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The Incandescent Ban and the Lie of LED Efficiency
It happened as I went to grab a new package of baby wipes from under the sink. I flipped on my bathroom light, and I noticed something strange—one of my three mirror light bulbs began flickering and ultimately settled at a…
Critical Race Theory in Data: What the Statistics Show
"While CRT may have been a niche subject as recently as the 1990s, academic journal citations of CRT scholars exploded around the time of the 'Great Awokening' (2013-2014)." ~Phillip W. Magness
Why Matt Walsh Is Wrong to Call for a Pit Bull Ban
Political commentators have yet to learn economics. This is evident by the repeated economic illiteracy peddled by conservative and progressive commentators alike. Matt Walsh’s call to ban pit bulls is no exception. In a…
Our Public Schools Are a National Disaster
Perhaps what's most distressing about the latest collapse in high school test scores is that no one seems to be very distressed. You've probably heard the news that ACT scores have fallen for the sixth straight…
Abolish Parking Minimums. Yes, All of Them
"Zoning codes require parking based on rough estimates of demand for 'free' parking at the time of development, ignoring how subsequent economic changes could affect demand." ~Jason Sorens
The Uncommon Ella Knowles Haskell
Praise for the “common man” is all too common in the world. It’s the “uncommon” man (or woman) for whom we ought to be most grateful. Who in their right mind tells their children to aspire to nothing more than common or…
Free Speech Is Not Safe, but It Is Good
In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, a classic children's story by C.S. Lewis, a group of children inadvertently discover a magical realm called "Narnia" hidden within a wardrobe in the mysterious mansion…
A Nobel for a Student of Civilization
The 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (colloquially referred to as the Nobel Prize in economics) was awarded to economist Claudia Goldin. To preface this article, I don’t believe…
Catch-up Inflation
"Where there is collective bargaining, workers go on strike to demand higher wages in order to catch-up to inflation. Elsewhere in the economy, individual workers bargain for higher wages with their current employer, or…
NIH’s Letter to Wuhan Lab Confirms Rand Paul Was Right and Fauci Was Wrong about Gain-of-Function
In the summer of 2021 , Americans saw something unusual: Dr. Anthony Fauci on tilt. "Senator Paul, you do not know what you are talking about, quite frankly. And I want to say that officially," said the National…
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