Is it that time of the year yet? You know … time to bash Milton Friedman and his “Shareholder Doctrine.” Yes it is! In fact, 2020 marked the 50th anniversary of the famous Friedman Doctrine, which was published in the New York Times in 1970. Of all of Friedman’s great ideas, the Shareholder Doctrine is … Continue reading How Cars Got Safer: Free Market Lessons from Automotive Crash Test Ratings
Waste and fraud plague government spending in the best of times. Yet a new report reveals that due to the rapid expansion of unemployment welfare programs in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, examples of fraud have been even more rampant over the last year. On Wednesday, the fiscally-conservative Foundation for Government Accountability published its report: … Continue reading Prisoner Scammers and Rapper ‘Nuke Bizzle’: 7 Crazy Examples of COVID Unemployment Fraud
Last week, an angry mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol. They believed that the November presidential election had been “stolen” from their leader and were attempting to block Congress’s certification of the results. It was a violent event that left five people dead, including one police officer. In the wake of this incident, … Continue reading Why Adding Accused Capitol Rioters to the ‘No-Fly’ List Threatens Civil Liberties
For three days and counting, protesters in Portland, Oregon have gathered at a local bookstore to demand that it stop selling a new book critical of Antifa. “Far-left activists surrounded Powell's Books in Portland on Monday and demanded the store stop selling Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy, a book about antifa written … Continue reading The Mobbing of a Portland Bookstore Reminds Us Why Fahrenheit 451 Was Written
Absorbing lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey plans for Arizona to once again lead the way in health care reform, this time by seeking legislation to make permanent his emergency executive order that allows Arizona residents to obtain telehealth services from practitioners licensed in any of the 50 states and the … Continue reading Arizona, First in Occupational Licensing Reform, Now Poised to Become First in Telehealth Reform
The Justice Department is investigating more than 170 people allegedly involved in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Charges could include sedition and conspiracy, and murder. That number could grow by the hundreds in the coming weeks, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael Sherwin said Tuesday. “Given the enormity of the actors … Continue reading ‘Hundreds’ Could Be Charged in Capitol Riot, Prosecutor Says
Many on the left continue to place their ideology of environmental extremism above all other considerations, including economic growth, individual freedom, and the welfare of low-income Americans. This worldview ignores critical trade-offs and places environmental interests above even basic principles that have long served as a foundation of this nation. Further, this extreme environmental movement … Continue reading Environmental Extremism Is Creeping Into Every Domain of Public Policy
With seven days left in President Donald Trump’s term, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives voted for a second time to impeach him—this time gaining some Republican support. The vote was 232-197, with 10 House Republicans joining all House Democrats. The House impeached Trump on a charge of “incitement to insurrection” based on his speech to … Continue reading 9 Takeaways as 10 Republicans Join Democrats to Impeach Trump Again
Joshua M. Pearce, Michigan Technological University People will recycle if they can make money doing so. In places where cash is offered for cans and bottles, metal and glass recycling has been a great success. Sadly, the incentives have been weaker for recycling plastic. As of 2015, only 9% of plastic waste is recycled. The … Continue reading How to turn plastic waste in your recycle bin into profit
Kirsten Cather, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts Japanese writer Yukio Mishima has long been a favorite of the international press. In a 1966 edition of Life magazine, he was called “Japan’s Dynamo of Letters” and “the Japanese Hemingway.” Appearing on the cover of The New York Times Magazine in August … Continue reading Japan’s most famous writer committed suicide after a failed coup attempt – now, new photos add more layers to the haunting act
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