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Democrats Are Throwing Kids Off the School Bus
Have you heard the outrageous story of what happened recently in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's capital? Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.), elected in 2022, had campaigned on school choice for tens of thousands of children, mostly…
The US Government Sent Millions of Grant Dollars to Alleged COVID ‘Patient Zero,’ Documents Show
"There’s little reason to believe the Chinese government would be forthcoming if their investigation determined they were responsible for COVID-19. Similarly, there’s little reason to believe the US government, which was…
12 Gandhi Quotes on Non-Violence, Force, and the State
For a long time, I didn’t quite understand the infatuation with Gandhi. As a teenager, I knew little about him, beyond the fact that he fiercely opposed Great Britain's colonial rule through non-violence and was…
The Muddled Ethics of Netflix’s ‘King of Clones’ Documentary
Netflix’s new hit documentary King of Clones tells the tragedy of Hwang Woo-suk, a South Korean scientist who pioneered stem cell research and cloning. The documentary aims to portray Hwang Woo-suk as a scientist who fell…
Where Have All the Workers Gone? Zoning and Its Unintended Consequences.
"Regulations such as the Endangered Species Act, wetlands regulations, and coastal zone management laws may have desirable end goals from one point of view, but invariably make housing more expensive." ~ Craig Richardson
Three Economic Lessons to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Career (and Your Life)
As an economic educator, I feel sorry for the professors of other disciplines because they don’t get to teach economics. While the spaghetti curves which dominate economic education are usually not the stuff of thrills,…
Gallup Poll Reveals Americans’ Plummeting Confidence in Public Schools
Americans have soured on public schools. That’s the takeaway from Gallup polling results released earlier this month showing that Americans’ confidence in public schools is at a low point, with only 26 percent of respondents…
Why FDR Banned the Sale of Sliced Bread During World War II
According to an old joke from the socialist and frequently underfed Soviet Union, Stalin goes to a local wheat farm to see how things are going. “We have so many bags of wheat that, if piled on top of each other, they could…
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Edges Up in June 2023
"The combination of Fed rate hikes and easing demand is clearly having the intended disinflationary effect on the general price level as measured by the various CPIs." ~ Peter C. Earle
The Folly of America’s Empire: A Review of Christopher Coyne’s New Book ‘In Search of Monsters to Destroy’
Earlier this year, I received a copy of Professor Chris Coyne’s new book, In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and Paths to Peace. In the book, Dr. Coyne, a professor of economics at George Mason…
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