lockdowns and pandemic restrictions have finally garnered mainstream attention. However, the global fallout from lockdown orders on the world’s poorest has flown somewhat under the radar—and will make the aforementioned dire consequences look mild in comparison. A research organization dedicated … Continue reading 1.2 Million Children World-Wide Could Die From Disrupted Healthcare Amid Pandemic Lockdowns, Analysis Finds
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